Institutions are as good as the people who operate them.

We must devote attention to the good performers so that they may soon escape the clutches of poverty.

And it is not unreasonable to anticipate that strong recipient performance will lead to greater donor contributions.

Even Germany is performing better.

In recent years, however, neither economic theory nor empirical evidence has been kind to the presumed tradeoff. Economists have produced new arguments showing why good economic performance is not only compatible with distributive fairness, but may even demand it.

Today's reconfirmation of the Monterrey partnership reaffirms our shared commitment to economic growth and sound governance.

The link between education and economic success makes the delivery of quality schooling and training a hugely important issue for business as well.

At the same time, economic performance depends to a considerable extent on economic policy.

Improvements such as this were instrumental in the good performance of the Army in border skirmishes with Colombia (1911 and 1932) and a major war against Ecuador (1941).

Many Americans will reject Bush this November because of the poor performance of the economy or the quagmire in Iraq.

These attitudes also largely echo their less convincing economic performance.

Impressive economic performance enabled the region to invest in human and infrastructure development.

One can argue that economic performance would have been even better with less government intervention.

Current conditions are keeping economic performance well below potential.

As president, he talked of economic performance as if it could be improved by decree.

It is an environment that will produce deep disparities in economic performance around the world.

Expanded measurement of the dimensions of economic, social, and environmental performance is necessary to broaden awareness of sustainability issues.

Nor has high taxation in the Nordic countries impeded economic performance.

It is the sort of pretense of knowledge that the economist Friedrich von Hayek denounced as a recipe for constraining freedom and ensuring economic mediocrity.

Much of that remarkable economic performance is built on the industries of the low carbon future.

Economically, the United States, the eurozone, the United Kingdom, and Japan are all idling.

However, the overall impact of the disaster on economic performance in the region in 2005 is likely to be small.

(c) Asia and the Pacific There is a wide disparity in economic performance among developing countries in the region.

I see the good student.

It's good seeing you.

The mystery, until recently, was why economic performance had been so weak. There were four types of explanations.

To be sure, economic performance will vary widely among EU countries. While Italy will be the laggard, with only 1.1 growth, the Irish rocket will not lose its force, pushing real GDP up by about 4.8 .

Raising women s labor market participation rate boosts economic performance in a number of ways.

And that left the administration open to the charge that bad policy was the cause of poor economic performance.

Reflecting the divergence in economic performance, Europe became divided into creditor and debtor countries.

The resulting higher tax rates distort economic incentives and thus weaken future economic performance.

This trend has surfaced as a result of the realization of the poor economic performance of many resource rich countries despite their vast wealth.

The economic performance of Sierra Leone remained stable and GDP increased to 7.4 per cent in 2004.

We believe that well regulated economic trade would ensure sustainable development for the least advanced countries and would help to build confidence among States.

That's good to know.

It is about a good education.

Quality education for all

Even in the United States, economic performance has remained mediocre, with growth hovering around 1.5 for the last few quarters.

Strong economic performance reflects strong domestic demand in the US, owing to low borrowing costs and rising asset prices.

Fiscal stimulus was replaced by austerity, with predictable and predicted adverse effects on economic performance.

But two risks to Latin America s economic recovery loom large.

Since first coming to power, Putin sought to cement Russia s status and its global standing on the basis of superior economic performance.

Too many countries seem to be focused more on political outcomes than on economic performance.

Countries have long used national income accounts, with GDP as the main indicator, to describe economic performance.

Given this spectacular economic performance, Americans could spend more on defense than the rest of the world combined.