And the tension here is between institution as enabler and institution as obstacle.

OK, the second big enabler, and this is where I told a big lie.

(2004), Issues Note on ICT as an Enabler for Growth, Development and Competitiveness (UNCTAD XI), Partnership for Development Information and Knowledge for Development, TD 394.

The role that Governments can play in maintaining and enhancing competitiveness is either as a provider of public goods and social infrastructure or as an enabler of the process, which also encompasses encouraging innovation and investment in technology by enterprises.

The second big enabler is intellectual property, because in fact I got up here and I talked about how great the music culture is.

When you're dealing with the left hand edge of one of these distributions, when you're dealing with the people who spend a lot of time producing a lot of the material you want, that's an institution as enabler world.

Her Alan Greenspan like belief in the self correcting features of financial markets, and her reverence for the integrity of the price mechanism, do not look as well founded today as they did in the 1980 s. So, in that sense, she can be seen as an enabler of the market hubris that prevailed until 2007.

And once I put that in context, I'd like to tell you a little bit about technology why I believe technology is a tremendous enabler a very powerful tool to help address some of these challenges.

Broadband14 access policies, for example, are on the ICT agenda of most governments, since they are considered to be a key enabler of economic growth and distance education, and they make possible the special treatment of people in remote areas where advanced medical care is scarce.

Also at UNCTAD XI, and to provide a forum for the discussion of ICT related issues, a thematic session had been held on ICT as an enabler for growth, development and competitiveness there had also been a parallel event on trade related finance and an UNCTAD UN ICT Task Force side event on Implementing the WSIS Plan of Action, Issues for Trade and Development .

Connectivity is a basic enabler of economic growth and improved quality of life, and there is a strong business case for investing in broadband to optimize the delivery of essential services in education, health care, safety, and security, and to redefine urban landscapes through intelligent electricity grids and more efficient transportation.

As (lovely as) rubies and as (beautiful as) coral.

As (lovely as) rubies and as (beautiful as) coral.

Food is as important as energy, as security, as the environment.

We have trained girls as carpenters, as masons, as security guards, as cab drivers.

It can be something as prosaic as shoes, and something as complicated as overthrowing a government.

Not as great a general as Napoleon, not as great a statesman as Frederick the Great.

And you just want to learn as much as you can as soon as you can.

A man is as old as he feels and a woman as old as she looks.

As well as with a series of provisions such as

I've rescued children as young as three years, and I've rescued women as old as 40 years.

As long as you are here, we might as well begin.

He described this expedition as 10 times as dangerous as Everest.

I was as smelly and as depressed as anyone in line.

As we all know, this challenge remains as urgent as ever.

It's there, but it's not nearly as important as happiness, and it's not nearly as important as love.

But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two edged sword.

But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two edged sword.

His heart is as firm as a stone yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.

His heart is as firm as a stone yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.

Allegedly, degrading and cruel treatment as well as torture were as bad as last year, if not worse.

It's as old as breathing.

Come as soon as possible.

I'm as tall as you.

She's as busy as Tom.

He's as tall as me.

Nothing's as important as peace.

It's as cold as ice.

Read as much as possible.

I think it's about having to be prepared as communities, not as individuals being prepared as nation, being prepared as state, being prepared as town.

Things slow down as you learn, as you learn, as you learn.

And so the global village is as big as a planet, and as small as a village post office.

Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh's servant?

Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh's servant?

Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.