Although emphasizing poverty alleviation and debt relief for the world's least developed countries, the bank has retained its commitment to economic stabilization policies that require the implementation of austerity measures by recipient countries.
Was the French president about to show his commitment to economic reform by abandoning a totemic policy, as Tony Blair did on becoming Labour leader in 1994?
Within a commitment to 'achieve the greatest possible degree of consistency among the policymakers responsible for questions related to global health' (5, p. 41), the federal government explicitly refers to foreign and development policies only, but not to economic policies.
But as Lula has so far shown next-door in Brazil, ideology can count for less than a commitment to responsible economic policies and the rule of law.Peronism, that most protean of South American political movements, has survived Argentina's collapse.
A consistent thread running through all of my work is a commitment to advancing economic policies that promote equal opportunity, social and economic rights, and environmental sustainability, for this and future generations.
Brazil's ascent to booming Bric power is the story of a decade-long commitment to orthodox economic policy, a growing commodities boom and, more recently, massive government investment that helped pull the country through the latest global slump.
"Uruguay deserves the ongoing support of the international financial community for its commitment to sound economic policy," he said.
Now, as president, Trump is a standard-issue Republican with an almost total commitment to conservative economic policy.
