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And it has not been strengthened by the Libyan revolution, but rather by the failure of state-building in North Mali, the absence of post-conflict reconciliation and reintegration in Algeria, and a lack of accountability for a shadowy Algerian security establishment whose brutal methods have proved
woefully
inadequate to the challenge.
Increasingly, the highly political,
woefully
inefficient, self-serving, and often corrupt UN sees itself not only as the world's peacekeeper but also as the arbiter of international health, environmental, and human rights issues.
If aging societies in the West and elsewhere (like Japan) fail to get immigration right, they will be
woefully
unprepared when they confront the real tidal wave: the retirement of baby boomers in the coming two decades.
The areas where this new and old left can make a difference include improving anti-poverty programs, expanding housing and property rights, effective land reform, developing education, science, and technology, and, perhaps most importantly, strengthening democracy, human rights, and the rule of law in a region where they have been
woefully
absent for decades.
They are
woefully
underfunded.
By the standards of a traditional treaty, it falls
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short.
As for services – by far the UK economy’s largest sector – the WTO rules governing exports are some 20 years old and
woefully
out of date.
Yet, while pledges to increase development assistance have soared, short-term funding is
woefully
inadequate.
But existing efforts to alter the situation remain
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inadequate.
The situation is different in emerging economies, where the quantity and quality of the existing stock of housing is
woefully
inadequate.
First and foremost, the eurozone countries’ decision to admit Greece to the single currency in 2002 was
woefully
irresponsible, with French advocacy deserving much of the blame.
The modern sense of building a pan-Asian community began with the traumatic East Asian financial and economic crisis of 1997, when all the countries of the Asia-Pacific region learned the hard way that national reforms and protections could turn out to be
woefully
inadequate.
On the other hand, most of us are
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inadequate to practice the venerable and vital art of baloney detection (or, more politely, critical thinking), which is so necessary in modern society.
The sector’s domestic value chain is
woefully
weak.
On August 29-31, I moderated the World Demographic & Aging Forum in St. Gallen, Switzerland, where attendees arrived at a clear conclusion: although we have increasingly rich data and sophisticated knowledge about future population trends, our concerted action to address those trends falls
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short.
Especially important is the proposal to channel 30% of the profits of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) – currently running at close to $400 billion – into the country’s
woefully
under-funded social safety net.
And savings, the seed corn of future prosperity, remain in
woefully
short supply.
As international bureaucracies with a penchant for “best practices” and common standards, these institutions are
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unsuited to the task of seeking innovative, unique pathways suited to each country’s particular circumstances.
Re-establishing a clear direction for the international order partly comes down to leadership – something that is
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lacking today.
The bottom line is that urbanization, schooling, and Internet access are
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insufficient to transmit effectively the tacit knowledge required to be productive.
Despite the government’s recent upward revision to a still-depressed personal saving rate, the overall US national saving rate, which drives the current account, remains
woefully
deficient, averaging just 1.9% in net terms (adjusted for depreciation) over the post-crisis 2009-17 period.
But these numbers are
woefully
inadequate relative to the magnitude of the problem.
In the eyes of most Asian policymakers, the proposed contribution by the West, especially America, towards solving the problem is
woefully
inadequate.
But neither can we accept a situation in which vast resources are spent on national cohesion, while European cohesion lags so
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behind.
And, as the owner of over $1.25 trillion in Treasuries and other dollar-based assets, China has played a vital role in funding America’s chronic budget deficits – in effect, lending much of its surplus saving to a US that has been
woefully
derelict in saving enough to support its own economy.
Yet, although some 60% of the displaced are children, education provision for Myanmar’s youngest refugees remains
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insufficient.
Equally important, the government has slashed
woefully
inefficient energy subsidies and unveiled a new mega-project: widening the Suez Canal to accommodate the ever-increasing amount of traffic.
In Japan, long-standing structural problems, such as aging, labor-market rigidities, and a generalized productivity malaise, can be addressed only through the so-called “third arrow” of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s reform agenda, which remains
woefully
incomplete.
Specifically, that means social security, private pensions, and medical and unemployment insurance – plans that exist on paper but are
woefully
underfunded.
But that
woefully
small 1% figure means that the world simply does not have enough to ensure that more than a fraction of affected children get help.
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