Indeed, countries with higher birth rates are less exposed to longevity risk in the next half century or so than countries with low birth rates.

But if markets are working well, then returns will be higher only because risk is higher.

For almost all countries, higher emissions come from higher growth rates.

Output in developing countries currently lowered by temporary shocks would be higher than otherwise, and the risk of additional world inflation would be minimal.

Countries that have been through war in the previous five to ten years are at far higher risk than others of witnessing a relapse of war.

Elderly populations are also a good target for MMR based screening, because the radiation risk is less important and because they have a higher risk of tuberculosis (85 per 100,000 in developed countries, in the average).

The lender who can t judge the risk goes for investments that promise higher yields.

OECD countries with higher female labor force participation rates also have higher birth rates.

Higher prices fuel higher growth in these countries, which, accompanied by a population boom, leads to higher domestic energy consumption.

Because banks would need to accept higher risk, a secondary market for mortgages is necessary.

Considered high risk borrowers, SMEs generally have to pay much higher interest rates than larger firms in in many African countries the interest rate exceeds 30 (Kwaku 2003).

This design helped spread the earthquake risk from Japan to foreign investors, who could accept the risk and were enticed by higher expected yields.

The risk premia that financially distressed countries must pay remain high and signal continuing risk.

Otherwise, countries risk losing their hard won gains.

It has been observed that a higher number of participants effectively prevents the risk of collusion.

It says that, if your friends are obese, your risk of obesity is 45 percent higher.

Another consequence of rape is increased maternal mortality related to the higher risk of complications during childbirth.

Reproductive risk is lowest in the wealthy industrialized world, whereas countries with the highest reproductive risk are the poorest countries in sub Saharan Africa.

Still more of the relationship comes from countries where inflation rates are higher when government debt is higher.

Even for higher achieving countries, future success is not guaranteed.

Protestants everywhere have higher Gross National Product than Catholic countries.

Representatives of some industrialized countries described their bilateral higher education assistance programmes for developing countries.

(g) Disaster prone developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States, warrant particular attention in view of their higher vulnerability and risk levels, which often greatly exceed their capacity to respond to and recover from disasters

Something started to cause investors to fear that Greek debt had a slightly higher risk of eventual default.

Also, sedentary individuals may be at a higher risk due to weakness in muscle stabilizers of the clavicle.

As output and consumption become more stable, investors do not demand as large a risk premium. The lower the price of risk, the higher the price of risky assets.

To avert a repetition, securities held by banks must carry a much higher risk rating than they currently do.

(i) Promote the implementation of local risk assessment and disaster preparedness programmes in schools and institutions of higher education.

But in return for taking on all of the risk, this person is going to get a higher yield.

Essentially trans fats lower good cholesterol and higher the bad cholesterol which increases the risk of coronary heart disease.

With greater certainty over the planting cycle, farmers can commit themselves to investments that yield longer term gains, and they can invest in planting higher risk but higher revenue crops.

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Debtor countries pay substantial risk premiums for financing their government debt.

Most developing countries faced a serious risk of being left behind.

Thus, they run the risk that a spike in interest rates would feed back relatively quickly into higher borrowing costs.

But there is also a higher risk of disaster, owing to a seemingly inborn human tendency to extrapolate past returns.

But, despite deep divisions among the rebels, the cost of Western indifference is probably higher than the risk of intervention.

Early onset depression (before 20 years of age) is particularly associated with a significantly higher risk of relapse and recurrence.

But sounder fiscal policy might lead to even higher inflows as the country s external balance and sovereign risk outlook improve.

Shadow banking in China is dominated by lending to higher risk borrowers, such as local governments, property developers, and SMEs.

Youth unemployment rates are typically two to three times higher than for others, and young women are particularly at risk.

War and conflict also increase displacement, a factor that places women at higher risk of sexual violence and HIV infection.

Instead, most EU countries give higher subsidies to the most costly renewables.

In most countries, it should probably be higher than it is now.

These proportions will rise even higher as emerging market countries urbanize rapidly.