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Meanwhile, the last Nigerian government, struggling with an economic downturn, failed to mobilize sufficient resources – and it was slow to call for international support.
Yet China’s economy is not equipped to generate sufficient resources to support the level of spending that victory on this front would require.
If, as is likely, increasing the number of permanent Security Council members lacks sufficient support, developed countries should revert to the idea, circulating in foreign policy circles for several years, of establishing a new G-8-based organization (but including China and India) to counter new threats to global security.
He said he could no longer bear reading it, and that when he wrote it, he “lacked sufficient knowledge of economics and politics.”
This means, secondly, that first elections, and perhaps elections more generally, are not themselves a sufficient guarantee of liberty.
Furthermore, while the empowerment line is a measure of individual consumption, a household’s ability or willingness to spend is not sufficient to guarantee a decent life.
They will resist even more strongly the outright elimination of their weapons, given that the world is probably still decades away from devising sufficient verification and enforcement measures.
Income from Cuba's biotechnology exports is sufficient to sustain Cuba's biotech research and development expenditure.
A target to lower chronic malnutrition by 40%, by ensuring better access to micronutrients and sufficient food, would have a remarkable impact.
Indeed, such resources are sufficient to cover projected 2050 electricity needs 22 times over.
This will require not only sufficient funding, but also the human and IT capacity to match migrants and sponsors.
Regional VAT rates might be increased slightly if expenditure restraint is not sufficient to offset the loss of tariff revenues due to the customs union.
The availability of new technologies is a necessary, but by no means sufficient, condition to raise a country's standard of living, because there must also be companies that are able to make use of them.
But a necessary if not sufficient condition for change is America’s commitment to and leadership of the process.
When we get one, will the rest of us – Europe, for example – actually respond with sufficient commitment and drive?
While reserves may provide some cushion for minimizing the adverse effects of capital outflows, in most cases they will not be sufficient.
It is sufficient that clouds of doubt develop.
Moreover, despite some concerns about capital outflows, China's consolidated net foreign-asset position, which stands at $1.7 trillion (17.6% of GDP), remains sufficient to sustain China through this tough transition.
Going to the IMF imposes a political cost, but it had to be done: only with sufficient firepower can Argentina convince investors that debts will be paid and the currency will not keep plunging.
In Arizona, citizens can, by gathering a sufficient number of signatures, put a proposed law to a direct popular vote.
So Israel is blocking Lebanon’s ports from the sea, has breached the runways of all three jet-capable airfields, including Beirut’s international airport, and remains ready to destroy generating plants and other high-value targets, if necessary, to generate sufficient political pressure on Hezbollah.
Additionally, most countries that have funded development and infrastructure through borrowing have failed to generate sufficient additional tax revenues to repay that debt.
On the other hand, the worry in some parts of Asia is that young people entering the work force with strong technical training lack sufficient experience “thinking outside the box.”
The expectation was that import compression would permit them to accumulate sufficient dollars to purchase capital imports from the US.
Meanwhile, off-grid options may not be sufficient to meet people’s energy needs.
Restructuring damages the euro, and fiscal consolidation in the distressed countries, while necessary, is probably not sufficient.
The tough-minded Iraqi leader, Nouri al-Maliki, who won three terms as prime minister, may not have engaged in sufficient outreach to the country’s Sunnis, but that is only one reason why Sunni radicalism persists in Iraq.
Two factors appear to be the most important: China’s growth rate in the coming years, and whether its growth will be sufficient to maintain high levels of global demand for commodities.
The huge US trade deficit worldwide is sufficient to explain the bilateral deficit.
But, by the time this decision was taken, it was no longer sufficient to bring the financial crisis under control.
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