Sentences with phrase «as policy instruments»

Mandatory Demand as a Policy Instrument: The Case of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Biofuel Program, Jay Kesan, Timothy Slating, Hsiao - Shan Yang, Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No.

SEDL's policy research focused on the following school reform strategies as they played out in selected states and local districts: resource allocation in local districts, teacher mentoring, policymaker participation in community dialogues on education reform, and the charter school as a policy instrument affecting school - site influence over education reform.

Mixed tenure communities as a policy instrument for educational outcomes in a deprived urban context?

Basically acting as a policy instrument, this sort of cap - and - trade initiative provides economic incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

«Feed - in Tariffs As a Policy Instrument for Promoting Renewable Energy and Green Economies in Developing Countries»

As carbon pricing — in particular, cap - and - trade systems — have emerged as the policy instrument of choice in many parts of the world, interest in linking these systems together has grown.

Such a rule would help absorb excessive currency in circulation by introducing inflation as another policy instrument, with the inflation rate controlled by a range of factors.

Not exact matches

The yield, a barometer for mortgage rates and other financial instruments, has jumped in April on signs of nascent inflation and as the Federal Reserve stood by its plan to gradually tighten monetary policy.

In point of fact, QE is a tool that the Bank of Canada views as a legitimate instrument of monetary policy if the need should arise.

The Bank began shifting emphasis from the Bank Rate to the target for the overnight rate as its key monetary policy instrument.

Also, bills have typically traded below other money market rates during tightening cycles, as they do now; periods where bills trade at or above other rates have been the exception and not the rule.36 Thus, the smaller increase in bill yields than in rates on other term instruments is not surprising, and I do not read it as undermining the general conclusion that the policy rate increase was effective in firming money market conditions.37

Prentice cited the federal loan guarantee for Newfoundland's Lower Churchill River hydroelectric project as «a wise instrument of industrial policy,» and called for governments to «expedite the regulatory and environmental approval processes for megaprojects.»

It uses this as the instrument for monetary policy, and influences the cash rate through its financial market operations.

As the Reserve Bank sets a target for the cash rate, it is often referred to as the «instrument» of monetary policAs the Reserve Bank sets a target for the cash rate, it is often referred to as the «instrument» of monetary policas the «instrument» of monetary policy.

As the outlook changes, and as the balance of risks shifts, it is appropriate also for the policy instrument to shifAs the outlook changes, and as the balance of risks shifts, it is appropriate also for the policy instrument to shifas the balance of risks shifts, it is appropriate also for the policy instrument to shift.

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde urged policy makers to work more closely together as they plan eventual exits from unconventional monetary policies, endorsing swap arrangements between central banks as an instrument to weather instability.

We believe synthetic gold has been co-opted by risk managers and speculators as a convenient, high - capacity instrument to offset bullish bets on financial assets, the US dollar, and ultimately on the success of radical Fed policies.

This report identifies the policy instruments at the disposal of local governments based on central government policy framework, and presents a few successful and replicable case studies and international experiences as reference for China's future development in promoting green bonds.

Until the early 1980s, monetary policy was exercised through a variety of instruments — such as interest rate ceilings, the setting of bond rates, variations in the Statutory Reserve Deposit Ratio, lending controls, monetary targets, pegged exchange rates — and the Treasurer and Treasury were very much involved in their use.

Fiscal policy was seen by most economists as the preferred instrument for that purpose.

The paper hypothesize that the change occurred because the Federal Open Market Committee switched from using the federal funds rate as an operating instrument to using it to implement monetary policy and presents evidence from a variety of sources supporting the hypothesis.

I think of this as a policy «instrument» in my general schematic outline, but it is not one that can be easily quantified or formalised.

The new measure calls as well for the FOMC to announce a particular monetary policy «strategy» each year, specifying, not mathematically but «in plain English,» its policy targets and the instrument or instruments it plans to employ to achieve them.

Alignment of government policy is particularly crucial, as inconsistency between government policies inhibits investment and raises the cost of capital.235 Once the overall strategic direction is set, a range of methods and instruments are available to mainstream climate at the project level.236 This needs to happen at the technical assessment stage, where technological and process options and alternatives are considered that will achieve the project aim; at the economic assessment stage, which involves measuring net impacts of the project on welfare; and at the financial assessment stage, where costs and revenues of the project are assessed.237

We then become vulnerable to «a neo-pagan foe that wielded horror as an instrument of policy,» as I wrote.

He moves from a belief central in Western monotheism, that God acts in history, to claim that American foreign policy can — and should — be viewed as an instrument God uses to realize God's ultimate plan.

Many Americans view the United Nations as a threat to our sovereignty even though, in fact, it has functioned more as an instrument of United States» foreign policy than as a challenge to our power.

In 1926 Dr. Morrison joined with Salmon O. Levinson, a Chicago lawyer, in campaigning for the renunciation of war and the branding as a crime its use as an instrument of national policy.

Yet surely the most striking feature of prophecy belief is precisely the opposite: how impotent it has been as an instrument of public policy.

Understandably, different churches practise it differently via salary structure, or some other mechanisms such as periodic love gifts, etc. (In the early church, salary structure as we know it today probably wasn't invented, just like computer, modern musical instruments and life insurance policy.)

Such developments within academic disciplines are highly significant in a society in which the social sciences are viewed as instruments for the clarification, support and advancement of the government's philosophy and policies.

It is particularly terrible to read some of the theological statements of the era: the apologias for Nazism, the carefully crafted protests that avoided any explicit mention of the victims, and the sermons that interpreted Nazi policies as instruments of God's historical will.

It can not yet be discarded, however, as an instrument of policy.

A first objective is the renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy.

These «necessities,» by a curious coincidence, have almost always matched the policy preferences of intellectuals, who tend to see the Constitution as a kind of perpetual work - in - progress, an instrument ever open to their expert ministry.

Even the partial democracy used in New York and D.C. is itself an exception, as judges — not the people or their elected legislators — have been the primary instruments of policy change in this social revolution which now has touched nineteen states.

As a human rights instrument, the International Code provides governments with a very specific set of policies to benefit a particular target population; in this case pregnant women and new mothers.

Incentives and policy instruments to encourage entrepreneurs and start - up companies, and promote projects like community energy initiatives, as evidence suggests that fresh thinking and innovation often comes from small organisations rather than the «big players».

These incentives and policy instruments could be financial, but they could also be lighter - touch regulatory and market mechanisms that help SMEs (unlike mechanisms such as auctions that are barriers to small players who do not have corporate back - up and who need to know the value of their product in advance if they are to raise funds).

One might think of these policy ideas as instruments that seek to institute a right to capital indirectly, by means of supposedly helpful incentives and / or targeted assistance.

Joseph Nye defined this as «the ability to get what you want through attraction,» and described culture, popular culture, commerce and governmental policy as soft - power instruments.

As an asset based policy instrument it would have done much for social mobility in giving young people some sort of financial means to begin life with.

Also, Fitch forecasts that, «a high inflation could have a fiscal impact if it keeps domestic funding costs elevated (yields can be as high as 20 % on short - term instruments), although we think the Bank of Ghana may have scope to ease monetary policy in 2017, as the impact of electricity tariff adjustments drops out of CPI calculations, lowering headline inflation.»

«The policy of using religious extremism as an instrument of war.

The Senate President disclosed this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, stressed the importance of responsive leadership — stating that both elected and appointed public servants must see their offices as a responsibility to better the lives of the people that they represent using the legislative and policy instruments at their disposal.

As a non-binding instrument, the declaration must be incorporated by UNESCO's member states into their national laws, regulations or policies in order to take effect.

Policy instruments promoting bioenergy demand interact to various degrees with both renewable energy and forest policies, while supply side instruments, as well as implementation aspects, interact most closely with forest policies.

As part of BIOACID, Ekardt's Research Unit Sustainability and Climate Policy assessed political instruments against ocean acidification and climate change such as the different treaties of international law, the Paris Agreement or regulations for marine conservation as well as human rightAs part of BIOACID, Ekardt's Research Unit Sustainability and Climate Policy assessed political instruments against ocean acidification and climate change such as the different treaties of international law, the Paris Agreement or regulations for marine conservation as well as human rightas the different treaties of international law, the Paris Agreement or regulations for marine conservation as well as human rightas well as human rightas human rights.

Our core strengths in green chemistry and engineering research, combined with our role as a trusted third - party facilitator of stakeholder collaborations drives meaningful change toward solutions that 1) preserve natural capital, 2) are safe and sustainable across the product life cycle, 3) align and leverage different types of policy instruments, and 4) actively engage stakeholders to ensure equity.

Included in the PowerPoint: Government Government Macro Policies (AS Level) a) Types of Policy: fiscal policy, monetary policy and supply side policy - instruments of each policy b) Policies to correct balance of payments disequilibrium - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal monetary and supply side policies to correct a balance of payments disequilibrium - expenditure - reducing and expenditure - switching c) Policies to correct inflation and deflation - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal, monetary and supply side policies to correct inflation and deflation This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talkePolicies (AS Level) a) Types of Policy: fiscal policy, monetary policy and supply side policy - instruments of each policy b) Policies to correct balance of payments disequilibrium - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal monetary and supply side policies to correct a balance of payments disequilibrium - expenditure - reducing and expenditure - switching c) Policies to correct inflation and deflation - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal, monetary and supply side policies to correct inflation and deflation This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked Policy: fiscal policy, monetary policy and supply side policy - instruments of each policy b) Policies to correct balance of payments disequilibrium - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal monetary and supply side policies to correct a balance of payments disequilibrium - expenditure - reducing and expenditure - switching c) Policies to correct inflation and deflation - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal, monetary and supply side policies to correct inflation and deflation This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked policy, monetary policy and supply side policy - instruments of each policy b) Policies to correct balance of payments disequilibrium - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal monetary and supply side policies to correct a balance of payments disequilibrium - expenditure - reducing and expenditure - switching c) Policies to correct inflation and deflation - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal, monetary and supply side policies to correct inflation and deflation This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked policy and supply side policy - instruments of each policy b) Policies to correct balance of payments disequilibrium - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal monetary and supply side policies to correct a balance of payments disequilibrium - expenditure - reducing and expenditure - switching c) Policies to correct inflation and deflation - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal, monetary and supply side policies to correct inflation and deflation This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked policy - instruments of each policy b) Policies to correct balance of payments disequilibrium - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal monetary and supply side policies to correct a balance of payments disequilibrium - expenditure - reducing and expenditure - switching c) Policies to correct inflation and deflation - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal, monetary and supply side policies to correct inflation and deflation This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked policy b) Policies to correct balance of payments disequilibrium - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal monetary and supply side policies to correct a balance of payments disequilibrium - expenditure - reducing and expenditure - switching c) Policies to correct inflation and deflation - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal, monetary and supply side policies to correct inflation and deflation This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talkePolicies to correct balance of payments disequilibrium - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal monetary and supply side policies to correct a balance of payments disequilibrium - expenditure - reducing and expenditure - switching c) Policies to correct inflation and deflation - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal, monetary and supply side policies to correct inflation and deflation This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talkepolicies to correct a balance of payments disequilibrium - expenditure - reducing and expenditure - switching c) Policies to correct inflation and deflation - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal, monetary and supply side policies to correct inflation and deflation This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talkePolicies to correct inflation and deflation - assessment of the effectiveness of fiscal, monetary and supply side policies to correct inflation and deflation This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talkepolicies to correct inflation and deflation This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked about.