Sentences with phrase «economic issues of importance»

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Shaw serves on the National Women's Business Council, a non-partisan council that advises the president, Congress and the SBA on economic issues of importance to women.

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«This is an issue of significant economic importance,» said Black.

On the economic and business side, emphasis was put on the importance of being part of single European home market with access to over 250 million people for British business, industry, jobs, and future prosperity; greater bargaining strength in matters related to issues such as energy and trade negotiations; and the ability to take advantage of the Common Agricultural Policy with the price stability and guaranteed food supplies that it brought with it.

«If nothing else, this issue has shown us the political, economic and cultural importance of the media industries and the need for even more transparent policy - making in this area.»

«In addition to working with state and local officials on legislative matters and issues of critical importance to American and the airline industry, Towns oversees American's interactions with municipal, public policy and economic development organizations in New York, Boston and elsewhere,» American Airlines stated.

Government must take steps to galvanize consensus around other issues of national importance, especially with respect to political governance nation - building matters, and should initiate a process of involving citizens whose experience, insight and expertise will enhance economic policy management and national governance.

He said: «I think it's vitally important that one particular issue does not cloud our views on the economic importance of the 300 - year - old Union.

The Chamber recognizes the importance of power issues with the scope of economic recovery for the state.

«This recognition reflects the importance we place on keeping leaders in business, education and government informed on critical issues involving economic development, as a way of connecting people and organizations and creating opportunities that benefit Saratoga County.»

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.

Eliza Reilly, executive director of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement, a non-profit which seeks to strengthen student learning and interest in STEM by connecting course topics to issues of local, national and global importance, said rethinking STEM education is necessary to produce graduates equipped to tackle society's environmental, economic and political challenges.

► This week's issue of Science also includes a brief recap of the 40th annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy, attended by «more than 400 elected officials, government and business leaders, researchers, educators, and others» on 30 April and 1 May in Washington, D.C. «The importance of basic research for the nation's scientific and economic future was a recurring theme,» and «participants delved into the factors driving the tight budget environment» scientists are currently facing.

The role of ivory stockpiles, and their unrealised economic importance, is yet another controversial issue repeatedly touched on in the AESG report.

Due to the economic and ecological importance, the researchers urge policy - makers to avoid a wait - and - see approach to the issue of widespread declines of bat populations.

«This project is a novel approach to addressing issues that are of economic and social importance to aquaculture, conservation, and the environment,» says Dr. Alan Winter, President & CEO of Genome BC.

While issues of national security and economic policy seem likely to dominate the 2004 presidential election, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act has already assumed extraordinary importance in this campaign.

Amartya Sen, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, is university professor at Harvard, formerly master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and also a philosopher, with a prodigious and influential bibliography on technical issues in economics, welfare economics, economic development, social philosophy, the role of the non-Western world in world civilization, and the importance of Indian thought and science, among other topics.

Randi Weingarten said of the study, «This report, like the recently issued Economic Policy Institute report, says something more — that teachers are especially undervalued, given their importance to society as well as the skills and... Read More

In light of the current economic climate that we are all living under, continued high unemployment, a mortgage crisis that's now turned into a foreclosure crisis; the issue of utilizing credit histories for employment purposes is a topic of growing importance.

KB had taught accounting at his alma mater in Singapore Management University and had also published an empirical research paper Why «Democracy» and «Drifter» Firms Can Have Abnormal Returns: The Joint Importance of Corporate Governance and Abnormal Accruals in Separating Winners from Losers in the Special Issue of Istanbul Stock Exchange 25thYear Anniversary Best Paper Competition, Boğaziçi Journal, Review of Social, Economic and Administrative Studies, Vol.

But they also extend to other issues of economic importance to communities; namely, reduction in capital and ongoing animal control expenditures that come under a municipality's jurisdiction.

With Election Day a week away Kyle Isakower, API's vice president for regulatory and economic policy, and Erik Milito, API upstream group director, held a conference call with reporters to reiterate the embedded nature of energy in a variety of national issues and the importance of selecting leaders at all levels of government who will advance pro-development energy policies.

The two parties tend to agree on the relative importance of economic issues when considering energy policies, with 56 % of Democrats and 59 % and Republicans saying that creating jobs within the energy sector should be a top priority, and 61 % and 71 %, respectively, saying the U.S. should focus most on keeping consumer energy prices low.

Just as the Occupy movement has changed the nature of the economic conversation in this country, we the people must change the nature of the political conversation in this country, and thus force the issue of climate change into public consciousness as not only urgent but of primary importance.

Moving beyond the fact that the Post's own he said / she said type reporting, giving much visibility to anti-science syndrome suffering haters of a livable economic system (like George Will), perhaps one reason is that prominent and serious reporting on basic issues of global importance like seen within Le Monde and in the Planète page are all not a regular (and certainly not a prominent) part of reporting by any traditional U.S. media outlet.

EcoEquity works by emphasizing the importance of equity principles in all aspects of the policy response, by producing political and economic analyses that highlight equity issues, and by developing practical proposals for equitable climate policies.

Similarly, Dr. Robins at the Southern Regional Climate Center cited the importance of the proposed climate service in their efforts to «add a regional perspective tailored to climate and environmental issues, industries, and economic sector differences that occur at the regional level.»

Opler highligted the power imbalance at issue and the importance of advising on the need for independent legal advice «as a lawyer treads closer and closer to the line of encroaching on existing client rights in favour of strengthening his own economic position.»

The overwhelming support for this issue from a broad cross-section of businesses, consumers, and elected officials demonstrates the importance of patent litigation reform to support innovation and spur economic growth.

Restricting effective Indigenous participation to cultural issues such as heritage, overlooks the importance of Indigenous participation in the economic development of their land and resources.

Sustainable development provides a framework which recognises the importance of addressing social, cultural, economic and environmental issues when aiming to achieve development goals.

Special Rapporteur Miguel Alfonso Martinez also considers the issue of «recognition of indigenous peoples» right to their lands and their resources, and to continue engaging, unmolested, in their traditional economic activities on those lands» (127) to be of central importance in establishing a renewed relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

While the bill did not pass, the resultant hearings, which lasted 3 years, raised awareness of the importance of population issues to world peace, economic development, and individual well - being, with an emphasis on personal freedom and equal access to medical services.

In summary, the Harvard Project, without diminishing the importance of economic factors (resources, distance to markets etc) found that the primary requirements for developmental success were political rather than economic, focusing around issues of governance, or more broadly speaking, «nation building» or «nation re-building»:

In considering the importance of culture I briefly analyse issues relating to lands, territories and resources, the concern that culture is marginalised in the Indigenous policy debate and the development of the Indigenous Economic Development Strategy.

Family Issues: Support and promote families / extended family as integral part of community; ensure importance of children's rights enabling individuals to reach full potential; ensure health, economic and social needs of elderly are improved; improve standing of Aboriginal youth and promote understanding of their issues; recognition, respect and support for Aboriginal women anIssues: Support and promote families / extended family as integral part of community; ensure importance of children's rights enabling individuals to reach full potential; ensure health, economic and social needs of elderly are improved; improve standing of Aboriginal youth and promote understanding of their issues; recognition, respect and support for Aboriginal women anissues; recognition, respect and support for Aboriginal women and men.

Speeches in the coming months will address the Northern Territory intervention and child abuse issues; the importance of land and culture in creating economic development; as well as speeches outlining a positive vision for our communities such as by closing the gap in life expectancy and health status, and creating an equal life chance for Indigenous children.

He also cautions that the debate is failing to address other important issues, such as opportunities for generating economic development on traditional lands and the spiritual and cultural importance of land to the traditional owners.

«We conducted a thorough selection and interview process to learn where the candidates stand on the issues, find out if they understand the economic importance of the real estate industry in Bozeman and surrounding areas, and ascertain which of them will support policies that promote economic growth, home ownership and private property rights,» said GAR President Jeff Renevier.