The lack of airlift, for instance, has made it difficult for some countries to move their men and equipment.
For some countries, whose currencies have appreciated because of QE3, financial conditions have actually tightened, which will weigh on growth.
The eurozone does not involve shared sovereignty - which is hard enough for some countries to accept under austerity pressures.
That interest rate is, if the individual economies subject to it differ, going to be wrong for some countries some of the time.
For some countries, it will be a fine line between wanting to keep Britain in the union and a reluctance to pander to what they see as "British exceptionalism".
None of this is to gloss over the fact that international investing does carry risk of currency fluctuation, questionable accounting practices (which Americans are by no means immune to at home, either) and, for some countries, political instability.
For some countries, notably in South Asia, where such funds account for a large part of national incomes (16% of GDP in Nepal in 2007, 9% in Bangladesh), the fall will be painful indeed when combined with higher fuel and food prices.
Academics get led astray when they argue about the causes for slow growth in some places and rapid place in others, or when they suggest fundamental reasons for why some countries are richer than others.
For some European countries, the tsunami cost more citizens their lives than any natural disaster in decades.
Indeed the same may be true the other way round for in some countries Samsung are suing Apple.
With such largesse on offer, it can become difficult for some African countries to make up their mind.
But it is a potentially damaging burden for some small countries.
In practice, this would be fine for some small countries, but it is not too practical for the world as a whole because it would require a very large amount of gold.
As for rumors that some countries (like Ireland) may be vulnerable to expulsion from the Union?
While it is legal to export plastics for recycling in some countries, it is illegal to export waste.
If he fails to accept the political arguments for bumping up some countries and yet bumping down none, he risks being overridden publicly by the heads of government when they meet in Helsinki in December.
The average wait time in some countries for obtaining a U.S. visa is 100 days.
Even the Japanese government responded by initiating discussions with some countries for bi-lateral sources agreements.
Economists have been talking for decades about why some countries get wealthy, and some do not.
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For those countries, some standards, however modest by Mr Klein's lights, would be better than none.
Columbia Sportswear considers Vietnam a "safer" place to manufacture than Bangladesh, a spokeswoman said, because Vietnam has been making apparel for longer than some other countries.
For example, in some countries, individual social-security numbers or tax codes are now used by government agencies as unique identification numbers to control access to health care or higher education.
Since not even the equality-conscious Nordics have yet managed to get rid of the employment gap altogether, it seems unlikely that gains on this scale will be realised in the foreseeable future, if ever, but there is certainly scope for improvement in some rich countries and even more in emerging markets.
Poor countries are far more interested in new initiatives for development aid, while some richer countries, especially the European ones, would like to see renewed commitment to tackling global warming.
State Department officials said they hope Saddam's capture would move the countries to eliminate some of the debt, which for several countries, runs into billions of dollars.
Why do some countries change for the better in a crisis and others don't?
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Some countries praised for their breakneck economic growth, such as Angola and Equatorial Guinea, are oil-sodden kleptocracies.
Argentine food and drug exports were rejected by some countries, for fear they might arrive damaged by the chaos.
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