Overcoming Europe s Twin Growth Challenges

III. The dual challenges of globalization and growth

Despite encouraging signs of economic growth among members, the region still faced daunting challenges.

23.4 The rapid growth of the Office has also posed serious challenges for its management.

Land scarcity, high population growth rates and a young population posed further challenges to socio economic development.

64. As the world economy heads towards the twenty first century, it faces the challenges of growth and sustainability.

Achieving the twin challenges of sustaining growth and reducing inequality has high priority on the policy agenda of the region.

One of the major challenges for sustainable development was to decouple economic growth from the threat of ever increasing pollution.

Lack of private sector growth and diversification of the economy, as well as a weak financial sector, are additional challenges.

The key challenges included the lack of peace and security and economic growth, and corruption, which continued to undermine socioeconomic growth and development, as well as capacity gaps in governance institutions.

Among the key challenges facing Thailand is the growth in disparities particularly affecting minority groups in isolated or very poor areas.

The main challenges faced by the international community today are maintaining international peace and security and achieving economic growth and development.

The rapid growth of tourism across the region is leading to a number of problems and challenges with respect to managing sustainability.

41. However, the increased openness and growth of world trade mean new challenges and risks, and not only advantages, for a country.

The rSustainable apid growth of tourism across the region is leading to a number of problems and challenges with respect to managing sustainability

The principle of zero nominal growth in the proposed 2006 2007 programme budget was difficult to reconcile with the new challenges facing the Organization.

Prevailing challenges include low growth, persistent poverty and weak governance, the social and economic disruption resulting from conflict and shortfalls in health and educational services.

There are challenges. There are challenges.

Economically, the BRICS are facing serious challenges. In addition to a well documented growth slowdown, China has lately experienced considerable stock market turmoil and currency devaluation.

Abe has set out the vision behind his long term growth plan. Japan is a country that challenges, that is open, and that innovates, he says.

Like sub Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa is confronted with the challenges of economic growth and, to a lesser degree, of poverty alleviation.

He noted that rapid urbanization coupled with population growth was one of the most serious challenges for the developing world, exacerbated by the trends towards globalization.

Balancing efficient resource use with dynamic growth of their economies presents new challenges as regards maintaining policy coherence as well as formulating and implementing competition policy.

29. The current process of globalization of the world economy has created new opportunities and challenges to the growth and social well being of our countries.

China s explosive economic growth hinges on the rest of the world, radically changing the global production chain and challenging the global trading system. If China maintains its growth momentum over the next two decades, the global system will face huge challenges.

Our political systems and global politics are largely unequipped for the real challenges of today s world. Global economic growth and rising populations are putting unprecedented stresses on the physical environment, and these stresses in turn are causing unprecedented challenges for our societies.

The successful integration of migrants, on a temporary or permanent basis, provided opportunities and challenges for the receiving countries and fostered diversity, creativity, growth and economic development.

(c) The United Nations system should focus on long term development challenges and on enhancing national capacity to pursue poverty eradication, sustained economic growth and sustainable development.

Challenges

Challenges

But the magnitude of the challenges confronting Europe implies an urgent need for far more decisive reforms. We are confident that Europe will act together to meet these challenges, and we will continue to support such efforts, because European stability and growth matter for us all.

Iraq's challenges are also the challenges of the international community.

Furthermore, the different subregions of ESCAP as well as the individual economies are likely to respond very differently to the challenges of maintaining the present growth momentum, as highlighted below.

The combination of these factors has helped to produce important breakthroughs in poverty reduction and economic growth, supported by innovative responses to a wide range of environmental and social challenges.

Key challenges

Key challenges

Main challenges

Country challenges

Financing challenges

Global challenges

Challenges ahead

Specific challenges

Challenges ahead

Finally, local governments have demonstrated a willingness to support institutional innovation. This allows for the flexibility needed to address structural challenges at the local level, thereby preventing them from blocking growth.

Asia s challenges are graver than those facing Europe, which embodies comprehensive development more than any other part of the world. Despite China s aura of inevitability, it is far from certain that Asia, with its pressing internal challenges, will be able to spearhead global growth and shape a new world order.