Sentences with phrase «amounts of government support»

That's before we get to the endless amounts of government support provided to industry state champions, rendering them impractical to compete with.

CB: The Quest project is an interesting example, because it took a significant amount of government support to get it up and running.

The experience of the 1970s and 1980s taught us that if a technology is commercially viable, then government support is not needed and if a technology is not commercially viable, no amount of government support can make it so.

Not exact matches

Remuneration of a covered employee paid by an applicable tax - exempt organization includes amounts paid by a related person or government entity if the person or entity controls, or is controlled by, the applicable tax - exempt organization; is controlled by a person, or persons, that control the organization; or is a supported or supporting organization.

Britain is estimated to have substantial amounts of shale gas trapped in underground rocks and the national government has supported developing these reserves to counter declining North Sea oil and gas output.

The latest iteration does away with renewable obligation certificates (their equivalent of Australia's renewable energy certificates) and instead auctions off government support for a fixed amount of renewable energy capacity.

If we compare operating spending by municipalities to GDP, which is a broad measure of ability to pay, it remains within historical averages of close to 3 % of GDP.  In 2012, operating spending by all municipalities in Canada amounted to just 3.1 % of GDP, the same that it was twenty years ago, and down from the 3.3 % reached in 2009 during the depths of the recession.  This ratio was higher during the recession because GDP had dropped and governments sensibly embarked on stimulus spending to prevent a depression. This was before their misguided adventures in austerity (which presumably the CFIB supports, but have caused devastation to small businesses in countries elsewhere).

Banks involved in testing Project Ubin, including Bank of America Merrill Lynch and HSBC Limited, as well as government organizations like the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore are seeking to exploit the capabilities of blockchain provenance systems to improve efficiency and security for transactions such as letters of credit (LOC); LOCs support some $ 2 trillion of transactions in the importer / exporter market, but can be difficult to manage, as they generate a copious amount of time - consuming paperwork.

The German government has supported IRRI research since 1974 and, as of May 2015, had funded 61 projects for a total amount of about USD 59 million.

This is also projected to impact the amount of resources available to children, as more government funding will inevitably go to support seniors.

Government transferred an amount of GH cents 484.3 million to partially settle foreign exchange under - recoveries owed the Bulk Oil Distribution Companies (BDCs), support the Strategic Stock Reserve Programme of Government, and to subsidise premix and residual fuel oil.

The government will do what it can to stop the decline of the UK's post offices but «there is a limit» to the amount of financial support it can give, Tony Blair has said.

«Regrettably, all the excellent support, guidance and information that was previously available to schools was discarded by the Coalition Government when it came to office and replaced with a few inadequate paragraphs of advice which amount to little more than telling schools that «bullying is bad and you shouldn't tolerate it».

The Asempa Budget has allocated an amount of $ 100 million dollars as Government contribution either as equity or in kind support for the establishment of the district enterprises, 1 - District -1-Factory.

Riverkeeper Water Quality Advocate Tracy Brown: «To have the federal government continue to cut the state revolving fund monies that are available to support repair and maintenance is really gonna have a direct impact on water quality and it's gonna increase the number of sewage infrastructure failures and the amount of pollution in our waterways.»

The other variables in gauging the storm's financial toll on New York State DiNapoli says will be the pace of the recovery and the amount of support and aid provided by the federal government.

The Lordina Foundation has received a cheque of an undisclosed amount from the Chinese government to acquire start - up tools to support artisans in the rural areas of the country.

The agreement finally reached on the local government pension scheme after the government made significant concessions has rather less to do with official generosity than fear about the consequences if the scheme were so eviscerated that hundreds of thousands of local government workers might decide there was no point in continuing to contribute to it since, if they walked away, they would still get the same amount of money in retirement from means - tested income support.

This should be worrying for Labour supporters, because as well as losing large amounts of support after every election, during their previous stints in government the Conservatives have also won back large amounts of support in the two years prior to an election with an average gain of 18.5 % against Labour.

In one of the more successful government - supported programs for energy - efficient technology, research and development of better compressors now have provided refrigerators that are larger still — but use roughly the same amount of energy as the smaller iceboxes of the past.

The universities are stressing that the additional support should not be based on a dollar amount, rather that the government commit to funding positions for all of the students who choose to go to university.

He also performed an extensive analysis of over 20,000 samples of dairy products sent to him at two - week or four - week intervals from all over the world and created charts of the seasonal fluctuation of the amounts of fat - soluble vitamins in the butter and found that in each district, the government records for pneumonia and heart disease showed a pattern inversely associated with the fat - soluble vitamin content, which was one of many pieces of evidence supporting his theory that tooth decay and other degenerative diseases shared a common nutritional cause.

Public Opinion A YouGov poll found that only 38 per cent of people believe the government should build more grammar schools and encourage more schools to select on academic ability, which suggests there isn't a huge amount of public support for the idea.

The NSPCC is calling on Government to increase the amount of funding it gives to Childline to help meet this rising demand, to support children 24 hours a day and to help them before they reach crisis point.

Washington — At a time when interest in government support of private schools is high, the experiences of countries with large amounts of this type of support — such as the Netherlands, Australia, and Canada — are of particular interest to education researchers.

A DfE spokesman said: «The government, in a tight capital settlement for 2011 - 12, prioritised basic need to support the provision of additional pupil places, including doubling the amount allocated to local authorities to # 800m.

The overriding factor in all of this is a government which has a blind obsession with destroying any form of localised, organised support, and has effectively binned a vast amount of imaginative, engaging and challenging work in this area, at significant cost to the taxpayer.

Australia is a recognized leader in employing P3s to support a wide array of infrastructure projects, allowing smaller government investments to leverage much larger amounts of private capital to support the construction of roads, bridges, transit systems and more.

Often, this is the federal loan type, where the amount required to buy out the debt is lower because of the lower rates of interest applied to government supported financial aid.

The federal government provides a portion of Chimp Haven's support, but the sanctuary also needs a significant amount of private money if it is to care for all of the chimpanzees waiting to leave the labs for a humane retirement home.

Though, with the amount of bad press videogames receive, governments will want to be cautious before they start supporting an industry that, in the eyes of some, is such a cultural blight.

«By handling out phantom RECs, the government is putting homeowners in the difficult and perverse position of either forgoing any financial support to install solar or increasing the amount of dirty electricity in Australia,» says Alternative Technology Association Energy Advocate Damien Moyse.

(07/17/2008) Government support of biofuel production in rich countries is squandering vast amounts of amounts of money while exacerbating the global food crisis and failing to meaningfully curb greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy security, alleges a new report from the OECD, the club of industrialized nations.

Beyond high food prices, little to show for $ 11B / yr in biofuel support, says OECD report (7/17/2008) Government support of biofuel production in rich countries is squandering vast amounts of amounts of money while exacerbating the global food crisis and failing to meaningfully curb greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy security, alleges a new report from the OECD, the club of industrialized nations.

Faced with repeated requests from states to finance state climate plans, the government of India recently said that a limited amount of financial (as well as technical) support would be offered to states on the submission of specific project proposals.

However the amounts of funding involved ($ 75,000 and $ 50,000, respectively) were miniscule compared to the hundreds of millions doled out by Government agencies to support the alarmist agenda.

Here in the U.S., meanwhile, the Energy Department's support for next - generation photovoltaic research amounted to $ 21.7 million in grants that were doled out in 2007 to two dozen colleges and universities, a figure that pales by comparison with the billions of dollars in grants and loan guarantees the government is handing out for new industrial - scale projects.

But despite the support shown for McLachlin and a fair amount of condemnation aimed at Harper's comments (and even his understanding of the relationship between the government and the judiciary), the PM never apologized.

In order to determine what an acceptable amount of child support is, many parents will use the child support guideline tables set by the government.

Under this scheme, the government will be paying 50 per cent of the premium amount, thereby extending health insurance support.

2009 saw record numbers of university leavers and new figures show more than 660,000 people have applied for a university place for the next academic year. This staggering amount is up by 12 per cent from last year, once again breaking the record for the number of university applicants. With these figures on the rise, the coalition government have made an extra 10,000 university places to support the hefty amount of applications, meaning more students than ever will be graduating with degrees in the coming years. It is becoming even harder for employers to recruit graduates when they simply can not distinguish who is more qualified for the job â $ «how does one chose between the graduate with the 2:1 History degree from Durham or the 2:1 English Literature graduate from Bristol?

Relatives of people with psychosis / bipolar disorder (BD) provide a large amount of unpaid care, 1 2 but at high personal cost in terms of distress and burden, 3 — 5 and increased use of healthcare services.6 The UK Government recognises the need to support relatives in a caring role, 7 and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends all relatives are provided with information and support, and offered structured family intervention to enhance family coping and communication.8 9 However, a recent national audit of Early Intervention (EI) teams for psychosis showed poor implementation: only 50 % of relatives are receivingreceiving a carer - focused education and support programme; only 31 % offered structured family intervention and only 12 % receiving it.10

There is ample anecdotal evidence to support the opposite view, that respondents, including government parties, often delay the resolution of proceedings by taking an inordinate amount of time to review evidence of connection, and by insisting that bureaucratic processes be followed before commencing mediation or negotiation in instances where this should not be required.

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