Sentences with phrase «economic policy priorities»

Today's Budget's acknowledged that infrastructure is a key economic policy priority.

CIHT welcomes the 2013 Budget's acknowledgement that infrastructure is a key economic policy priority.

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Join us for a tax reform Q&A with economist Jared Bernstein, senior fellow at Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and former Chief Economist and Economic Adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, on September 29 at 2 PM in The Weeds Facebook group.

They are asked to consider the economic and security outlook for Asia in 2011, the state of Canada's relations with key countries in Asia, and the priority areas for Canadian government policy in Asia.

Annual U.S. economic growth has averaged 2.1 percent since the economy began growing again in 2009, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Stabilizing economic growth «top priority» Policies and measures to stabilize economic growth currently include boosting consumption, diversifying exports and promoting investment.

On the contrary, «the U.S. economy has shown remarkable resilience considering it has endured the perfect storm of economic headwinds which were amplified by anti-growth policy priorities,» says Lisa Shalett, Head of Investment & Portfolio Strategies.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, pulling together assessments from the Congressional Budget Office, the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Tax Policy Center, the Treasury's Office of Tax Analysis, and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, found that workers would only receive a quarter or less of the benefits from tax cuts — and among those workers, it's likely the higher earners that would benefit.

They do argue, however, about the priority to be attached to economic growth and, of course, about the policies necessary to sustain it.

She called religious freedom «a cherished constitutional value, a strategic national interest, and a foreign policy priority,» adding that it was an «essential element of human dignity and of secure, thriving societies, statistically linked with economic development and democratic stability.»

Top priority of the campaign is to call on elected officials to create legislation that supports economic justice, anti-racism and anti-white supremacy policies, women's rights, the ending of voter suppression, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights, as well as affordable quality housing, healthcare and education.

It is necessary therefore to evaluate this «ideology» of the market - economy if we have to evaluate the commoditisation of education which is now adopted as the government policy as a part of its policy of giving priority to economic growth.

And we are seeing policies that, when we started, weren't on center stage as the economic priorities for our nation that they are, are now on the center stage.

Kristin: MomsRising is working on all of those family economic security policy priorities in cities, counties and states across the country, educating leaders about what's happening with moms, and educating the media, as well as reaching out to moms and letting them know that they're not alone in their struggle, and that together, they can make change.

It's all about economic egalitarianism, lowering barriers to entry, etc. «and the pressures of accommodating to Conservative priorities in economic and social policy.»

The survey also showed cross-party agreement on the degree of priority given to LEPs but the picture is a little more complicated when it comes to the Northern Powerhouse, the series of policies to support economic growth in Northern cities.

But the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government of Ghana for the 2016 financial year presented to Parliament on Friday, 13th November 2015, by Mr. Seth E. Terkper has neither the qualities nor the priorities of the Ghanaian people.

America's elected leaders have a primary responsibility to assure that American citizens» economic security takes priority in any trade policy decision.

I know that when Councilmember Robert Jackson, or Simcha Felder, or the council members who are here tonight come to the speaker's office and say we need to talk about policy, we need to talk about budget priorities when it comes to housing, healthcare, education or economic development, my door is going to be open.

A party for those whose priorities include the Welfare State, workers» rights, trade unionism, the co-operative movement, consumer protection, strong communities, conservation rather than environmentalism, fair taxation, full employment, public ownership, proper local government, a powerful Parliament, the monarchy, the organic Constitution, national sovereignty, civil liberties, the Union, the Commonwealth, the countryside, grammar schools, traditional moral and social values, economic patriotism, balanced migration, a realist foreign policy, and a base of real property for every household to resist both over-mighty commercial interests and an over-mighty State.

Federal economic stimulus aid helped close an estimated $ 162.5 billion in budget gaps among the 50 states in 2010, the report stated, citing a study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington - based policy research Policy Priorities, a Washington - based policy research policy research group.

Heastie says while the majority of the Democrats who rule the Assembly are from downstate, that won't drive the decisions made in the Democratic conference about schools, spending priorities and economic policy.

For example, he has worked with six Erie County IDAs to create a uniform tax exemption policy that ranks projects based on regional economic development priorities.

«About half of the public believes that a range of environmental and economic considerations should be top priorities in the country's energy policies.

Evidence shows that those in lower socio - economic groups are more likely to be obese, overweight and physically inactive so that's where the policy priority should be, we believe.

Ultimately, says Jared Bernstein, senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and former economic adviser to Vice-President Joe Biden, any real solution requires a federal role, both in terms of greater funding but also expertise.

Our intention with this legislative brief is to offer a roadmap for Connecticut's children, based on four policy priorities: family economic security, inclusive, high - quality early care and education, youth opportunity and fiscal reform.

Planners identify community needs, resources, and problems and assist citizens to make decisions on goals, policies, priorities, plans, programs, and methods of implementation designed to create a physical, economic, and social environment desired by the members of the community (e.g., modes of public transportation to grocery stores, daycare facilities, places of employment, medical facilities etc.).

Student loan policy might not be on top of the priority list of Trump administration, but this issue could be pushed up with the descending economic complications.

Moreover, action on climate change has never been perceived as a top policy priority relative to other issues, especially over the past three years given the economic woes.

Of course, it is a tremendously complex calculation - lumping all the complexity of an economic cost and benefits calculation on top of the complexity of the climate - but to me this information is essential to work out priorities between competing policies, both among climate change policies and between CC and other sources of human happiness.

Such policies are likely to help manage the risks of climate change while also enabling societies to pursue other high priority goals around the world — including clean air and water, access to reliable, affordable energy, and economic progress for all people.

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.

Currently the Director of Environmental and Climate Justice at the NAACP, Jacqui Patterson, MSW, MPH, has served as a trainer, organizer, researcher, program manager, and policy analyst on international and domestic issues including women's rights, HIV&AIDS, violence against women, racial justice, economic justice, and environmental and climate justice, with organizations including Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Baltimore City Healthy Start, IMA World Health, United for a Fair Economy, ActionAid, Health GAP, and the organization she co-founded, Women of Color Upolicy analyst on international and domestic issues including women's rights, HIV&AIDS, violence against women, racial justice, economic justice, and environmental and climate justice, with organizations including Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Baltimore City Healthy Start, IMA World Health, United for a Fair Economy, ActionAid, Health GAP, and the organization she co-founded, Women of Color UPolicy Priorities, Baltimore City Healthy Start, IMA World Health, United for a Fair Economy, ActionAid, Health GAP, and the organization she co-founded, Women of Color United.

actual key policies (social, economic, ecological) and the priorities for policy change, research and development action.

However, the broader socio ‐ economic implications of mitigation go beyond measures of aggregate economic costs, as transformation pathways involve a range of tradeoffs that link to other policy priorities.

For example, we can imagine a city such as Buffalo New York taking a regional economic development policy line that, hypothetically, would amount to: «we've got the housing stock, a bounty of clean water, massive amounts of clean hydroelectric power, and we've made adding wind power a top priority.»

Developed and maintained long and short - term strategic planning to facilitate the achievement of the Agency's mission and to improve performance consistent with key organizational policies and priorities and economic, political and social trends affecting the organization.

Before going specifically to the principles it is important to note that the overarching goal of the principles - the economic and social development of the traditional owner group, is consistent with the goals of the broader Indigenous policy which posits a range of economic and social development outcomes as urgent priorities.

Turnbull expressed strong support for the 10 year National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan but gave no details of the funding it will get in the May budget and said there would be no policy direction change from «the key priorities of health, education, employment, economic empowerment».

This priority area will focus on research which generates new knowledge on depression, anxiety and suicide prevention across the range of settings appropriate for different stages of life, including families, early childhood settings, schools, tertiary education institutions, workplaces and the Internet and including economic analyses of these activities; and transferring this knowledge into practice, policy and behaviour change.

This reporting mechanism establishes benchmarks against which to measure progress towards closing the social and economic gaps; to «assist government and mainstream agencies to maintain a focus on the status of Maori in their work and decision - making»; [16] and to assist in setting priorities for policy development.

While there are many examples of native title agreements that do provide economic and social development outcomes for traditional owner groups these are not usually a result of applying native title policy goals, but rather come out of the intersection of native title with the States» other policy priorities.

Where native title negotiations are not directed through integrated policy objectives towards agreements which lay the foundation for economic and social development then the negotiations will instead be driven by other priorities, such as the need to resolve a legal claim or the land management priorities of the state.

However, access to economic development for the Indigenous peoples of the Murray - Darling via their lands and waters has to date been significantly limited by the priority of water allocations being given to industrial and agricultural activities, and the policy barriers to having their rights to their lands, waters and natural resources recognised, including the recognition of native title.

A new government at the federal level, substantial change in provincial governments across the country, and the election of a new mayor in the country's largest city, could all impact our industry through direct policy shifts, and indirectly through changes in budgetary emphasis and shifting economic priorities.

Continue to be «The Voice for Real Estate» on critical legislative and regulatory priorities, such as addressing appraisal issues, stressing the needs of the self - employed in the health - care debate, and advocating for government policies that lessen the impact of the economic downturn on commercial practitioners.