The European Central Bank, for instance, is resisting pleas that it reduce the interest payments that Greece must make on Greek government bonds already held by the E.C.B. "If you were to reduce Greece's debt it would give Greece more time to implement long term reforms," Megan Greene, director of economic research on Western Europe at Roubini Global Economics, said.
Organisational change is often needed to effectively implement long term changes in health care.
To prevent H9N2 infection in chickens, China implemented long-term vaccination programs in chicken farms as early as 1998 (Li et al., 2005; Zhang et al., 2008).
These can range from implementing long-term development programs to short-term measures like installing flower planters.
The system in our sector is set up to implement long-term strategies and stick to them".
So it is hardly surprising that, despite their best intentions, they start to behave like politicians with short time horizons instead of technocrats implementing long-term policy.
Oliver Joy, a spokesman for the trade body WindEurope, said: "Europe's leadership in renewables may be consigned to the history books if we don't implement long-term policies.
Last year CARE worked in 84 countries to reach 122 million people, implementing long-term programmes to fight poverty, responding to humanitarian emergencies, and advocating for policy change to improve the lives of the poorest people.
"Investors expect the industry to embark upon a smoother route to future prosperity by developing and implementing long-term business strategies that are resilient to climate change and resulting regulatory shifts".
