Sentences with phrase «about global economic developments»

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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimated that these kinds of profit - shifting practices amounted to about US$ 100 billion - US$ 240 billion in lost tax revenue each year, equivalent to up to 10 per cent of global corporate income tax revenue.

Several Thai politicians who attended the Boao Forum for Asia, a kind of China - centered version of the World Economic Forum in Davos, noted that, in recent years, some of the discussions at Boao had shifted from a kind of general talk of globalization and its impact in Asia to more specific conversations about some of the failings of Western economic models exposed by the global economic crisis, and whether China's type of development might be less prone to sucEconomic Forum in Davos, noted that, in recent years, some of the discussions at Boao had shifted from a kind of general talk of globalization and its impact in Asia to more specific conversations about some of the failings of Western economic models exposed by the global economic crisis, and whether China's type of development might be less prone to suceconomic models exposed by the global economic crisis, and whether China's type of development might be less prone to suceconomic crisis, and whether China's type of development might be less prone to such risks.

Thomas Gass, assistant secretary - general for policy coordination and interagency affairs in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations, talked with Global Finance about the UN's new Sustainable Development Goals and how the private sector can help.

In their development of this initiative, the three founders recruited additional members to forge the Project's Risk Committee, a group of dedicated individuals concerned about the economic future of America under the threat of global climate change.

«Our study does not imply that economic development is not important in a general sense but cautions policymakers about relying solely on the trickle - down effects of economic growth on child nutrition,» said Sebastian Vollmer, assistant professor of development economics at the University of Göttingen, adjunct assistant professor of global health at HSPH, and lead author of the study.

And just as the Facebook debacle raises public concerns about the use of personal data, a new international test of ten and 15 - year - olds is to be introduced by the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)-- a powerful influence on national education policies at a global scale.

Tuesday's statement was vague about the timing, saying only that a potential rate increase would depend on «domestic and global economic developments.»

Beginning with the definition of the highway as an element of connection between the migratory flows moving from the periphery towards the city, Indian Highway speaks about technological development, the economic boom and the growing global centrality of this subcontinent in the world of the arts since the 1990s.

Whatever the scientific truth, which Dyson admits he isn't positive about, he doesn't think that the case for global warming is sufficient to curtail economic development or take resources away from more pressing problems like reducing poverty.

At a minimum, this includes assumptions about future demographics, economic development, and degree of global integration.

Sustainable development is not about just preserving the environment, it's an economic / — Agenda 21 Greatest Concern Freedom from Tyranny Global Warming & Social Equity Strategic VisionProtect Life - Liberty - Property / Recommendations for each of the following topics: o Population and Poverty o / for Sustainable Communities o Smart Growth Network, Smartgrowth.org, etc. o Federal /

This complex, large upfront investment requirement makes these technologies fundamentally unsuitable for supporting rapid economic development, which is a much higher priority than sustainability for about 80 % of global citizens.

The lack of a «conceivable pathway to reducing CO2 concentrations... on the timescales put forth by the Paris Agreement» is not improved by said Agreement's permitting «developing countries» (responsible for about 65 % of global emissions) to prioritise «economic... development and poverty eradication» over CO2 reduction, merely encouraging them to «move over time towards... emission reduction or limitation targets»: https://judithcurry.com/2016/08/16/cop21-developing-countries/

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