Perhaps it has always been better at projecting influence than exercising it.
So far India -- which has long been known for being better at projecting soft power in the region than exercising hard power -- has been found wanting, leading some observers to suggest that the country was gradually being strangled by a Chinese "string of pearls" around its oceanic neck.
"You'll always be better at that".
"Set piece we can be better at.
"Be better at everything".
The rationale is that the private sector is better at delivering such projects.
Garner and James both recorded extensively in their prime but made the mistake of doing much of their best work for Columbia, a label which is better at initiating reissue projects than following through on them.
McCullough is better at following a construction project or an individual life from start to finish than he is at crafting a coherent narrative structure of his own.
The results showed employees are better at implementing work and completing projects than they are at growing new opportunities.
Oxfam and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) recently issued a report on energy poverty in sub-Saharan Africa showing that off-grid and mini-grid technologies are better at delivering power than centralized projects like coal plants.
