Sentences with phrase «knowledge economy said»

Overseas shipments fell 6.2 percent in August from a year earlier, after an 8.8 percent decline in July, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said in a statement today.

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When announcing the creation of his political advocacy group, Zuckerberg wrote a Washington Post op - ed, saying that technology leaders must band together to «advocate a bipartisan policy agenda to build the knowledge economy the United States needs to ensure more jobs, innovation and investment.»

«In the age of the knowledge economy, this is where we have to go to maintain competitiveness with the rest of the world,» Gerber says.

There just isn't the developer pool and tech talent in Las Vegas that there is in other cities, including the Bay Area, or really even a knowledge economy in Vegas, said Chris Leinberger, a fellow at the Brookings Institution.

VANCOUVER — Despite knowledge of shrinking timber supply, the Liberals have failed to set up the means to help forestry communities recover from mill closures that shatter their local economies, say the New Democrats.

And on the economy, he will note that in 2000, European leaders said they would make the union the most competitive knowledge - based economy in the world by 2010.

«Upstate New York, we came to prominence with a manufacturing economy and we have not been able to make the transition to a new knowledge economy,» Miner said.

Speaking earlier, Mr Gowers said: «I believe that intellectual property is at the heart of Britain's success in the knowledge economy.

Finger Lakes Community College President Dr. Robert Nye said, «FLCC works with the community to make sure our students get the skills and knowledge they need to be successful in the local economy.

Providing more and better college tuition assistance for middle class families is an important step in our knowledge - based economy,» Higgins, the congressman from Buffalo, said.

«Promising a knowledge economy without an investment in knowledge is a hollow promise,» said NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi.

A statement by NYC coordinator, Abiodun Emmanuel, says the Waziri of Adamawa possess knowledge of modern economic policies and political economy which the current administration lacks.

To thrive, Australia must nurture its knowledge economy, and there are signs the government can do this, says the Council of Deans of Science director

In an editorial published in Science in 2015, Mohammad Farhadi, Iran's Minister of Science, Research and Technology, said that sanctions «pushed its science, industry, and service sectors to cooperate in new and fruitful ways and also forced scientists to work more creatively and promote a knowledge - based economy for the first time in Iran's history.»

Regarding question 12, the bureau said today that «[g] iven the importance of this small population group to the economy, the federal statistical system and the nation, bolstered by the new knowledge of historical precedent brought to light by commenters to the Federal Register notice, the Census Bureau therefore plans to retain this question on the 2016 ACS.»

The organizers of today's march say in a statement that the event is partly about Donald Trump's «hostile ideology» with respect to science, but also about threats in France, including politicians» focus on «innovation and the knowledge economy.»

A worldwide «battle for brains» is going on, he said, a raging fight to attract the latest knowledge and the best scientists to the world's most developed (and most rapidly developing) economies.

He says that the R&D carried out in Singapore are among the top in the region and are in line with studies carried out in the U.S. «Singapore is moving toward the knowledge - based economy and was one of the earliest countries to identify environmental studies as a key area for development.

A driving force has been «the increased focus on the «knowledge economy» or «knowledge society» and, more recently, «knowledge impact,»» Meyer says.

And for you to succeed, you're going to have to be able to possess the skills and knowledge of a twenty - first - century economy,» Obama said.

The time to for Spain to become a knowledge - based economy is «now or never,» Martín says.

The site is best known for its archive of several thousand written tablets that «revolutionized knowledge regarding the ancient history and political economy of the region,» the report says.

«This analysis comes at a time when following the transfer of scientific knowledge into industry and the economy is a growing priority for governments and research funding agencies, said David Swinbanks, founder of the Nature Index.

Maine voters have a chance to say «yes» to an investment in our state that will create quality jobs, foster innovation and help the state transition to a knowledge - based economy.

Its goal was to prepare lots of people very quickly for a low - skill and low - knowledge economy, to batch - process, mass - produce education,» says Reville.

«Competency - based education is a growing movement driven by educators and communities focused on ensuring that students have the knowledge they need to flourish in a global economy,» said Susan Patrick, chief executive officer of iNACOL, a nonprofit that runs the website CompetencyWorks.

With countries like China and India building larger intensive knowledge based economies the report said that Australia needed to «lift its game» in the teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects.

«These tests are about high standards, improving expectations, and giving our young people the basic skills they need that will prepare them for the knowledge - driven economy in the 21st century,» said Richard W. Riley, Secretary of Education, in his statement about the Voluntary National Tests for Reading and Math.

«The industrial - age, assembly - line educational model — based on fixed time, place, curriculum and pace — is insufficient in today's society and knowledge - based economy,» said Gene Wilhoit, executive director of CCSSO.

For example, Bob Wise, a former governor of West Virginia who is now president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, said at a national leadership summit in February 2012 that online learning is an «imperative for meeting those challenges such as providing sufficient opportunities for students to gain the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in the global economy; dealing with budget deficits that are forcing program cuts; and ensuring students» access to high - quality teachers, curricula, and learning experiences.

«We're losing ground — a troubling prospect when, in today's knowledge - based economy, the best jobs can go anywhere in the world,» said U.S. Secretary of Education John King.

That says that we have agreed as a nation that there are ways of thinking and knowledge and skills that every student needs to be competitive in this economy and in the global economy.

But Ofsted will say in a forthcoming report that many of the courses on offer fail to give learners the skills and knowledge employers are looking for, or add value to the economy.

Knowledge from the local streets says thicker grade protects way better the engine but (if true) how much would the benefit be compared to losing that much fuel economy?

Critical Knowledge: Five - door, 5 - passenger hatchback with split - folding rear seatMore compact, more cost - effective, next - generation Integrated Motor Assist systemNew Eco Assist technology helps driver «learn» how to maximize fuel economyHonda says the 2010 Insight will be priced «significantly below» other hybrid modelsBase and EX models available, the latter offered with an optional navigation systemFuel economy ratings are 40 mpg city and 43 mpg highwayDriving range is 400 city

«One thing we all should have learned from the Great Recession and the housing bubble is that consumers must police the economy at its transactional foundations and must have access to the knowledge and data they need to act responsibly in their own interest,» said Charles Tran, founder of CreditDonkey.com.

WW: You've said, «I hope that viewers will take away that we are living in a crucial moment where the socioeconomic shift from industrial labor to the knowledge economy in Rust Belt America is leaving an important part of our society behind.»

«By incentivizing local economies, having strong community empowerment and increasing knowledge on sustainable peatland management we can see positive change,» she says.

«You've shifted onto an unstable tax base that you're hoping will go away, and you'll wind up having to raise other taxes up anyway» He also said a carbon tax imposed regressive penalties on sectors and regions already struggling in the current economy — such as energy - intensive manufacturing in the Midwest — while rewarding «higher - income coastal knowledge work.»

«This knowledge will help individuals protect themselves in the fast - moving crypto - economy and will help them make wise, secure investment decisions,» he said.

President Barack Obama said in the announcement, «These innovators are working to help keep the United States on the cutting edge, showing that federal investments in science lead to advancements that expand our knowledge of the world around us and contribute to our economy.»

While the IDA works with a wide variety of professionals, Anderson says real estate professionals are particularly well suited to this task thanks to their knowledge of the local economy, business relationships, and understanding of how transactions work.

Turning information into knowledge is not unlike the challenge facing real estate professionals in the new economy, he says.