Sentences with phrase «better policy outcomes»

This approach has been challenged by other political scientists, such as Colebatch [104], who see better policy outcomes resulting from the collaborative efforts of both government and non-government players.

But I do not believe this is the key that will unlock better policy outcomes.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

Schatz said limiting legislating to only those who are well - versed in tech policy could have worse outcomes.

The forecasts outlined in the recent Statement on Monetary Policy give our best assessment of the most likely outcomes for Australia, contingent on these and other factors.

These improvements in outcomes have surfaced amidst a number of other important changes in the environment as well, including significant technological progress and better economic policies.

The way that monetary policy can contribute to a better outcome is not to have a short sharp expansion which generates inflationary pressures, but to have a long slow one.

If wage negotiations, for example, were to build in current low expected price increases — of the order of 2 to 3 per cent — that kind of behaviour would clearly produce better national outcomes than if larger increases (not backed by genuine productivity gains) were pursued and granted, only to be followed by a tightening of policy.

The monetary policy debate over whether rule - like behavior is preferable to pure discretion dates back at least to Henry Simons in 1936.1 More recently, in their Nobel Prize - winning work, Finn Kydland and Ed Prescott demonstrated that a credible commitment by policymakers to behave in a systematic rule - like manner leads to better outcomes than discretion.2 Since then, numerous papers using a variety of models have investigated the benefits of rule - like behavior in monetary policy and found that there are indeed significant benefits.

Each is a respected business leader who maintains a strong interest in public policy and driving good outcomes for Canada.

We will expect the figures to have an influence on the EUR, with any hint of a pickup in inflation and stable economic growth through the 1st quarter the best outcome for the EUR and those looking for Draghi to begin shifting on policy towards interest rates.

He needs a plausible story about how his preferred policies will lead to better outcomes and defend those policies from Obama's attacks.

If midwives were getting good outcomes with a low risk population, their policies would be fairly inexpensive.

The study's senior author, Associate Professor Natasha Nassar from the University of Sydney Menzies Centre for Health Policy said: «While the association between being born earlier — lower gestational age — and poorer developmental outcomes is well established, our results revealed that poor development is further exacerbated in the case of planned birth, where a considered decision made to deliver an infant determines gestational age.

- while believing that, given the inconclusive outcome of the General Election, the creation of the coalition and its policy programme as set out in the Coalition Agreement was the best available option for promoting Liberal Democrat policies and values during this Parliament -

If such an outcome were to occur, however, it would obviously be negative for international confidence in Kenya and lead to extended apathy over the government's ability to contain graft or execute well - thought - out public policy.

We applaud Trusts that screen their patients before admission, as the policy of not screening surely goes against the Government's ambition to reduce antimicrobial resistance, if we can prevent an infection by taking additional precautions where a positive screen is obtained then surely this reduces the need for antibiotics and makes a better outcome for the patient and save lives.

«Because we have environmental, energy and economic recovery policy that all work in tandem, and when you sweep those dollars away, you're not going to do the transformational pieces that get us to a better outcome.»

I actually that policy commitments are (at best) secondary when it comes to determining GE outcomes, and that these are in fact decided by how well things seem to be going under the incumbent governing party (or parties, in the case of a coalition government) and how well - placed the main opposition is to capitalise on any disasters that occur, but that's beyond the scope of the discussion.

* I actually think that policy commitments are (at best) secondary when it comes to determining GE outcomes.

Wealthy contributors helping their favored candidates win elections would not systemically skew politics or policy outcomes if these well - heeled donors were like the rest of us, if on average they had the same life experiences, opinions about issues, and political views as average - earning citizens.

Furthermore at a time when both major parties have adopted very similar education policies, the quality of public debate would be diminished if no one in the House of Commons were able to bring forward evidence that may lead to better educational outcomes for the nation's children,» Mr Brady argued.

Perhaps the best outcome has been the chance to explore the field of science policy and gain in - depth experience and contacts.

Attanasio, an assistant professor of health policy and management at UMass Amherst's School of Public Health and Health Sciences, explains that a growing body of research at the individual level has shown that compared to women cared for by physicians, women considered at low - risk for complications in childbirth who receive care from midwives have good outcomes that include lower use of interventions such as cesarean delivery.

He doesn't blame NASA program managers, who he says are trying their best to keep projects alive, but says he «rather consider [s] this to be the outcome of the funding policies of this Administration.»

Continued investigation of this research may have strong implications for policy makers, public health professionals and school administrators to consider simple and sustainable environmental changes in classrooms that can effectively increase energy expenditure and physical activity as well as enhance cognitive development and education outcomes.

«Firms with increasingly good or bad performance spend more to influence the outcome of a contested environmental policy issue» like climate change, the authors said.

«It will be valuable to learn whether improvements in earnings by families with pregnant women, improved maternal nutrition or reduced maternal stress — all factors associated with higher birth weight — also translate to better cognitive outcomes in childhood,» said Figlio, IPR faculty fellow and Orrington Lunt Professor of Education and Social Policy and of Economics at Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy.

«While I believe that encouraging individuals on a personal level to address their depression and stress related to financial strain through mindfulness and relaxation techniques is a good idea, I believe that policy solutions need to be focused on the roots of financial strain (unemployment, low wages and more) and not necessarily the mediators of the strain - health relationship if we really want to see long - term improvements in health outcomes.»

Yet at every level of development, some countries achieve scores that exceed their peer nations with similar economic circumstances, demonstrating that good governance and careful policy choices also affect outcomes, they add.

In a related commentary, Paul B. Ginsburg, Ph.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, writes: «There is broad consensus among physicians, hospital and health insurance leaders, and policy makers to reform payment to health care providers so as to reduce the role of fee for service, which encourages high volume, and instead to use systems that reward better patient outcomes, such as bundled payments for a population or for an episode of care.»

One emergent difference between today and the 1950s, said Daniel Sarewitz of the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes at Arizona State University, Tempe, was the realization that a science establishment created by elites would essentially require elites to manage it as well.

The team is currently pursuing further studies of the impact of Part D cost - sharing policies in different disease areas, and hopes ultimately to get a better understanding not only of changes in drug access but also of the long range clinical outcomes and costs associated with any delays or interruptions in treatment.

The outcomes of the conference will contribute to the priority areas of the UNCCD Committee on Science and Technology as well as the Science - Policy Interface.

While there are probably many ways to answer this question, I feel the best way is for the supplement companies to demonstrate policies that show the public the outcome from ingesting the supplements is just as important as the sale.

To me there is no 80/20 policy on this issue if you want the best health outcomes and results.

Good news for students and schools: A new study, released last week by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE), looks closely at four schools that are achieving positive outcomes for low - income students of color.

«The... policy logic of the decade - long reforms contains a fundamental assumption that creating new structures... will reshape teaching practices, and that those different classroom lessons will produce better student outcomes...»

As we've argued, public policy should reward those providers that best deliver student outcomes — and punish those providers that do not serve the public good.

There is good reason to think that dismissing more low - performing teachers would improve student outcomes, but the Chetty study is not designed to tell us much about that, or about any of the various policy alternatives.

Consider the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 — a brilliant piece of bipartisan politics and sweeping policy, which resulted in better student data and more accountable school systems (even if improvements in student outcomes were modest).

Research on private school choice is much better equipped to measure the effects on participants» outcomes than to offer guidance on policy design.

Recently, mounting evidence has suggested that measures of individual cognitive skills that incorporate dimensions of test - score performance provide much better indicators of economic outcomes — while also aligning the research with the policy deliberations.

In a new Public Impact policy brief, A Better Blend: A Vision for Boosting Student Outcomes with Digital Learning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how schools can use blended learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at large scale.

Without these shifts, we can not say that the policy has been well implemented, which makes it even more difficult to decide whether the standards have a chance to improve student outcomes.

In order to justify a federal policy to pay teachers more, policymakers would need to prove that higher pay would lead to better teachers and outcomes for students.

and then the attendance becomes an outcome of good pedagogy rather than draconian policy.»

In placing a spotlight on the outcomes of our study, it contributes to the political debates on immigration and better informs federal and state policies as well as school and community practices.

In addressing the point of contention, the Productivity Commission is of the opinion that «there is little evidence or systematic processes in place to evaluate policies, program and teaching practices to identify what works best in schools and early learning centres», despite the amount of data that is collected to monitor and report on student and school outcomes.

The draft report, which was commissioned by the Federal Government in March, says that better education outcomes will result from the ability to identify and evaluate better policies, programs and teaching practices based on available data.