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What is that work about and why did we
undertake
it?
Never again should others decide the future of peoples and countries; at the very least, nobody should
undertake
such decisionmaking without knowing and respecting the legitimate and freely expressed ambitions of the nations concerned.
But Europe’s stronger economies have resisted pressure to
undertake
more expansionary fiscal policies, which would lift demand for its weaker economies’ exports.
And Europe’s troubled economies have been slow to
undertake
structural reforms; improvements in competitiveness reflect wage and salary cuts, rather than productivity gains.
But the central government will need a large share of that income if it is to finance the construction of new institutions of governance, invest in critical infrastructure,
undertake
onerous reforms aimed at economic liberalization, and provide the resource-poor (and already restive) Sunnis of central Iraq with a greater share of the country’s wealth.
Instead, the US should
undertake
three things: aggressive testing of various architectures for a missile defense system, including sea-based systems that could intercept missiles in the immediate post-launch, boost phase before warheads and decoys can be released; careful study of the consequences of moving to various mixes of offensive and defensive systems; and intense consultations with Russia, China and America's allies in Europe and Asia about how to maintain strategic stability in the post-Cold War era.
Unfortunately, though such accommodation cannot be sustained forever, today’s conditions are often viewed as semi-permanent, creating the illusion of stability and reducing the incentive to
undertake
difficult reforms that promote future growth.
Why should the French
undertake
painful reforms when their newly elected leader has just promised to protect them from a strong currency and further interest rate increases?
Likewise, France’s economic growth is waning not because France has failed to
undertake
necessary structural reforms, but because European interest rates are too high.
Some contend that Egypt will not be able to
undertake
this shift.
For Non-KP developed countries, they should
undertake
comparable commitments with quantified emission reduction targets.
But when he was still involved in development debates, he would frequently remind his contemporaries that any country that had the capacity to
undertake
comprehensive programs would not be underdeveloped to begin with.
But an advanced country could also
undertake
mitigation efforts in the developing world and thus earn additional credits equal to the full value of its mitigation efforts (thus allowing more emissions at home).
There are many balancing acts to be mastered: a government that is too powerful might violate citizens’ rights, but a government that is too weak would be unable to
undertake
the collective action needed to create a prosperous and inclusive society – or to prevent powerful private actors from preying on the weak and defenseless.
Perhaps for the first time ever, India’s government failed to enact even a single piece of legislation, much less
undertake
any economic reforms, restore price stability, or address widespread civil disorder.
This implies the need to upgrade China’s industrial structure, accelerate the formation of human capital, facilitate technological progress, and
undertake
further institutional reforms.
Last year, I accepted the UK government’s invitation to
undertake
a review of public-service pensions.
The coalition should
undertake
contingency planning to secure Syria’s stock of chemical weapons after the collapse of Assad’s regime, and prevent any further chemical-weapon deployment.
It does lend money to countries to
undertake
a variety of projects, and to help them through crises (such as the $10 billion it provided to Korea in 1997-1998).
In brief, the ECB could announce tomorrow morning that, henceforth, it will
undertake
a debt-conversion program for any member state that wishes to participate.
The international community undoubtedly has a central role to play in supporting social and economic reform in the region, and in assisting governments to find both the will and the way to
undertake
the necessary changes.
Meanwhile, fiscal policy – especially productive public investment that boosts both the demand and supply sides – remains hostage to high debts and misguided austerity, even in countries with the financial capacity to
undertake
a slower consolidation.
But private interests will not
undertake
some essential R&D under any circumstances; the “market” will not induce the necessary outlays, because investors cannot capture all the benefits of moderating global warming for the human race.
This is an important issue, to be sure, but the real question concerns the changes that Israel must
undertake
in exchange for this force being put in place and assuming the risk of such a mission.
If the most concrete elements of the eurozone’s governance framework are not applied rigorously, what will compel member states to
undertake
reforms and stabilize their debt levels?
As a remedy, he set up a War Responsibility Re-Examination Committee at his newspaper to
undertake
a 14-month investigation into the causes of Japan’s Pacific War.Watanabe tells us that the Committee concluded that, “not only high-ranking government leaders, general, and admirals should shoulder the blame.”
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – a new human rights treaty that Russia helped draft, but has not yet signed – mandates these alternatives, and represents an opportunity for Russia to
undertake
crucial human rights reforms on this issue.
Given near-zero interest rates and idle workers, it is time for the state to
undertake
the rebuilding of infrastructure.
By agreeing, year after year, to the mutualization of defense costs, what sort of incentives is France providing to Germany to
undertake
reform?
With China’s total government debt/GDP ratio amounting to only 53% – much less than America’s 80% and Japan’s 226% – there is sufficient space to
undertake
debt-equity swaps to tackle the internal-debt problem.
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