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This uncertain response partly explains Western governments’ lack of will to draw
tangible
conclusions from the systemic failure of the financial sector.
Whereas more than 80% of the value of the Standard & Poor’s 500 consisted of
tangible
assets 40 years ago, today that ratio is reversed: more than 80% of the largest companies’ value is intangible – the knowledge and skills of their employees and the intellectual property embedded in their products.
Governments, too, should think strategically about shifting their spending away from
tangible
infrastructure like roads and buildings, and toward intangibles like education and research and development.
Likewise, the British government spends markedly more of its budget on such intangibles than on
tangible
assets.
Only with a new approach – and
tangible
progress – can solidarity within Europe be regained.
They provide imposingly
tangible
evidence that something is being done about migration.
Instead, we need decisive, concrete action that addresses
tangible
and discernible problems in governance and public policy.
First, in June 2012, China seized the disputed Scarborough Shoal from the Philippines, without eliciting a
tangible
international response.
Since then, confidence-building has continued in the form of regular talks in Geneva, but nearly 30 rounds of meetings over the past six years have yet to yield
tangible
progress.
They must offer voters a realistic economic program that is market-friendly and open to international trade, while promising
tangible
benefits to the poorer 60-70% of the population who are understandably frustrated with their lack of economic progress.
Chinese FDI, like all FDI, can provide host countries with a bundle of
tangible
and intangible assets needed for economic growth and development.
But it must also be noted that China’s carbon dioxide emissions declined notably in 2014, offering what is perhaps the first
tangible
evidence that the country is making some progress on this front.
One idea currently gaining traction is to tax firms offering free-to-use digital services differently, so that their intangible value receives the same tax treatment as the
tangible
value produced by manufacturers and traditional service providers.
But when Europe did move more decisively, as it did at the Copenhagen summit in 2002, economic and political progress in Turkey accelerated in a very
tangible
way.
Indeed, in countries like Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen, which are now attempting to institutionalize change, Turkey is their most active partner, sharing our own experience and providing
tangible
assistance in the form of economic cooperation and political capacity building.
Both the eurozone and the Schengen Area have survived the tough tests they have faced for one reason: They bring practical,
tangible
benefits to their members.
The value added from European integration now extends beyond EU membership to include participation in sub-groups like the eurozone or the Schengen Area that have a more direct and
tangible
impact on daily life and key policy choices.
But, for China, which needs no recognition as a rising world power, the BRICS offers
tangible
– not just symbolic – benefits.
Thanks to the lifting of sanctions under the JCPOA, that negotiation would take place against a background of steadily improving economic conditions, which would persuade the Iranian public of the
tangible
benefits of a moderate and cooperative approach.
The Palestinian Authority has received more aid per capita than did post-war Europe under the Marshall Plan, yet the politics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have foiled hopes of a broader Euro-Mediterranean framework that, through dialogue and investment, would bring
tangible
improvements to the lives of millions.
Public opinion seems disenchanted with a democracy incapable of offering
tangible
solutions to problems, the flu crisis being the most recent example.
There is one more misperception clouding donor countries’ judgment: the idea that aid to developing countries is an act of sheer generosity, with no
tangible
benefits for the donor.
The resolution calls on the 182 CITES member countries to protect the interests of wildlife as well as to provide
tangible
benefits for the poor and rural communities.
But, when governments are working to provide more
tangible
basic necessities – say, ensuring that citizens have reliable access to clean drinking water or road links to markets and hospitals – educational reform can often fall by the wayside.
As during those years, many people now formally accept ideological labels but identify with them only as long as such an allegiance to a specific political current has
tangible
short-term benefits for them.
Lifting the state of emergency that has been in force since 1963 – giving sweeping powers to the regime and its security services – would be both a symbolic and
tangible
step in the right direction.
With enormous pressure from ordinary people to deliver
tangible
gains, Zuma the populist will quickly face a major test: will he emulate Lula of Brazil, who has struck an admirable balance between good economic governance and re-distribution of wealth to the poor?
With the Brexit deadline of March 2019 approaching, May’s “transition” extending into the distant future, and all of the
tangible
promises of Brexit receding like a desert mirage, both parliamentary and public opinion are shifting.
The American and British governments, increasingly unpopular at home, desperately needed some
tangible
evidence of progress to assuage their domestic critics and to begin to speak openly of an exit strategy.
Tangible
results were predicted to come soon.
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