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It will complement the gaps and shortcomings of existing agreements and provide legal coverage to the numerous cross-border rivers that are under increasing pressure.
The latter, in turn, provides strong incentives for countries to address institutional shortcomings so that they can reap the potential benefits of external financial liberalization.
The list of shortcomings goes on and on.
Although the 2008 financial crisis exposed profound institutional shortcomings, the response – including heightened regulatory safeguards like the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act in the United States and the Basel III banking standards – has failed to bring about the needed transformation.
He seems incapable of connecting with ordinary Hong Kong citizens, instead coming across as a shifty politician who often dodges direct questions, offers vague answers, and evades responsibility for major failings by apologizing for minor shortcomings.
Chest-thumping exceptionalism has given way to a more sober patriotism, in which ordinary citizens recognize the long-term trends eroding the promise of equal opportunity, particularly the shortcomings that beset the country’s health-care, education, and infrastructure systems.
Indeed, while the menace of misconduct has been exaggerated, we have to rethink how we conduct science – its values, virtues, and shortcomings.
None of this excuses or justifies the shortcomings in Chinese behavior at home or abroad, which are many and real.
Immigration controls, for example, have been relaxed in several European countries (notably Germany) due to declining populations and educational shortcomings.
The resulting shortcomings in the country’s provincial health systems have manifested themselves not just in the inability to eradicate polio, but also in a recent measles outbreak, which has killed more than 300 children.
Moreover, Spanish schools trail behind in the international ranking system; the relatively effective Franco-era vocational training system became collateral damage in the transition; and the low number of patent applications reveals severe shortcomings in research and development.
It is our duty to preserve the multilateral system of peace and security – an achievement of the international community that, despite its shortcomings, has helped save the planet from another war on a global scale.
Most of the people with whom I spoke complained endlessly about government shortcomings.
In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe, the “exoticism” of the Ottoman Empire was used as a mirror to project Europeans’ own shortcomings and insecurities.
Recognizing these shortcomings, Clinton tried to win the election by making Trump unacceptable.
Some of these shortcomings may be improved by reducing the state even more through privatization and out-sourcing.
Most quoted the OSCE's finding that the elections were riddled with "serious shortcomings."
The majority of shortcomings resulted from organizational ineptitude.
But in the event of another crisis, it would pay to be especially mindful of QE’s shortcomings.
Local shortcomings force too many innovators – such as the Guatemalan Luis von Ahn, who co-developed CAPTCHA, the word puzzles that websites use to ensure that users are human – to move abroad.
Domestic shortcomings and political polarization have fed a temptation to drift away from a foreign policy driven by universal values.
And this will not occur quickly, especially given the policy shortcomings in both advanced and emerging countries.
Looking ahead, we hope to see all global health organizations adopt concrete measures to address the shortcomings identified in the Global Health 50/50 report.
As the shortcomings of the three most popular historical analogies suggest, the answer is far from obvious.
Even so, the Commission’s proposal has fatal shortcomings.
The televised tragedy, and the shortcomings that can be observed close up, can and must be stopped, lest – as often happens with Congo – the crisis disappears from the front pages, while the killing continues unseen.
Despite their shortcomings, income measures are useful in gaining a better understanding of the extent of poverty and vulnerability worldwide.
The little that was set aside for Roma is now in jeopardy, given that the EU has suspended its ESF reimbursements to the Romanian government, owing to procedural shortcomings.
India’s second great challenge is to resolve its enormous infrastructure shortcomings.
Addressing the glaring shortcomings in the country's judicial system should also be made a condition for support, both as an immediate and a long-term objective.
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