Against Simplification

Simplification and harmonization

D. Simplification and harmonization

But this view is simplistic.

Eric Berlow How complexity leads to simplicity

A successful narrative can be neither too complicated nor simplistic.

Nowadays, many scoff at that notion as too simplistic.

NEW YORK It is said that Americans have a genius for simplification.

Of course, that is a somewhat simplistic dichotomy.

NEW YORK It is said that Americans have a genius for simplification. Gradually, however, the quest for it has become a global trend, one that continues to conquer new territories, just as blue jeans once did.

Because they avoid over simplification, foxes make fewer mistakes.

It was to be hoped that the simplification and harmonization process would be speeded up by general utilization of CCAs and UNDAFs, joint programming, and the involvement of the specialized agencies in the process.

His delegation appreciated the selection of Kenya as one of the pilot countries for the simplification and harmonization process.

Even a formula like war on terror simplifies a more complex phenomenon.

Some compounds are considered to be sources of CH3 , and this simplification is used pervasively in organic chemistry.

But both Ramadan and Sarkozy are too simplistic, for they reduce extraordinary murders to single explanations.

There should be greater simplification and harmonization, with clear targets and deadlines for the next three years.

In the early 1980 s, they fell under the spell of monetarism, a simplistic economic theory promoted by Milton Friedman.

Variants There are many variants and extensions of BNF, generally either for the sake of simplicity and succinctness, or to adapt it to a specific application.

New cash transfer procedures are being introduced which are a major, simplifying change for UNICEF and its partners.

Gradually, however, the quest for it has become a global trend, one that continues to conquer new territories, just as blue jeans once did.

And yet it would be too simple to ascribe the current dispute entirely to the open wounds of the last world war.

Since effectiveness also meant streamlined, rational financial management, his delegation welcomed the restructuring of United Nations information centres.

UNDG could be the driving force in the efforts to achieve simplification and harmonization over the next three years.

But I was in Milan and saw this street sign, and was very happy to see that apparently this idea of minimalism has even been translated by the graffiti artist.

The media are no remedy, as competition for ratings forces them to favor oversimplification over differentiation, complexity, and nuance.

To say that the gold market displays all of the classic features of a bubble gone bust is to oversimplify.

It would be a gross oversimplification to speak, as some are doing, of a clash between civilization and barbarism.

FLORENCE It is too simplistic to explain the current wave of concern about the euro in terms of Greece s problems.

Difficulties had been encountered in adapting to the new tools and procedures, and the simplification process had imposed an additional burden on Governments and the system itself.

Yet coverage of the controversy by the news media and the blogosphere has been astonishingly intense and simplistic.

His delegation would focus on four issues a participatory approach to development funding the simplification and harmonization process and information and communication technology (ICT).

In country after country, that Manichean mindset, with its oversimplifications and manipulations, was merely re fashioned to serve the new people in power.

A radical minority is using violence to impose a simplified and ideological version on a mainstream with more diverse views.

Put a Texas oilman and his buddies in charge and what do you expect, conservation? Unfortunately, that is a facile excuse.

Indeed, an oversimplified image of warrior style leadership in President George W. Bush s first term caused costly setbacks for America s role in the world.

Many participants make simplistic, ethnocentric statements like, Kikuyus should never rule Kenya again (Kenyatta is a member of the dominant Kikuyu tribe).

The mission observed progress in S H, the functioning of the Resident Coordinator system and the United Nations contribution to the national HIV AIDS programme.

The executive heads of UNDG should report annually to their governing bodies on progress made in advancing the simplification, harmonization and alignment agenda

Recent experience had shown that harmonization often led not to simplification but to further complication of rules and procedures, and the emphasis now had to be put on simplification.

China hoped that the programmes and funds of the United Nations development system would continue their efforts to expand financing input, extend reform and reinforce the simplification and harmonization of rules and procedures.

Kenya welcomed recent reforms aimed at simplification and harmonization which, if pursued effectively, could bring about streamlining, and in turn would reduce costs.

While the United States welcomed the consolidation of the United Nations Information Centres in Europe, the streamlining process must continue elsewhere.

UNICEF finds that with these changes it will be possible to proceed further with the recommended joint initiatives in areas such as analysis, programming and implementation and also simplification, harmonization and alignment.

Simplistic ideologies got the world into the mess in which it now finds itself, and simplistic prescriptions (even of the tough love austerity form) will only compound the problems.