The cost to countries of nutrient over-enrichment from the degradation of their marine and coastal natural resource base, and the services and livelihoods it provides, will increase without improved policy responses.
Nor is monetary policy improved by engaging in fiscal policy and the allocation of credit.
Tensions between ministers and their officials were "inevitable", he said, but this improved the policy making process.
Indeed, absent improved dollar policy that tilts toward strength and stability, the economic portion of their presidencies will almost certainly fall short.
Mr. DIONNE: I think the personnel changes are part of an effort to put a big sign up that says a new and improved Iraq policy under new management.
It's making nice with urban politicians and anti-Wal-Mart activists through a new ad campaign that touts its improved health insurance policy and charitable giving programs.
But the advice also works at a local level, as the book illustrates through the story of how the Tow Foundation improved juvenile justice policy in Connecticut.
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We noted progress in the Maximizing Agricultural Revenue through Knowledge, Enterprise Development and Trade (MARKET), a U.S. program that directly supports the ASEAN Integrated Food Security (AIFS) framework and associated Strategic Plan of Action for Food Security (SPA-FS), emphasizing enhanced trade facilitation as well as improved farmer and policy-maker access to information, in partnership with the private sector.
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Shares may be benefiting from looser monetary policy, not improved fundamentals, just as they did when the Fed eased in anticipation of a millennium bug.
Indeed, one of the healthiest trends in British politics recently has been a new willingness in all the big parties to look across both the English Channel and the Atlantic for lessons on how public policy might be improved.
Unless capacity growth has improved, it suggests that fiscal policy has been looser than previously thought, says Carl Emmerson of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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Besides winning Indonesia a seat on the United Nations' new human-rights body, Mr Yudhoyono's main foreign-policy achievement so far has been improved relations with the United States.
Pro-poor sustainable agriculture, Decent Employment, Empowerment of Vulnerable Groups and MDG-Driven Policy Framework, the project has improved incomes of over 600 families and impacted 5 villages of district Bahawalpur.
Germany has other foreign-policy priorities besides France, such as improved relations with Poland and other central European countries.
That idea was triggered by the lack of any such hints from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in a Feb. 29 congressional appearance, a slightly improved Fed assessment of the economy in its last policy statement, and three straight months with rises of more than 200, 000 jobs in U.S. non-farm payrolls.
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Companies need to be confident about the integrity of the GDI approach and assured that it was compliant with both international policy and domestic regulations and that it will clearly facilitate improved biodiversity performance.
If politicians are to gain control over policy, the quality of cabinet ministers will have to be improved.
Buttle UK is now pressing for "urgent policy action" with key recommendations including a national allowance and improved kinship policies and practices.
The new euro-zone fiscal rules, improved budget discipline and decisive action by the ECB mean "we have the room to make fiscal policy with a more medium-term perspective, " Mr. Rehn wrote in his blog.
Other levers available include restrictions on road capacity and parking spaces, improved alternatives such as public transport, walking and cycling, and, most important, a review of planning policy so that the need for travel is gradually reduced.
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