Sentences with phrase «by aid agencies»

a. ECS = 1.65 to 3.2 C b. Emissions rates, e.g. RCP4.5, 6, 8.5 c. Damage function d. Discount rate (up to what has been widely used by aid agencies for investment decisions for infrastructure projects over the past half century or so — e.g. 10 % and 12 % by World Bank for energy projects).

a. ECS = 1.65 to 3.2 C b. Emissions rates, e.g. RCP4.5, 6, 8.5 c. Damage function =??? (This is the most critical of all, but I don't understand the input parameters or how how to vary them to give justifiable range of impacts) d. Appropriate discount rates, e.g. = 3 %, 5 %, 7 %, 10 % (i.e., up to what has been widely used by aid agencies for investment decisions for infrastructure projects over the past half century or so — e.g. 10 % and 12 % by World Bank for energy projects).

Regarding international organizations, the project investigate whether citizen complaint mechanisms have made the allocation of environmentally risky projects by aid agencies more selective.

The remainder of Langlands and Bell's collection is preoccupied with the acronyms used by aid agencies in Afghanistan - such as Unica, Echo and Hope - printing the words on flags, in neon and over photographs is a simple idea stretched too far.

«It has been a new way to conduct research, that we tested the effect of nutritional supplements used mainly by aid agencies, employing very advanced research methods in remote rural areas where humanitarian organization are working, and not at the university hospitals.

In Haiti, for example, satellite phones provided by aid agencies were the primary method of communication for days following the tragic earthquake earlier this year.

A large family of seven is surviving on a handful of sweet potatoes and assistance provided by aid agencies.

Not exact matches

Many other cities in Syria are held by rebels or other factions in the civil war, and they are likely to come under further attack, said aid agencies.

That is, a private or publicly - owned American company operating in a foreign country — and Canada is in this context a foreign country — receives aid from the U.S. government that, as the Canadian government's legislation describes, appears to constitute direct or indirect influence by a government or agency.

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) could improve its development aid impact by focusing on basic education, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute.

The changes grew out of two efforts by states to aid consumers: a 2015 settlement negotiated by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the three credit reporting agencies and an agreement shortly afterward between the agencies and 31 state attorneys general.

The request, expected to be swiftly approved by Congress, would add $ 7.4 billion to rapidly dwindling Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster aid coffers and $ 450 million to finance disaster loans for small businesses.

The request, expected to be swiftly approved by Congress, would add $ 7.4 billion to rapidly dwindling Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster aid coffers...

Christian aid agencies are among those supporting the people of Gaza, which has been hit by Israeli airstrikes in response to Hamas rocket attacks.

The days and weeks of commemoration organized at the secular level by bodies such as the United Nations Organization and its related agencies can help orient the eucharistic communities also to issues such as children's rights, women's emancipation, the aged, foreign debt, peace, environment, food, employment, AIDS, drugs, crime, cancer... etc..

His argument for «building constituencies for change» is a plea to move beyond the intervention mode that passes for «international cooperation,» beyond the patronizing practices of private aid agencies driven by business competition rather than by civil constituencies and emancipatory agendas shared with others.

Christian aid agencies are among those supporting the people of Gaza, which has been hit by Israeli airstrikes... More

Christian Aid, with other agencies, has also tried to respond to the immediate impact both of natural disasters and those caused by fighting and violence.

The day is being supported by international aid agency World Vision UK with the aim of mobilising up to half a billion Christians worldwide to pray and engage with churches, governments and society.

U.S. food aid programs are managed by the Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); each has its own mandate, agenda and rules.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

The UK's largest Stilton cheese producer, Leicestershire - based Long Clawson Dairy, is investing about # 4 million, including grant aid from the East Midlands Development Agency, to expand production capacity by 25 %.

Governor Cuomo closes this year's budget gap by reducing spending at state agencies by $ 1.3 billion dollars, and reducing aid to local governments by another $ 756 million dollars.

«8,000 who signed up at an HIV / AIDS workshop funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).»

Mrs. Ambode made at the 2016 World Aids Day commemoration with adolescents living with HIV, organized by the Lagos State Aids Control Agency (LSACA) in collaboration with Positive Action for Treatment Access (PATA) in Ikeja, Lagos.

«While total state spending has been held to 2 percent annual growth and most state agency budgets have remained flat, school aid has increased by 27 percent over the last five years, proving that it's already a funding priority,» Peters said.

Howard Zemsky, 55, was nominated by the governor to serve as chief executive of Empire State Development, the state's primary business - aid agency.

The agency has until Jan. 17 to get its evaluation system approved by the state Education Department or else it will forfeit $ 250 million in state education aid.

The defence secretary, Phillip Hammond, made efforts before the last spending review to blend some of his budget with that of overseas aid, but was repulsed by the very tight international definitions of overseas aid set by agencies such as the OECD.

While total state spending has been held to two percent annual growth and most state agency budgets have been held essentially flat, School Aid is increasing by 6.5 percent for the 2016 - 17 School Year and will have increased by nearly 27 percent since 2011 - 12.

It warns that many victims of domestic abuse are failing to meet the restrictive criteria set up by the Legal Aid Agency, under reforms originally brought in by Ken Clarke and now carried through by Chris Grayling.

Buffalo, NY - The Erie County Industrial Development Agency today approved nearly $ 757,000 in tax abatements to aid the conversion of the former Sheehan Hospital, at 425 Michigan Street in downtown Buffalo, to a mixed - use development anchored by a Time Warner Cable call center.

Buffalo, NY - The Erie County Industrial Development Agency today approved nearly $ 7.8 million in inducements for a mix of industrial and educational projects, led by $ 7.65 million in aid for Welded Tube USA, Inc..

To aid low - wage workers, Cuomo would crack down on the fees charged by employment agencies.

Singh, under questioning from Mirabile earlier in the week, testified — briefly — that he had inflated losses that his businesses suffered after superstorm Sandy by filing false documents with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which aids local governments recovering from natural disasters.

The aid package, approved Tuesday by the board of Empire State Development, the state's economic development agency, follows last week's approval of a $ 25 million loan by the State University of New York to shore up the school's ailing finances.

The «One World Conservatism» green paper also proposes «payment by results» funding for agencies and a controversial scheme concerning aid vouchers, which would give impoverished communities choice over the help they receive.

The plan includes $ 180.5 million in debt service savings for Fiscal 2018, primarily from re-estimates of debt service costs related to variable - rate bonds and the retention of state building aid revenue by the Transitional Finance Agency.

The North Shore lawmaker garnered attention that year when he represented a family pro bono who was never informed by an adoption agency that the baby boy they adopted was born with the AIDS virus and was never treated.

Meanwhile, the Ankobiahene of Nkonya, Nana Ampem Darko, also shared his thoughts on the matter on Eyewitness News, saying he was saddened by the killings and called on people of Nkonya and Alavanyo to aid the security agencies to take action.

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE A town hall meeting that featured senior officials from the de Blasio administration showed that AIDS activists have reached a kind of détente with the city agencies they were picketing not long ago.

His budget also increases the state subsidy to New Jersey Transit by $ 242 million, giving the embattled agency a boost in aid after years of struggling to fund its operations.

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng co-wrote a bill that would allow houses of worship affected by Hurricane Sandy to receive Federal Emergency Management Agency aid.

As governments and aid agencies look to improve mental health worldwide, they could do well by embracing the concept of emotional resilience.

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Solar project up and running in 12 months Financial support for Power Africa has extended beyond the State Department's initial $ 7 billion commitment to include contributions from other agencies, such as the Millennium Challenge Corp., created by Congress in 2004 to link foreign aid to good governance.

It was organised by the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), run by the University of KwaZulu - Natal in Durban, with collaborators in the US and funding from the US Agency for International Development and the South African government.

The study was sponsored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, U.S. Agency for International Development, Rockefeller Foundation, Medtronic, Merck Foundation, and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company).

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) assessment was carried out by hunger experts from aid agencies and the government.

He had been exploring the impact of HIV / AIDS in New York City, but the storm inspired him to lead a caravan of about 30 researchers, graduate students, and health workers to visit temporary housing sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Mississippi and Louisiana.