We, at the Strategic Thinkers Network (STRANEK) interested in bringing clarity to good governance, political and
economic issues in the country as well as at all times ensure that the resources of this country are judiciously used for the benefit of the people of Ghana tend to see these accusations against Bugri Naabu as not trivial.
We might believe that the reraising of the email legal issue days before the election unfairly tilted it one way, or emotive appeal or money unfairly tilted it another way, or that
economic issues in some country promoted a racist candidate in that country to high office, but we don't argue that the election result becomes legally incorrect or invalidated because people (in our view) misjudged based on all they heard and knew.
«Therefore, we are not in support of the change in the sequence because it can only cause unnecessary spending by the electoral body, despite
the economic issues in the country.
And, GOBankingRates» 2016 Financial Burdens Survey found Americans believe healthcare costs are the most worrying
economic issue in the country.
Not exact matches
Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of
economic conditions
in the industries and markets
in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate
in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations
in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand
in construction and
in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges
in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies
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in the U.S. and other
countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes
in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates
in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes
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Jerry Jana, Director of
Economic Affairs for Malawi's new ruling party (following former President Bingu wa Mutharika's unexpected death
in April) has said that long - term projects like the Nsanje port would be shelved while the government dealt with more pressing
issues, like the
country's fuel shortages and foreign exchange, according to Nyasa Times.
December 2002 (769 kb PDF file): Research summaries on IMF conditionality and
country ownership of reforms and on public policies and the Millennium Development Goals;
country / area study: Hong Kong SAR; summaries of conferences on challenges to central banking from globalized financial systems and on globalization
in historical perspective; agenda of Third Annual IMF Research Conference; summary of September 2002 World
Economic Outlook; visiting scholars at the IMF; contents of latest
issue of IMF Staff Papers, other IMF research publications.
«For a politician who doesn't want to admit that the electorate sent a message that they don't like politicians, it's far easier to scapegoat it on
economic issues than it is to address the fundamental question: that there are voters
in this
country who no longer think their representatives represent them,» said a Democratic strategist involved
in 2016.
Moreover, with China's
economic profile weakening and likely to keep waning due to demographic
issues, it is not likely that the
country is going to become a big coal importer from the U.S.
in the future.
This research area covers rules governing trade between Canada and other
countries or among Canadian provinces, the impact of trade restrictions or of their removal, and policy
issues affecting the ability of Canadians to compete
in world markets, including questions of international
economic cooperation.
This week
in Beijing, Mr. Wang Qishan, vice premier and leader of the Chinese delegation at the fifth Sino - US Strategic
Economic Dialogue (SED), a mechanism launched
in 2006 to discuss long - term strategic
issues between the two
countries, called on the US to take swift action to protect Chinese investments
in the US.
China should be poised to become the biggest
country in the world
in economic terms within a few years, but its environmental
issues might stop that from happening.
Rhoades identified the
issue as «huge mistrust» for Wall Street: ``... The problem is, if we don't have trust
in our system, we don't have [individual investors] participate
in our capital markets... and that will result
in reduced
economic growth
in our
country.»
This builds off of Part Iwhere we discussed the gender disparities
in venture capital, and how solving for those
issues creates great financial opportunities for investors, as well as assuring our
country's
economic competitiveness.
Rogoff's monthly syndicated column on global
economic issues appears
in over 50
countries.
Based on demographic trends, the
country should see a stronger rebound
in multifamily construction than
in single - family construction, Kansas City Fed senior economist Jordan Rappaport wrote
in the most recent
issue of the bank's
Economic Review.
To further contextualize Canada's serious
issue with its productivity growth, a report put out by the Council of Canadian Academies states that since 1984, the relative labour productivity
in the Canadian business sector dropped from more than 90 % of the US level to 76 %
in 2007, putting the
country 15th out of 18 comparative Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
countries.
But that is what an appreciation
in the price of gold is based on; paper money has to fall
in value, due to a lack of confidence
in the
economic stability of the government of the
country that
issues the currency.
«She's never really dealt with the kinds of
economic issues that a majority of the women
in this
country are facing
in terms of how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school and how do we — why we worry about their future.»
In the Conference on Church and Society (Geneva, 1966), considered «the first genuinely «world» conference on social issues» because of equal representation by all the continents, there were strong demands for the churches to take a more active role in «promoting a world - wide revolutionary opposition to the capitalist political and economic system being imposed on the new nations by the Western industrial countries which was leading to new types of colonialism and oppression» (Albrecht, DEM 1991: 936
In the Conference on Church and Society (Geneva, 1966), considered «the first genuinely «world» conference on social
issues» because of equal representation by all the continents, there were strong demands for the churches to take a more active role
in «promoting a world - wide revolutionary opposition to the capitalist political and economic system being imposed on the new nations by the Western industrial countries which was leading to new types of colonialism and oppression» (Albrecht, DEM 1991: 936
in «promoting a world - wide revolutionary opposition to the capitalist political and
economic system being imposed on the new nations by the Western industrial
countries which was leading to new types of colonialism and oppression» (Albrecht, DEM 1991: 936).
«The belief that corruption is the important
issue in the
country is shared only by the minority living
in urban areas and towns who have been beneficiaries of
economic liberalization policies mandated by western
countries.
Through our talk, we were able to hash out some valuable action points that could move more churches into positions help make a difference
in the community and
in a
country still dealing with
economic issues.
Even
in our own
country, proud of its long heritage as the cradle of liberty and the land of the free, the
issue of freedom, whether
in the field of civil rights or of
economic opportunity, is still the most fundamental problem of our time.
Thus the
economic and the religious
issues are not clearly distinguishable
in Nigeria; and that's why the
country's Christians» though there has been no indication whatsoever that their right to worship might be curtailed» are worried about their future.
The faith - group programs, representing Protestant, Catholics, and Jews, have consistently provided documentaries, dramas, and discussions which dealt with
issues almost never touched by commercial broadcasting: the
economic factors behind nuclear armaments; the
issues behind draft evasion (during the Vietnam War); the real causes of worldwide starvation; and the problems of people who are ignored almost completely by the media, such as the aging who can not live on their pensions, unwed mothers, farm workers who have no homes, undocumented aliens whom we wish to employ but not pay, and refugees we are sending back to certain death
in their own
countries.
How do you explain the
economic issues in other parts of the
country using your
economic theory?
The foreign debt continues to be an
issue and new voices have began to sound the need to look for ways to face it; (ii) At the national level two questions are concentrating increasing attention: one is the reassessment of the necessary role of the state to correct the distortions of a runaway market (currently discussed
in Europe and
in the discussions about the role the initiatives of «an active state has played
in the
economic development of Asian
countries); the other is the need for a «participative democracy over against a purely representative formal democracy:
in this sense the need to strengthen civil society with its intermediate organizations becomes an important concern; (iii) the struggle for collective and personal identity
in a society
in which forced immigration, dehumanizing conditions
in urban marginal situations, and foreign cultural aggression and massification
in many forms produce a degrading type of poverty where communal, family and personal identity are eroded and even destroyed.
Conservative Catholics
in this
country are frequently unhappy with political and
economic statements
issuing from the United States Catholic Conference (USCC), the action arm of the U.S. bishops.
Economists, though, now say that soaring global wheat and corn prices will soon be felt
in Japan, potentially complicating the
country's
economic recovery and forcing debate on a complex set of social and political
issues.
much like when a
country can't divulge highly classified information publicly for obvious
economic and military reasons, a professional soccer organization must keep certain things
in - house so they don't devalue a player, expose a weakness, provide info that could give an opposing club leverage
in future negotiations and / or give them vital intel regarding a future match, but when dishonesty becomes the norm the relationship between cub and fan will surely deteriorate...
in our particular case, our club has done an absolutely atrocious job when it comes to cultivating a healthy and honest relationship with the media or their fans, which has contributed greatly to our lack of success
in the transfer market... along with poor decisions involving weekly wages, we can't ever seem to get true market value for most of our outgoing players and other teams seem to squeeze every last cent out of us when we are looking to buy; why wouldn't they, when you go to the table with such a openly desperate and dysfunctional team like ours, you have all the leverage; made even worse by the fact that who wouldn't want to see our incredibly arrogant and thrifty manager squirm during the process... the real
issue at this club is respect, a word that appears to be entirely lost on those within our hierarchy... this is the starting point from which all great relationships between club and supporters form... this doesn't mean that a team can't make mistakes along the way, that's just human nature, it's about how they chose to deal with these situations that will determine if this relationship flourishes or devolves..
ESS, whose fieldwork
in the UK has been funded by the
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), has collected data from more than 250,000 interviews
in 30
countries over the last decade on a wide range of topics that tap into key
issues facing contemporary Europe.
«But more than that, Joe Carvin brings a laser focus on the
issues that matter most to this electorate: job growth and long - term
economic development
in this
country.»
«This
issue has now gone beyond Stephen Hester, this is about a prime minister who promised to rein
in excess and says to the
country in a time of austerity, when his
economic policies have choked off growth, that we are all
in it together - how hollow is his rhetoric
in light of what we have just seen today.
The circumspect wording of the Progress Report
issued on 10 November 2015 does scant justice to the gravity of the political and
economic situation
in the
country.
In 2012, by comparison, the national debt is a side - issue — talk of income inequality and economic opportuity dominates our political discouse, a direct result of the Occupiers and the ruckus they were able to raise in Zucotti Square and similar encampments across the countr
In 2012, by comparison, the national debt is a side -
issue — talk of income inequality and
economic opportuity dominates our political discouse, a direct result of the Occupiers and the ruckus they were able to raise
in Zucotti Square and similar encampments across the countr
in Zucotti Square and similar encampments across the
country.
«Revitalizing New York begins
in communities like Plattsburgh and Governor Cuomo is attuned to the
issues and
economic needs that are unique to the North
Country,» Lt. Governor Duffy said.
Kremer, a former chairman of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, cited the state's
economic woes
in tandem with the
country being «strangled by Arab oil» as main
issues that hydrofracking
in New York could alleviate.
He will also express his exasperation that at the point at which the
country is facing the «most profound
economic challenge
in living memory», parliament is being clogged up by
issues such as Europe and gay rights «simply because they cause the biggest political punch - ups».
For instance, during the recent Presidential election
in Liberia, the
country's National Electoral Commission (NEC), through the United Nations, the
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC), which I currently chair, requested the services of INEC staff to sort out
issues with their register.
Gillibrand told the conference that hitting that
economic message and addressing the problems at the root of the
issue will help them connect with rural voters
in upstate New York, where the
economic recovery has lagged behind other parts of the
country.
The government has previously been at pains to emphasise its green credentials, though environmental
issues have recently taken a backseat
in the wake of the
country's
economic woes.
I expressed my views
in this regard on WhatsApp last weekend, «Any
country in which its elites consider re-electing a president like Buhari just as thousands of citizens are murdered across the
country with not a single person arrested; a president who can not make an intelligent conversation on any policy or global
issue with other global leaders; a president whose EFCC and DSS engage
in open confrontation; a regime which crippled the economy and relies on cyclical movements
in oil prices as its sole
economic lever; a regime under which 10 million jobs are lost; and key accusations against top officials are treated with levity; just as the regime appears complicit
in the invasion of its senate by thugs and seizure of mace... such a
country is
in serious trouble, that is if it isn't doomed.
Fayose,
in a statement
issued on Wednesday, by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said it was obvious that the president's close to three months stay
in London had taken his mind off the reality of the
economic crises being witnessed
in the
country.
«It's my job to make sure the
issues and concerns facing the North
Country are heard loud and clear so that our schools, hospitals and
economic development programs get the funding they need,» Jones said
in a statement.
«We are struggling with
economic issues; we are struggling with political
issues we are struggling with several other
issues in this
country, security
issues and all that.
The key
issue is setting out the alternative, because the biggest thing to understand is while we do have the safest railway
in Europe we also have the oldest railway
in Europe... It's essential for
economic growth
in this
country to have a proper, modern railway.
That is one of the reasons why we will make a focus not only of the work that we do through the National
Economic Council and across Government Departments, but of the work on the
issues that will be raised
in the G20 when it is hosted by this
country in April.
«Hosting Speaker Boehner provides an opportunity to discuss with one of the most important leaders
in our
country issues like expanding
economic opportunities both
in Indian County and Central New York, investing
in public priorities and improving education and civil rights protections,» Barkin said without offering specific details.
Washington (CNN)-- Potential Republican presidential candidate Mitch Daniels defended his call for a truce on social
issues in the 2012 election, stressing the importance of those with different viewpoints coming together to solve the
country's
economic problems.
Participants will engage, for the first time,
in a complex, high - stakes, role - playing game that will cast them as representatives of two neighboring
countries seeking to sort through difficult conservation, biodiversity, and
economic development
issues, according to Peter McGrath of TWAS, the course coordinator.