Sentence examples for economic rigour from inspiring English sources
The mix of economic rigour and reformist politics seemed a promising one for Brazil, the world's fourth-largest democracy but its third most unequal country and one with an unhappy tradition of political corruption (see article).
On March 6th Mr Chubais was still saying that the president had "yet to give the final word" on his future.Mr Chubais was removed from government because his support for economic rigour and reform had made him one of the most unpopular politicians in the country.
After playing a key role in every emerging-market financial crisis, from Mexico in 1994 to the recent messes in Argentina and Turkey, Mr Fischer has an enviable reputation for economic rigour and political deftness, both inside and outside the IMF.
While the association rates the party's Treasury spokesman, Vince Cable, for bringing "economic rigour" to the party, applauds Sir Menzies Campbell's stance on the war, and welcomes pensions spokesman Steve Webb's plans to put £25 a week extra on the state pension, it wants more of the same.
If the end of this era is upon us, we can credit a series of revelations: that central bankers learned the lessons of economic history less well than they'd thought, that they displayed an unfortunate tendency to set aside economic rigour in favour of an obsessive focus on price stability, and (perhaps most importantly) that they are in more need of democratic accountability than is often assumed.
In order to assess the methodological rigour of economic evaluations, various instruments have been developed.
Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, having steered the country through the rigours of economic "corrections" equal to about 16% of GDP, is optimistic about the single currency's future and is keen to follow neighbouring Estonia, which joined the euro in 2011.
After being worn down by military service, bad economic conditions, and the rigours of early Rome's debt law, the plebeians in 494 bc seceded in a body from the city to the Sacred Mount, located three miles from Rome.
They argued that Brazil's deep-rooted injustices demanded a switch of public money from debt payments to social programmes.To their credit, Lula and his finance minister, Antônio Palocci, opted for the rigours of economic orthodoxy, honouring the debt and tightening fiscal and monetary policies.
The time has come to subject surgery to the same rigours of economic assessment that other health-care sectors are already receiving-namely, the comparative assessment of costs and benefits.
Faced with the rigours of economic recession, can we send students out into the job market with a less than an excellent knowledge of how to find, evaluate and use information?
