Sentence examples for institutional breakdown from inspiring English sources
The vast majority were from the northern triangle of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, where authorities are struggling to cope with drug-fuelled violence, corruption and institutional breakdown.
We witnessed an institutional breakdown, a huge devaluation, the destruction of the financial system and a default on the public debt, all at the same time.
But it is certainly interesting that Evan Bayh is couching his retirement from the Senate as an occasion to decry its institutional breakdown and push for reforms.
What has happened in Birisi in Western Equatoria, a once-peaceful and fertile region in the south-west corner of South Sudan, is a stark reminder of the consequences of institutional breakdown.
Staff are now having to manage a whole series of incidents, including fights, drug smuggling, extortion and what I can only describe as an institutional breakdown in basic discipline.
The move came after a backlash from Democrats in Congress who urged Barack Obama to halt the deportations of families who have fled drug-fuelled violence, corruption and institutional breakdown in the three countries and entered the US without documentation.
"What we see are institutional breakdowns, not a breakdown of the system itself".
"We have spent 50 years thinking about maintaining government spending, not about investing to grow," says Fernando de la Rúa, a former president who resigned during the 2001 crisis.This short-termism distinguishes Argentina from other Latin American countries that have suffered institutional breakdowns.
These limited and specific entrepreneurial activities are commonly considered a reason for institutional breakdowns (Naude 2010).
Rowan Williams, expressing a "deep personal sadness" at the vote, wished his successor "every blessing" in sorting out an ecclesiastical multinational in the throes of an institutional nervous breakdown.
"He either gets a breakthrough in institutional reform or a breakdown of negotiations where he can say that Belgium doesn't work anymore," Mr. de Winter said.
