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The World Economic Forum that ranks nation's puts Finland's economic competitiveness at # 2 in the world and the US at # 7.

Not exact matches

«The disappointing performance in export activity suggests that the loss of export competitiveness from the strong dollar and the weak global backdrop are becoming a net drag on U.S. economic activity,» said Millan Mulraine, deputy chief economist at TD Securities in New York.

Of course, that doesn't make the most expensive cities the «best» cities to live in, at least not for everyone, says Jennie Allison of the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness, a nonprofit research and policy group.

Indeed, the World Economic Forum in its recent competitiveness ranking lists the UK among the top three countries in the world for «the most technologically - ready» economy, quality of scientific research institutions and management schools, strong intellectual property rights, and at the very top for foreign ownership of companies.

At the same time, we urge you to address an equally important challenge in Budget 2018: the need for a comprehensive strategy to promote economic growth, encourage private investment and strengthen competitiveness.

«After decades of doubting China's innovation potential, the United States now fears the rapid pace of China's technological catchup, and sees Chinese technology as a major (perhaps even existential) threat to US economic competitiveness,» Matt Sheehan, a fellow at the Paulson Institute, wrote in a blog post last month.

In Ghana, he said trade facilitation has been enhanced with a 57 % increase of volumes of goods processed at the Customs Technical Service Bureau which will have a very dramatic impact on Ghana's international investment competitiveness with direct impact «on our domestic economic situation, offering up much more job opportunity, and improve living standards for our people.»

«The government has decided not to proceed with a per - plane tax in order to ensure greater stability and protect competitiveness at a time of economic uncertainty,» the Treasury states.

From the traditional right Cameron enlisted Iain Duncan Smith for the social justice policy group, John Redwood to examine economic competitiveness and Peter Lilley to look at global poverty.

The United States needs to retool the technological, economic, political, social and industrial structures that support the nation's manufacturing and other legacy sectors to open them to innovation and boost U.S. competitiveness, said two experts during a presentation at AAAS» headquarters.

Given the nature of the challenges the country faces in global economic competitiveness, energy, and health, the President will call for the U.S. to surpass its record investment in research and development, set in 1964 at the height of the space race, exceeding three percent of GDP.

Tienken, now at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, has since done a similar analysis of the 2003 PISA mathematics rankings and two measures of economic success: per - capita GDP in 2010, and the 2010 - 2011 Growth Competitiveness Index.

THE US is ahead of Europe and Japan in 27 technologies that the US considers essential to its military and economic competitiveness, but both Japan and Europe are whittling away at US dominance, according to a new report from the Clinton administration.

The bill also protects funding for critical national and regional waterways — which handle commerce valued at more than $ 2 trillion annually — through the Army Corps of Engineers, and programs that encourage energy independence and economic competitiveness.

Sounding at times like a pitchman for a telecommunciations company, the Clinton Administration has outlined its role in developing the «electronic superhighway» that it says is essential to the nation's economic competitiveness.

Articulated career pathways assure every young person a real chance at economic opportunity while also boosting the competitiveness of the United States.»

At the same time, increased public and elite concern about the effect of underperforming schools on national equity and economic competitiveness has created new political incentives for policymakers to embrace innovative approaches to teacher quality and school reform generally.

The outcome may affect our economic competitiveness less than our success at creating a just society.

This fact is at the heart of most of America's educational (and economic competitiveness) problems.

At this session, we considered current issues and concerns involved with implementing climate policies, especially how pricing carbon pollution can impact economic competitiveness.

RFF research has informed the design of a number of these policies and RFF experts are continuing to look at how states and regions design climate initiatives, manage issues such as emissions leakage and competitiveness concerns, and balance economic and environmental goals.

Teryn previously served as Senior Advisor and Project Director at the Breakthrough Institute, a public policy think tank, where he co-authored several acclaimed reports on economic competitiveness policy, and founded the Breakthrough Fellowship Program.

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This morning, at the Council on Competitiveness National Energy Summit, Georgetown University President John DeGioia appeared on a panel on «the Global Economic Development Opportunity».

So defaulting to old scare - tactics about the heavy - hand of government does nothing but stifle U.S. innovation and competitiveness at a time when we need much more of it to boost economic growth.

Improving energy efficiency (EE) can deliver a range of benefits such as improved air quality, enhanced economic competitiveness and, at the national scale, a higher degree of energy security.

The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) and the US Chamber's Institute for Legal Reform released a joint report today entitled, «Trial lawyer Underground: Covertly Lobbying the Executive Branch», a report documenting a nearly seven - year expansion of civil liability at the expense of investment, innovation and economic competitiveness.