Because the heavy industry that the communist government had invested in had not received the required maintenance and modernization during the austerity of the 1980s, it became inefficient and uncompetitive.
Georgians honed their black markets during the austerity of Soviet times when they became skilled at beating the system, wheeling, dealing, hustling and getting rich.
The agency is accredited and financed by the State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, and the move — which would require renovations to the ranch house — is being delayed during the austerity of a fiscal crisis.
After five years during which austerity has been steadily entrenched in the psyche, to the point where it almost seems part of the natural order of things, Mr Cameron senses opportunity in a glut of moderately encouraging financial news.
Unlike annuity rates, which have been falling, and dismal savings with rubbish interest rates, some income funds have managed to increase beyond the rate of inflation during the austerity years.
IN THE early days of the coalition government last May, it sometimes seemed that David Laws had been genetically engineered to do the job of chief secretary to the Treasury during this austerity era.
Socio-economic circumstances are relevant to the capacity to self-manage and suggest that any gains and progress will be hard to maintain during economic austerity.
The concomitant examination of positive psycho-social determinants in conjunction with health-related issues has also been reported in the literature but it has not received sufficient attention in Greece until recently [ 12], especially during the austerity period.
On the basis of the observed 12 percentage point rise in unemployment during the austerity period, our statistical models estimate a 2.23/100 000 population rise attributable to job loss linked to austerity (95% CI 1.37 to 3.10), which largely accounts for the overall suicide increase in working-age men during this period.
