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...percentage of current emissions will simply not work for developing countries. (It is not reasonable to ask someone who is emitting at nearly zero to reduce his emission to absolutely zero!). If the atmosphere is a global common, we will have to shift towards some form of per capita allocation of emission rights. Why should someone living in Boston be granted the right to consume more of the global atmosphere than someone living in Bahawalpur? Others have already suggested a system where each individual is allotted an equal “emission space” (to be managed by countries...
...know, after the founding of New China, the per capita income remained at the level of 60 yuan [$20] for quite a long time. That's below the poverty level. It means that the people didn't have enough to eat or to wear. But the reforms in the countryside took off and had results within three years. What we do in the reforms in the countryside is emancipate the productive forces and bring into play the enthusiasm of the peasants. If you want to bring the initiative of the peasants into play, you should give them the power...
...developers and local water systems, thus promoting growth without creating new strains on the supply of water. The water-management law will eventually force the rest of the state to follow the example of parched Tucson, where residents have given up cultivating lawns and have cut their per capita consumption more than 25% since 1974. Says the Governor: "The key to our water future lies in draconian management of our resources...
...concession to U.S. negotiators, Viet Nam agreed in principle last month to joint MIA recovery operations, scheduled to begin this week at the site of a 1972 B-52 crash near Hanoi. There is good reason for Viet Nam's newly cooperative mood. Its annual per-capita income is roughly $125, and the $2 billion a year it receives in assistance from Moscow is not likely to increase. Viet Nam is said to want the MIA problem solved as a first step toward restoring official relations with the U.S. and establishing economic ties. Washington insists that it will not consider...
...China, its share of all the goods going into the People's Republic is a mere 2%. Downer sees no reason why the two nations shouldn't enter into the FTA talks as equals. Fu is not so sure. "The biggest difference we have is the gap in per capita income," she says. "So Australia should always remember that it is dealing with a very poor country. If Australia wants to keep China as a friend, it has to understand the need in China...