Vulnerability
in sentence
592 examples of Vulnerability in a sentence
Another potential source of
vulnerability
is soaring corporate debt in developing countries, which have accounted for two-thirds of overall corporate-debt growth since 2007.
The problem is that there are pockets of
vulnerability.
Today, in fact, as the financial and economic crisis unfolds before our eyes, it is ironic to compare the relative strength of Central Europe, behind a strong Poland, to the extreme
vulnerability
of Southern Europe, behind Greece.
This points to another vulnerability: weaknesses within labor markets that have proved particularly damaging for the young.
Moreover, the franc-zone countries that are small and produce no oil prefer to pool their reserves in order to reduce their
vulnerability
to external shocks.
Conscious of its
vulnerability
to rocket attacks, Israel knows that needs a defensible state, safe from external aggression.
The
vulnerability
caused by higher public debt over the next few decades is simply ignored.
At the same time, China’s declining dependence on export-led growth is reducing its
vulnerability
to the whims of those who control access to global markets.
Officials undertaking
vulnerability
assessments at Moria are left asking not whether someone has been raped, but how brutally and how often.
This has increased the
vulnerability
of many emerging markets to a sharp reversal in capital flows.
This is the context of our current peculiar
vulnerability.
Not surprisingly, a contagious globalization that increases
vulnerability
inevitably triggers preventive and defensive strategies that are not always proportionate or reasonable.
If open war is China’s only
vulnerability
in the South China Sea, the US will lose the larger strategic competition.
Much of the world breathed a sigh of relief at the Democrats’ recapture of the House, because it signaled a
vulnerability
in Trump’s aggressively anti-liberal “America First” approach to the world order.
But eight in ten Americans think that terrorist attacks are unlikely, and many voters believe that involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq will increase rather than limit America’s
vulnerability
to terrorism.
Economic interdependence and the
vulnerability
associated with it is an inescapable fact of contemporary life.
The first step in assessing China’s financial
vulnerability
is to distinguish a solvency crisis, which can occur when firms lack sufficient capital to withstand an asset-price meltdown, from a liquidity crisis.
For some countries, this is currently the only viable option, but over the long run this dependence can mean higher energy costs and
vulnerability
to price volatility and supply shocks.
Turkish Democracy’s Secret WeaponOXFORD – The recent failed coup attempt in Turkey highlights the country’s continuing
vulnerability
to military takeover.
Despite their shortcomings, income measures are useful in gaining a better understanding of the extent of poverty and
vulnerability
worldwide.
In recent decades,
vulnerability
and economic insecurity have increased with the rise of transient, casual, and precarious employment, including self-employment, and part-time, fixed-term, temporary, and on-call jobs.
At the same time, macroeconomic policies have focused on achieving and maintaining low-single-digit inflation, rather than full employment, while limited social protection has heightened economic insecurity and
vulnerability.
The lack of basic social protection in most countries exacerbates
vulnerability.
The ILO World Social Security Report found high or very high vulnerability, in terms of poverty and labor-market informality, in 58 countries, mainly in Africa and Asia.
Vulnerability
exists at levels far above the World Bank’s $1.25/day poverty threshold, especially given rising job insecurity and inadequate social protection worldwide.
To address global poverty effectively, global leaders must take a more comprehensive approach that focuses on reducing citizens’
vulnerability.
In other words, Ukraine’s dependence on nuclear energy, which accounts for about half of its electricity generation, has increased its strategic
vulnerability
to Russia.
It is also why we are creating a new Global Impact
Vulnerability
Alert System, giving us real-time data and analysis on socio-economic conditions around the world.
Many measures are still needed to address this vulnerability, including the formalization of international cooperation to handle failing financial firms.
Perceptions of resilience have given way to fears of
vulnerability.
Back
Next
Related words
Their
Economic
Which
Financial
Other
Global
Countries
About
Shocks
External
Would
Reduce
People
Increased
World
There
Country
Growth
Power
While
