Spurred
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Recently, a desire for greater political respect has
spurred
Islamic nations to invest in technology, which is most visible in Pakistani and Iranian nuclear ambitions.
A looming recession undoubtedly
spurred
this debt accumulation, possibly aided by former Prime Minister Wen Jiabao’s massive 2009 stimulus package.
The disastrous demonetization process of November 2016
spurred
widespread criticism of the RBI for failing to perform its fiduciary duties.
In the post crisis period, ultra-low interest rates in developed economies
spurred
capital flows into higher-yielding emerging-market assets denominated in the local currency.
Spurred
by these pressures, finance experts have proposed several funding alternatives that reduce the risk of biopharma investments while improving the efficiency and productivity of the R&D pipeline.
That is exactly what happened in 1911, when a dispute over control of Morocco
spurred
France to organize the withdrawal of DM200 million invested in Germany.
This ignited the spark for democratic reform, and we were
spurred
on by the knowledge that our kinsmen had won political autonomy in northern Iraq and were creating a vibrant democracy.
If not that, she may have been
spurred
to action after having spent many hours in the company of US President Donald Trump during the recent NATO and G7 summits.
But if the Fed’s ongoing withdrawal of stimulus has frayed African nerves, it has also
spurred
recognition that there are smarter ways to finance development than borrowing in dollars.
And local governments’ effort to finance development by selling land to investors at artificially low prices has
spurred
massive investment in real-estate development, causing property prices to rise at unsustainably high rates.
In fact, the gradual economic growth
spurred
by so-called Abenomics, together with the low exchange rate that has prevailed until recently, has helped to spur the tourism that has enabled cities like Kushiro and Nemuro to fund their reconstruction.
For the past decade, booming oil prices have
spurred
economic expansion, with only a short break following the financial crisis of 2008.
Photographs of Locke carrying his own daypack and buying coffee at Starbucks – humble acts that high-ranking Chinese officials would have underlings do –
spurred
a flurry of online posts celebrating him as a virtuous public servant.
Russian penetration of the Chinese market was
spurred
by the imposition of Western sanctions after Russia invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea in 2014.
Many of the problems that
spurred
the London summit remain real.
Such policies
spurred
firms to adopt capital-intensive technologies, obscuring labor’s natural comparative advantages.
Because negative rates benefit debtors and harm creditors, introducing them after the global economic crisis
spurred
a recovery in the US and the UK, but had little effect in the eurozone and Japan.
Over the last dozen years, international initiatives have delivered HIV/AIDS treatment to millions, expanded childhood immunization, and
spurred
a dramatic increase in global support for addressing other health challenges, from malaria to maternal health.
Those migrating today are doing so for the same reasons that once
spurred
millions of Europeans to leave their countries.
Meanwhile, in Asia, the Japanese economy’s sputtering indicators have
spurred
the Bank of Japan to increase its securities purchases, which likewise point to the prospect of a weaker yen.
Making matters worse, instead of inspiring much-needed soul-searching among EU leaders, the British referendum seems to have
spurred
many to allow national political interests, not to mention personal ambitions, to guide their thinking.
This disconnect is apparent in the fact that market prices are higher today than they were in 2014, the year when China surpassed the United States to become the world’s largest economy (in terms of purchasing power parity), a development that
spurred
bullish expectations.
Since then, interest in EU competitiveness has risen further,
spurred
in particular by the challenge posed by countries like China.
Political and legal reforms in Turkey in recent years have been remarkably far-reaching, for they have clearly been
spurred
by Turks’ wish to move closer to the EU.
Innovation,
spurred
by talent, will determine success.
But technological change has also
spurred
considerable dislocation, harming many along the way.
But the Trump team claims this would be offset by a growth miracle
spurred
by deregulation.
Intransigent opposition by anti-science, anti-technology activists – Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and a few other groups – has
spurred
already risk-averse regulators to adopt an overly cautious approach that has stalled approvals.
That may have
spurred
growth for a while, but when the bubbles burst, the financial system’s huge debts helped push the economy into a bout of deflation and stagnation from which it has still not fully emerged.
In this sense, the global response to AIDS –
spurred
by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria – could serve as a useful model.
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