Sentences with phrase «economic progress in»

Reversing this is the key to economic progress in many places.

Colombia's rampant lawlessness, insecurity, and corruption represent one of the major threats to democracy and economic progress in Latin America.

When they turn their attention to population, such authors are not concerned primarily by the fact that rapid population growth may slow economic progress in the third world, or that it may be inimicable to the interests of women, or even that it may give rise to environmental costs that are external to households» decisionmaking or may impede virtuous institutional responses to scarcity.

«INDIA»S ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN A CHANGING CLIMATE: BENEFITS OF GLOBAL WARMING As a weather & climate scientist, what impressed me was the fact that India's strong economic progress has come about in an increasingly warmer world of the last forty years or so, completely defying the projections of deleterious impact of Global Warming by IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change, a United Nations Group of Scientists) and its supporters.»

Human development, they agreed, is the key to sustaining social and economic progress in all countries, as well as contributing to global security.

«The partnership between academic medicine and local health care providers is one of the essential ingredients for sustaining quality health care and propelling economic progress in Rhode Island.»

He also will hit on New York's economic progress in terms of added private - sector jobs and lower unemployment, his affinity for the Regional Economic Development Council (for which he is proposing another round of awards worth $ 750 million) and some sort of regionally focused plan for the Albany area.

«We now look forward to working with our local leaders to continue this economic progress in Western New York,» Gates said.

«Our priorities are the people's priorities, and the people know we will produce real economic progress in the next two years and make this state a better place to live and work.

They believe what they are told by the military junta about economic progress in Argentina or, alternatively, what they are told by the party leadership in Peking about conditions in China.

The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC) is a policy research organization whose mandate is to further economic progress in Atlantic Canada and build synergies among its stakeholders to strengthen the region's position in a rapidly changing world.

The move risks chilling business development in what had been a promising site of economic progress in a changing region.

There have been signs of economic progress in Japan, which would typically mean better prospects for the banking sector.

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Another report, published by progressive advocacy group Center for American Progress and FWD.us, found that repealing the program could cost the U.S. $ 460.3 billion in economic output over the next decade, and that contributions to entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security could drop by $ 24.6 billion.

One week later, in early November, the editorial board of the Daily Progress, Charlottesville's local paper, opined that because Republicans also control Virginia's General Assembly, «we believe Ed Gillespie has the best chance of leading Virginia to a brighter economic future.»

While Japan has made progress on economic participation and opportunity for women — one of the report's four gender equality measures — it's seen a reversal in women's political empowerment.

When the US was compared to nations with similar economic health, it underperformed them badly in social progress.

For them, the international celebration of sports is also an affirmation of the immense economic progress South Korea has undergone in the last six decades.

In an interview on CNBC's «Squawk Box,» the Texas Republican said negotiators are making «good progress» and they're «close on some major economic wins.»

«The capitalists who seek to stay stuck in a fossil fuel past forget that progress is its own economic stimulus,» he wrote.

«This enables us to transform Alcoa faster and to better control our destiny in a world of continuing economic uncertainty... 2014 was another solid year of Alcoa business performance and transformation progress that delivered significant returns to our shareholders.»

Japan has made economic progress, but population decline and other factors mean regional banks face an uphill task in turning themselves around.

«The Administration is committed to promoting innovation and economic progress, including through providing adequate and effective protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights,» Froman says in the letter.

For the next three years, economic expansion is assumed to progress at a pace of 2.5 % -2.6 % a year, up from 2 % in 2012 and 1.6 % in 2013.

«The Complacent Class» focuses on trends like rising segregation, disappointing economic growth and technological progress, and a recent uptick in civil unrest and crime, not to mention the populist backlash that carried Donald Trump to power.

Economic progress continues in the U.S., but its central bank would be wise to continue keeping policy loose, Fed Governor Lael Brainard said in a closely watched speech Monday.

Analysts said after a temporary boost markets will focus on more fundamental matters again, in particular the progress of the global economic recovery and how central banks respond to higher inflation.

All in all, the results of the survey yield a pessimistic picture of economic progress since the end of the recession.

The Vancouver Board of Trade, representing thousands of businesses in British Columbia, has assigned an overall grade of «B +» to Economic Action Plan 2014, based on strong progress towards a surplus budget and overall focus on fiscal prudence.

As one of Michigan's leading corporate citizens, DTE Energy is a force for growth and prosperity in the 450 Michigan communities it serves in a variety of ways, including philanthropy, volunteerism and economic progress.

In «Mushrooms and Yeast: The Implications of Technological Progress for Canada's Economic Growth,» author Peter Howitt finds that rather than focusing on supporting specific industries, governments should encourage and harness economic growth through a process of «creative destructionEconomic Growth,» author Peter Howitt finds that rather than focusing on supporting specific industries, governments should encourage and harness economic growth through a process of «creative destructioneconomic growth through a process of «creative destruction.»

These improvements in outcomes have surfaced amidst a number of other important changes in the environment as well, including significant technological progress and better economic policies.

For years I have made the point that progress in winding back economic slack is made not by high growth in any individual year, but by maintaining an expansion over a sustained period.

What today we call economic globalization — a combination of rapid technological progress, large - scale capital flows, and burgeoning international trade — has happened many times before in the last 200 years.

«This year's budget makes remarkable progress on reducing the debt - to - GDP ratio, and announced focused investment in areas that are important to the long - term economic success of the province, while holding steady on already very competitive business and personal tax rates.»

Since its launch in 2010, the fund has made more than $ 1.3 billion in grants through the end of 2017 to 6,000 organizations that further Goldman Sachs Gives» mission of fostering innovative ideas, solving economic and social issues, and enabling progress in underserved communities worldwide.

Perez along with White House National Economic Council Director Jeffrey Zients, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D - Mass., and other lawmakers will publicly announce the final rule at an event scheduled for Wednesday at the Center for American Progress in Washington.

This week, Press Progress and the Vancouver Sun's Peter O'Neil reported that Kinder Morgan had quantified the economic benefits of oil spills in its application to expand the Trans - Mountain Pipeline from Edmonton, Alta.

While his economic strategy was by no means so one - sided and simplistic as was commonly believed in the 1960s and»70s and although he still proclaimed industrialization and a «technical revolution» as his goals, Mao displayed continuing anxiety regarding the corrupting influence of the fruits of technical progress and an acute nostalgia for the perceived purity and egalitarianism that had marked the moral and political world of the Jinggang Mountains and Yan» an eras.

However, uncertainty remains elevated because of prospective policies that put at risk the progress made in recent decades to liberalize trade and foster economic integration.

In summary, a 23 - year period in which the US economy achieved the strongest real growth in its history is strangely characterised in some quarters as a «great depression», quite likely because so many economists and historians do not understand that real economic progress puts DOWNWARD pressure on priceIn summary, a 23 - year period in which the US economy achieved the strongest real growth in its history is strangely characterised in some quarters as a «great depression», quite likely because so many economists and historians do not understand that real economic progress puts DOWNWARD pressure on pricein which the US economy achieved the strongest real growth in its history is strangely characterised in some quarters as a «great depression», quite likely because so many economists and historians do not understand that real economic progress puts DOWNWARD pressure on pricein its history is strangely characterised in some quarters as a «great depression», quite likely because so many economists and historians do not understand that real economic progress puts DOWNWARD pressure on pricein some quarters as a «great depression», quite likely because so many economists and historians do not understand that real economic progress puts DOWNWARD pressure on prices.

This voluntary initiative is designed to help organizations and individuals apply key recommendations on how to advance the role of women in leadership and board positions from the B.C. Economic Forum to your organization (as appropriate) and measure the progress.

As an example of how long - term shifts in monetary inflation / intervention can be linked to long - term shifts in economic progress I present the following chart of the US Industrial Production Index.

Jasper Lawler, market analyst at LCG highlighted that Wednesday saw «mixed» economic data in the United States and as Europe has few steers to offer today, many investors will again be looking stateside as today's session progresses.

Minister, in addition to the foregoing recommendations to foster stronger economic growth and competitiveness, we wish to take this opportunity to flag three other important areas where we hope to see progress in Budget 2018.

«Bank of America's Neighborhood Builders program is just one example of how we deploy capital in communities and build cross-sector partnerships in order to advance economic and social progress, as part of our approach to responsible growth.

Investors» risk appetite appears to be improved by positive economic data out of China, Japan and other key economies, an agreement between US political parties that avoided a government shutdown, and progress in tax reform negotiations in the US, among other things.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Progress ultimately concerns the inflation of private choice in terms of increased technologies and economic opportunities.

Kant's approach may hold at bay the antihumanism of modern science (we are just clever animals in an insignificant corner of a vast cosmos), and it may serve as a bulwark against the ruthless rationality of economic efficiency and the putative demands of progress, but Michalson concludes that Kant's approach to the question of God makes theology less and not more plausible.