Sentences with phrase «such global crises»

Famines in Africa, cyclones, war, squalid refugee camps: such global crises are turned into media dramas.

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Despite the fact that the company launched in the midst of a national economic crisis, it has since reeled in more than $ 45 million in funding from investors such as New York City - based General Atlantic as well as Endeavor Catalyst, an investing branch of the eponymous, global entrepreneurship support network.

Such indoor farming — ranging from skyscraper greenhouses to in vitro meat — is altering our definition of agriculture and creating technologies that could stave off a global food crisis.

The household name had logged four consecutive years of consolidated net losses, punished by the global financial crisis in 2008 and losses in its consumer product divisions such as the flat - panel TV units.

Secondly, he noted «the root causes of the global crisis have not been prop ¬ erly tackled» with the financial system remaining «the Achilles heel of the world economy» and thirdly, «little progress is being made in reducing working poverty and vulnerable forms of employment such as informal jobs and undeclared work.»

During difficult market conditions, such as the asset - backed commercial paper crisis in the summer of 2007 and the global financial crisis of late 2008, the BAX has consistently provided customers with price transparency, liquidity and central counterparty guaranteed transactions.

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 such risks.

As you can see, the 2007 - 2008 global financial crisis had much less of an impact on state unemployment rates compared to other major countries and regions such as Canada, Australia, the European Union and United States.

Global economic crises such as the one we're seeing play out in Greece are a reminder of the value that assets not controlled by governments have.

Learning from previous crises, countries such as Mexico, Brazil and India have transformed their government debt markets, inuring themselves to global economic shocks by limiting their borrowing in non-domestic currencies.

The issues at play here, such as some easing in concerns regarding the crisis in the eurozone and the prospects of slowing growth in emerging markets, look to be much more global in nature, relative to the natural - gas market.

Politicians and central bankers will manage the crisis of 2016 - 2017 as they have most other crises (such as 1987, 1998, 2000, 2008) by increasing spending, addressing an excess debt problem with even more debt, and pumping more «funny money» into the global financial system.

There are risks to all this, of course, as the global financial crisis made clear; but when done judiciously, in a well - regulated financial system, we believe such market - based credit solutions can help encourage growth and stability.

Corne, who spent 28 years at the helm of Louis Vuitton Australia, led it to a position in the global top 15 (the locations where luxury retail is the most successful) and through curve balls such as the rise of online shopping and social media, economic crises and tourism changes.

In some of these companies the departure of the CEO coincided with a dramatic change in market conditions or some other external shock such as the global financial crisis.

(* Reforms were initiated under an INC government, but under pressure from the rise of the BJP and global institutions such as the IMF, during an economic crisis in 1991)

The standard response from Labour politicians on such occasions is that they did not cause the global financial crisis and they realise that banking regulation was insufficiently stringent.

As such, all flashpoints from the disputes over the Senkaku / Diaoyu islands to North Korea can be attributed to the inability of the global community to settle the crisis ending in 1945.

However, in November 2008 when the global economic crisis led to an unprecedented 1.5 percentage points cut in the base rate, banks such as HBOS, Lloyd's TSB and Abbey all passed on the full 1.5 % cut to borrowers with standard variable rate (SVR) mortgages.

In this era of increasing global food crisis and changing climatic regimes, such ability is highly desirable.»

And such wage gains feed back into global prosperity more readily than other kinds of economic boosts, such as profits, because wage - earners use the money to buy more goods and services — precisely the economic stimulus governments have been trying to bring about since the crisis of 2008.

«Local and global shocks, such as economic and financial crises, political instability, and environmental disasters require strategies to increase our capacity for resilience,» says Kharrazi, «Policy and decision making should consider both the short and long term growth and resilience of growth based on inclusivity or exclusivity and intensity of trading partners from a network perspective.»

Existing prediction systems failed to forecast the global crash of 2008, which led to several governments bailing out their banks and European nations, such as Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Spain, being plunged into a sovereign debt crisis.

The coral reefs of the world are in crisis, endangered by a number of coastal threats such as overfishing, pollution, and coastal development as well as global threats such as climate change.

This global bushmeat hunting crisis is a fundamentally distressing problem to address because it is intimately tied to human development challenges such as food insecurity, emergent disease risks and land - use changes [7].

Moreover, such wage gains feed back into global prosperity more readily than other kinds of economic boosts, such as profits, because wage - earners use the money to buy more goods and services — precisely the economic stimulus governments have been trying to bring about since the crisis of 2008.

When we think of questions such as «how to provide a stable growth of the global economy so as put the aggrieved communities of the world back to work,» we make the mistaken assumption that just getting people to produce and consume more commodities is the answer to the problems we are facing during this horrific economic crisis.

This explains why the world capitalist system is always subject to crisis of local and global character, such as occurred in 1870, 1929 and 2008.

Shot in a refugee camp on the island of Lesvos in Greece, the film focuses on the relationship between faith and a global crisis, raising themes such as humanitarian duty and the presence of God in a time of need.

A global fuel crisis and an increase in local law enforcement put an end to such factory - backed drag racing antics on Woodward Avenue.

The Board believes that the current global economic crisis provides significant strategic opportunities to companies such as Avigen that have a strong cash position and public listing.

The global subprime crisis had such far - reaching implications that it is impossible to spell out in a few sentences the large - scale affect it caused on the economy of the world.

But circumstances - including the global financial crisis and dropping property values, or other unforeseen events such as job loss or unexpected medical bills - have made it impossible to pay this mortgage.

A combination of bond - buying programs by central banks, negative - and zero - interest - rate policies, and continued fears that a new global crisis may be around the corner (a hard path to Brexit being the latest source of such concern) have held the pedal down on the flight to safety.

Such long - term bonds carry high volatility risk (the ETF's duration is 17.5), but Roche views them as insurance against a geopolitical or global economic crisis.

«Global challenges such as the recent economic crisis and the climate imperatives can only be addressed in a global cooperative manner and in fora such as the UN or the G - 20&Global challenges such as the recent economic crisis and the climate imperatives can only be addressed in a global cooperative manner and in fora such as the UN or the G - 20&global cooperative manner and in fora such as the UN or the G - 20»

Her work reflects the fear of catastrophic events, such as nuclear crises or global climate change.

Liu locates the human dimension to such global issues as population displacement, environmental crisis and economic upheaval, but through carefully orchestrated compositions, he walks the line between artifice and reality.

LIU locates the human dimension to such global issues as population displacement, environmental crisis and economic upheaval, but through carefully orchestrated compositions, he walks the line between artifice and reality.

The wide date - range of the show allows for a diverse selection of global concerns to emerge, including protests against the Vietnam War, such as in the work of Nancy Spero and Edward Kleinholz, protests aimed at the governments» response to the AIDS crisis, such as in the work of AA Bronson, General Idea, and Felix Gonzalez - Torres.

«The studio was founded at the very beginning of the global economic crisis and as such it specialised in working under unusual production circumstances.

All the characters, such as the Artist, the Art Dealer or the Hedge Fund Manager explore their relationship with the global financial crisis and the role of contemporary art in it.

The Weather Makers will present three large - scale video works alongside a new print series, weaving together myth and metaphor with scientific research and new digital technologies, The exhibition asks the viewer to consider what the future might look like if we continue on our current trajectory of planetary pillaging and consumption, and why we have allowed ourselves to arrive at such a moment of global environmental crisis.

Literature and global events, such as the migration crisis, have also fueled works in the exhibition.

Comparing current global conditions to the turmoil that followed each of the World Wars, he has said the international exhibition is a response to economic, political and social crises, including «a humanitarian catastrophe on the high seas, deserts, and borderlands, as immigrants, refugees, and desperate peoples seek refuge in seemingly calmer and prosperous lands,» and the uncertainty and insecurity that accompanies such desperate disorder.

Supporting the generation and dissemination of public knowledge of the sciences relevant to the global eco-crises we've produced (and how best to undo / manage such crises) is not a bad idea / activity to pursue; especially if we're determined to nurture and secure the kinds of clear signals for which future generations are likely to say thanks for your life - affirming, freedom - loving labors.

But they are also susceptible to abrupt and rapid changes and crises, such as global financial meltdowns or the volatility of the global food system.

«Our goal is not only to provide much - needed funds to these organizations, but to engage customers on issues such as recycling, sustainable water use, watershed protection and the global water crisis.»

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has declared a global bleaching event, making this only the third such crisis in recorded history.

Such actions should not even be contemplated without first acknowledging the fact that none of the catastrophic consequences of rising global temperatures have yet been conclusively documented, as well as the much greater likelihood of the horrendous global food crisis that would follow such actiSuch actions should not even be contemplated without first acknowledging the fact that none of the catastrophic consequences of rising global temperatures have yet been conclusively documented, as well as the much greater likelihood of the horrendous global food crisis that would follow such actisuch actions.