This, in turn, has contributed to the build-up of the macroeconomic imbalances that many blame for the financial crisis.

ECONOMIST: Reserve currencies

Not only are they most affected but they have contributed the least to the build up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

WHITEHOUSE: THE WHITE HOUSE

High levels of defence spending for Vietnam in the late 1960s and the Reagan build-up in the 1980s both contributed to the emergence of big federal budget deficits.

ECONOMIST: More a question of psychology than economics

The conference contributed to ongoing efforts by the international community to build an appropriate intellectual framework to support governments, international organizations and other groups in framing sound environmental policies.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences