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I am painfully aware that our past can be characterized by one step forward and two steps backward.
With the adoption of the MDGs, political leaders were publicly and privately questioned on the steps they were taking to end extreme poverty.
Having seen its currency appreciate dramatically in recent years, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s new government is taking steps to alter the country’s exchange-rate dynamic – and is succeeding.
But it would significantly ameliorate the problems, making other steps less costly and more effective.
But, given that many scientists believe that we have only a couple of decades left to protect the world’s remaining natural habitats, it is imperative that concrete and urgent steps to protect wildlife be taken now.
Why shouldn’t taking small steps that may produce such a glow be part of the role of government?
There are a number of steps that can be taken immediately to move West Africa in this direction.
To this end, three important steps must be taken.
The European Union was brought into existence step-by-step by putting the cart before the horse: setting limited but politically attainable targets and timetables, knowing full well that they would not be sufficient, and thus that further steps would be required in due course.
If member countries cannot take the next steps forward, the euro may fall apart, with adverse consequences for the EU.
The question is whether the political will to take these steps can be generated.
For any manufactured good or line of goods, the production process typically involves several steps.
Some steps require considerable engineering and technical skills, and others entail relatively low-skilled employment.
Elites, after all, failed to see the crisis coming and to take steps to prevent it, and some of them appear to be the only ones who are recovering: profits are up, but employment is not.
If its politicians can take a few steps to show that they can overcome narrow partisan interests to establish the more transparent and efficient government that a middle-income country needs, they could quickly re-energize India’s enormous engines of potential growth.
And it is this slogan, which Trump repeated on the Capitol steps, that leads the likes of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke to unmask himself and crow, “We did it!”
The ongoing Marja campaign, the arrest of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and two Taliban "shadow governors" in Pakistan, and the recent drone strike hitting top leaders of the Al Qaeda-affiliated Haqqani network are all clear steps in the right direction.
Moreover, the necessary reforms in both America and China go well beyond these two steps.
But what astonishes me even more is the apparent failure of academic economics to take steps to prepare itself for the future.
Still, steps can be taken now to empower Pakistani women.
Since emissions from the developing countries are on the whole lower than those of the developed world – and will need to continue to rise in the short-term as they maintain economic growth and address poverty – it has been proposed that developed countries cut emissions by at least 80% relative to 1990 by 2050, with major steps towards this goal over the next decade.
Failure to take all four steps outlined above all but guarantees renewed recession in America, even if a good agreement is reached on stretching out the tax hikes and spending cuts.
And if no agreement is reached on that, undertaking the last three steps would at least reduce somewhat the subsequent damage.
And everywhere I look, men, women, and children – despite being weighed down by their daily loads, carrying food and firewood – are taking small steps to improve their lives.
After an hour together, they emerged to tell the press that no new steps aimed at improving relations had been agreed upon.
These countries have made it a high priority to reduce rates of speeding, and they have taken steps to improve the safety of their roads, vehicles, drivers, and all others who use roads, including pedestrians and motorcyclists.
To learn more about the week’s events, and how every community can take steps to reduce speeding, we encourage readers to visit the Road Safety Week website.
Let’s Get Real About MoneyThroughout the world, people suffer from a serious perception error that has inhibited them from taking concrete steps to protect themselves from inflation or deflation.
Yet, in the face of overwhelming evidence of the importance of inflation or deflation risk, most people – even in countries that have been warned – generally still have not taken steps to protect themselves.
For years, I have been arguing that national governments should take some simple steps to reframe economic quantities and help the public overcome the money illusion.
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