Economic vulnerability issues

Brené Brown The power of vulnerability

Everything was new and I felt weak.

The high priest can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, because he himself is also surrounded with weakness.

Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

Ineffective governments with weak leadership are at the root of the problem.

But we face these environmental challenges at a time of persistent economic weakness.

Debt sustainability is also affected by vulnerability to external shocks.

Elsewhere, political parties are weak or are tools of the regime.

It was funny, I sent something out on Twitter and on Facebook that says, How would you define vulnerability?

Genuine intimacy in human relationships requires dialogue, transparency, vulnerability, and reciprocity.

In fact, the reason may be just the opposite a sense among China s rulers of weakness at home.

I don t feel weak anymore, although I feel in pain each time I hear the news.

However, with the notable exception of the Economic Commission for Europe, there seems to be a trend towards weakening the statistical activities of the regional commissions.

Hurricane Katrina is a stark reminder of the increasing vulnerability of today's global environment, in which nature respects no boundaries.

Putin s claim to great power status and his great power policies are structurally very vulnerable.

Most Democratic politicians, too, subscribe to it for fear of being branded as weak on defense.

Clearly this dissection has weaknesses and it has been decided to collect this information more directly in future.

Russia will start to feel vulnerable, and will be pushed toward either geopolitical brinkmanship or submission to China s will.

In adverse economic circumstances, governments felt vulnerable and unsure, and they could not afford to alienate public support.

Civil society remains weak and does not have the capacity to serve as a countervailing factor for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Subsequent research by historians of science leaves little doubt the Nobel medallion is etched with human frailties.

The response of legal officials to that problem was weak in many countries, and prevention strategies remained fragmented and reactive.

However, the heightened sense of vulnerability caused by terrorist attacks should not be allowed to lead to a lack of respect for fundamental principles and rights.

However, after the return of the pro Russian Victor Yanukovich to the position of Ukrainian prime minister, the country s pro Western orientation has been significantly weakened.

The worse fight than fighting men for them was fighting another woman, who hated how powerful and independent they are and who felt weak and helpless in front of them.

Institutional care tends to attract financial support, and this presents risks to children, especially where regulatory policies are weak.

And you see the countries on the right, like Norway and the USA, are twice as rich as Israel, Greece, Portugal on the left.

Recognizing the extreme vulnerability of the poorest sectors of the population, in particular women and children, and the inadequacy of existing local and national institutions to deal with recurrent natural disasters,

But a sense of strategic vulnerability breeds interdependency, which has always been the key to successful US leadership in Asia.

And then we are miserable, and we are looking for purpose and meaning, and then we feel vulnerable, so then we have a couple of beers and a banana nut muffin.

The first is that China s trade and aid strategy targets only states with abundant natural resources and weak and thus easily influenced governments.

Most of these purchases have been made in Africa, with two thirds taking place in countries where hunger is widespread and institutions for establishing formal land ownership are often weak.

Veh and his team also had the chance to win the double by winning the DFB Cup on 26 May 2007 in Berlin, but lost 2 3 in overtime against 1.

Small island developing States are also vulnerable to exogenous environmental and economic events, such as the dramatic increase in fuel prices, which impede their opportunities for development.

The Team's trips focussed on States which face a high level of threat, which have particular knowledge of the threat or which it deemed vulnerable to the threat.

The reporting on the implementation of outputs is weak, data on the relevant indicators of achievement are not properly collected and progress made on the results achieved is not assessed.

Although terrorism, insurgency and factionalism are waning, they will remain a threat to the State if the international community shows signs of flagging in its commitment to the long term security of Afghanistan.

If the growth trend is one percentage point lower a distinct possibility in an era of protracted consumption weakness budget deficits would be a significantly higher.

As European countries take these measures, their economies are likely to weaken with unhappy consequences for the global recovery.

It is no secret that Obama s support for the war in Afghanistan, which he has called necessary for the defense of our people, served as protection against charges of weakness over his policy of withdrawing from Iraq.

My delegation wishes to underscore the importance of promoting the concrete realization of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, especially in relation to its provisions on vulnerability, risk assessment and disaster management.

Party discipline is weak, and Congressmen must themselves raise most of the money that they need for re election and that happens every two years for members of the House of Representatives.

In the short term, some worry that the ruling Congress will be enfeebled by the results, and that India might soon face an early general election, which is not due until 2014.

The Board has further reviewed the issue, and remains concerned by the physical security of part of the UNCC archives, as there is a lack of reinforced doors at a vulnerable entry point in a public space.