Sentences with phrase «catch up with other nations»

The Greens also want the $ 10 billion set aside for the CEFC over five years to be trebled to $ 30 billion over 10 years, to drive the commercialisation of new technology and help the country catch up with other nations.

Some E.U. countries, including the United Kingdom, are eager to tap into the new resource to catch up with other nations such as the United States.

Not exact matches

Paul Krugman, the American professor who just won the Nobel economics prize, said: «Mr Brown and Alistair Darling have defined the character of the worldwide rescue effort, with other wealthy nations playing catch - up.»

Until America catches up with South Korea, Estonia, and pretty much every other developed nation in the world in this regard, however, it's up to parents to arm their young people with the practices that will encourage good digital hygiene and a solid grasp of this increasingly influential platform for human engagement and creativity.

He said the gap between white British children from poorer families and those from other ethnic groups needed to be closed for England to catch up with the world's leading nations.

However, with the news that the Arts Council England has just made the «Circus and Street Arts» a funding priority for 2007, Ali Williams emphasised that British circus is entering an «exciting phase»; a drive for cheaper performance and rehearsal spaces also means that Britain can now begin to catch up with other continental European nations such as France, Switzerland or Italy, in terms of the infra - structure dedicated to the circus industry.