The Eurozone s Narrowing Window

China s Narrowing Policy Horizons

We used quantitative arteriography, showing the narrowing.

I ended up narrowing the subject to Monet's Haystacks.

All of these paths remain open, but they are narrowing.

This causes a narrowing of the domestic policy base in our developing countries.

So babies and young children are very bad at narrowing down to just one thing.

Some progress had since been made in narrowing divergences, but agreement had not yet been reached on an agenda.

The Government and relevant agencies have made great efforts in narrowing the gap between men and women in leadership positions.

Talks between the parties on Darfur have not yielded concrete results or much narrowing of the gap on the issues concerned.

This is one of the arteries that feed the heart, one of the main arteries, and you can see the narrowing here.

Some of the amendments to the OECD Model Tax Convention, however, include a narrowing of the requirements for constituting a permanent establishment.

At present, after more than half a year's repeated discussions, differences surrounding the enlargement formula of the Security Council seem to be widening rather than narrowing.

In its evaluation of UN Habitat (E AC.51 2005 3), the Office recommended narrowing the focus of the programme and improving the management of some of its activities.

Although it is well funded compared with other schemes, with the deficit narrowing to 300m on some measures, Tata Steel and ThyssenKrupp are keen to keep its liabilities under control.

That is why we have begun to develop neighbourhood telecommunications centres, thereby narrowing the information gap between young people who have access to such information and those who do not.

Although the Summit laid the groundwork for the Goals, the effort since then to prioritize action by focusing on the Goals has resulted in the narrowing of the international development agenda.

There is a path to sustained recovery, but it is narrowing. To navigate it, we need strong political will around the world leadership over brinksmanship, cooperation over competition, and action over reaction.

It can be said that the spiritual, material and technical assistance of the international community has been practically instrumental in improving the quality of women's life and narrowing the gender gap in Vietnam.

But simply narrowing the gaps in school enrollment rates and total years of schooling is not enough. Countries must also ensure the quality of their education systems a key challenge for the coming decades.

Turkey is also narrowing the gap with OECD countries in terms of educational quality. In 2006, Turkey scored 76 points lower than the OECD average in science exams and 74 points lower in math.

However, this narrowing of the gap between men and women was due more to a reduction in the amount of credit received by men than to an increase in the amount received by women.

Of particular importance was the Organization's continued backing of the Initiative for ASEAN Integration and implementation of the Vientiane Action Programme, which focused on accelerating ASEAN integration and narrowing the development gap among member countries.

The key question is what is going on with the US, which, after all, represents the other side of the great imbalance? The US current account deficit has been narrowing in recent quarters, thanks to export growth.

Over the more than 25 years of its existence, the Human Rights Committee has developed singularly important jurisprudence on the issue of the right to life and its effect of narrowing down any application of capital punishment.

The Programme aimed at improving the health of the people, especially women and children by reducing infections caused by unsafe water and sanitary conditions, raising living standards, building infrastructure and narrowing the gap between rural and urban areas.

In the case of Guatemala, the number of indigenous people in all age groups completing primary education is lower than the number of indigenous people, even though this traditional gap is gradually narrowing, reflecting a positive but slow trend.

3. Reaffirms that narrowing the gap between rich and poor, both within and between countries, is an explicit goal at the national and international levels, as part of the effort to create an enabling environment for the full enjoyment of all human rights

2. Reaffirms that narrowing the gap between rich and poor, both within and between countries, is an explicit goal at the national and international levels, as part of the effort to create an enabling environment for the full enjoyment of all human rights

2. Reaffirms that narrowing the gap between rich and poor, both within and between countries, is an explicit goal at the national and international levels, as part of the effort to create an enabling environment for the full enjoyment of all human rights

2. Reaffirms that narrowing the gap between rich and poor, both within and between countries, is an explicit goal at the national and international levels, as part of the effort to create an enabling environment for the full enjoyment of all human rights

On a good day, I'll have maybe three or four seconds that I really want to choose, but I'll just have to narrow it down to one, but even narrowing it down to that one allows me to remember the other three anyway.

Mr. Hadden cautioned against the Working Group narrowing its focus on autonomy and appealed for a parallel study of integrative measures, such as ensuring the full and effective participation of persons belonging to minorities in the civil service, police force and security forces.

Countries can reduce their national debt by narrowing the budget deficit or achieving a primary surplus (the fiscal balance minus interest payments on outstanding debt). This can be accomplished through tax increases, government spending cuts, faster economic growth, or some combination of these components.

Particular attention should be given to the creation of comprehensive operational frameworks that establish clear lines of authority in the course of negotiations for resolving a kidnapping case, thus narrowing the chances of conflicting orders or actions that could endanger the lives or integrity of the victims.

Because of its very relevance, historical heft, and cultural baggage, France mistrusts the changes taking place around it as though the weight of its nationhood were keeping it from taking flight and narrowing its horizons. But no country today can remain isolated from globalization, tame it, or lead it alone.

Weakening and deterioration of family relations as a result of the narrowing of opportunities for daily interaction among family members, with the appearance of symbolic and material forms of violence between them and the growing phenomenon of divorce, with its inevitable impacts on generations within the family and children in particular

Convention No. 100 The wage gap and statistical data. In a direct request of 2004, the Committee continued its discussion on the manner in which policies and reforms were facilitating the access of women to posts of greater responsibility and are contributing to narrowing the wage gap between men and women.

Obama can use his State of the Union message to flesh out a bipartisan strategy for narrowing the budget deficit to sustainable levels. This would entail reinstating pay as you go rules and establishing an independent commission to submit to Congress amendment proof (and filibuster proof) recommendations for tax and expenditure reform.

18. Urges developed countries to assist developing countries and countries with economies in transition in narrowing the digital divide, creating digital opportunities and harnessing the potential of information and communication technologies for development, through technology transfer on mutually agreed terms and the provision of financial and technical support, and in that context to support the World Summit on the Information Society

Other countries, by contrast, face ruinously high borrowing costs, which are simultaneously increasing the scale of their reform challenges and narrowing their political scope to address them. The longer Italian and Spanish borrowing costs remain at such elevated levels, the greater the damage to those economies, and the harder it will become to marshal the necessary political support for further reforms.

Rather, it should welcome proposals by Arab League mediators for immediate electoral reform and early parliamentary elections. At the same time, it should expect the opposition to endorse the establishment of an international tribunal to adjudicate the matter of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, albeit after clarifying and narrowing the current excessively broad United Nations rules governing the investigation.

The 2005 Report of the Secretary General points out the gains for women in the ten years since the Fourth World Conference for Women, notably more women parliamentarians narrowing of gender gaps in education more women in the workforce lower fertility rates greater attention to sexual and reproductive health and rights, violence against women and inequality of power in gender relations.

The Advisory Committee draws attention to the observations and recommendations of the Board of Auditors concerning air operations. It requests the Mission to closely monitor the use of aircraft and to carry out a management review on the underutilization of air assets, aimed at establishing a realistic assessment of the Mission's requirements and narrowing the gap between actual and budgeted flight hours.

Using this macro historical framework, we can see Japanese deflation, European debt, and even the Arab Spring as phases of systemic changes within complex structures that are interacting with one another in a new, multipolar global system. We are witnessing simultaneous global convergence (the narrowing of income, wealth, and knowledge gaps between countries) and local divergence (widening income, wealth, and knowledge gaps within countries).