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Instead the new document speaks more realistically of the need to «balance and harmonize» competing interests, including balancing «economic progress with the flourishing of ecological systems.»

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

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.

Along with other politicians such as Sen. Richard Durbin, D - Ill., and Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs, Perez took a tour of the Center for Economic Progress, the brainchild of mutual fund manager and CEO of Ariel Investments John Rogers, and then held a roundtable to get insights from the Center's staff and volunteers.

Continuing to drive the restaurant - level economic model is a key priority for us, and we are pleased with our continued progress.

A revamped IMF with broadened powers may be the best hope for real progress on creating a new world economic order.

If Congress started to evidence real progress on tax reform, economic expectations would likely rebound along with investor's preference for value.

With or without a central bank, fractional reserve banking will tend to bring about a boom / bust cycle and thus reduce the long - term rate of economic progress.

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Sustained economic growth is only possible if there is technical progress: the ability to continually increase output levels with a fixed level of inputs.

The economic aid that came with the Alliance for Progress was made conditional on the purchase of U.S. goods.

Modernity, with its enthronement of «progress through technology» is, however, the concrete economic, social, political, cultural, and ecclesial orders against which liberation theologies direct their intellectual and religious dialectics.

Two leading American economists, William Nordhaus and James Tobin, undertook to take account of the criticisms and come up with a better measure of genuine economic progress.

From this empathy should arise an acknowledgement of the well - organized tactics employed by the dominant culture to suppress Black progress and economic upward mobility leading to a mobilized effort to address them with the gospel.

In Europe itself, the forces of secularization, allied with economic affluence, have made dramatic progress in alienating the popular mind from the Christian origins of Western culture.

It has been an honour to negotiate and then serve in the first coalition government of modern times which has substantial achievements both in reducing the economic dangers faced by our country, and in making progress with policies to tackle climate change and provide energy security.

He said at the event with the theme; «Role of human capital investment in supporting pro- poor and economic growth agenda» Gates urged Nigeria» to face the facts so that you can make progress»

President Obama has called on China to release Liu, noting that political reform in the country «has not kept pace» with «dramatic progress in economic reform».

The dialogue that ensued engaged the authors with a series of questions surrounding the book's central thesis: despite the real progress in racial equality achieved by the 1960s civil rights legislation, the United States political institution has been caught in between two modes of conceptualizing, and enacting policy, about race — both of which have failed to close the tremendous gap in racial disparities in social and economic welfare that are a legacy of American history.

While the United Nations Security Council acknowledged in its resolution 1991 of 28 June 2011 that the elections in the DR Congo are a «key condition for the consolidation of democracy, national reconciliation and restoration of a stable, peaceful and secure environment in which stabilization and socio - economic development can progress» it places the main responsibility for the elections with the Congolese government instead of ensuring the government has the necessary means available to conduct them.

«It's interesting that the Governor would be willing to raise money for the same cabal of Democrat Senators who in 2009 raised taxes... and are now itching to do away with the property tax cap, go on a massive taxpayer - financed spending spree and roll back all of the economic progress we've made over the last six years,» said Scott Reif, a spokesman for Senate Republicans.

«Today's outcome is a testament to the progress we have made together over the last four years: restoring economic opportunity, replacing dysfunction with results, putting people before politics and re-establishing New York as a progressive leader for the nation,» Cuomo said in a statement.

With a sustained economic recovery in progress there is a greater feeling of confidence.

The report in question is an annual progress report on the governor's much - touted — or much - criticized, depending on who's talking — START - UP NY economic development program, established in 2013, that allows new or expanding companies with ties to participating institutions of higher education to operate without paying most state or local taxes for 10 years.

54 % of the respondents have said the country is progressing with regards to basic social and economic conditions and details of that has been stated below.

Our economic success was matched with an uncommon partner, namely unprecedented social progress.

«Today's outcome is a testament to the progress we have made together over the last four years: restoring economic opportunity, replacing dysfunction with results, putting people before politics and re-establishing New York as a progressive leader for the nation.

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

Further delaying progress just means New York will continue to lose out on the economic benefits and job creation potential that will come with expanded natural gas development.»

Since then, he said, he's been proud of the progress his office has made to keep up with the town's fiscal and economic growth.

The YCE said it was particularly «impressed with their determination to collaborate within the ambit of the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria for economic activities for the progress of the zone.

What is the most surprising thing about viewing global progress through Trendalyzer software, as compared with looking at the more familiar charts and tables of economic data?

The Obama administration published a 2016 report that outlined a generally optimistic future, with AI serving as a major driver of economic growth and social progress.

Furthermore, given the massive amount of funding allocated to research into facilitating and optimizing space exploration and optimization, the researchers hope to have shown how research into enhancing radioresistance for space exploration could galvanize progress in human healthspan extension, an area of research that is still massively underfunded despite its potential to prevent the massive economic burden posed by the future healthcare costs associated with demographic aging.

«Bache actively promoted scientific research, not as an end in itself, but as an intellectual and cultural pursuit closely linked to social, economic and moral improvement... His particular career choice and the zeal with which he pursued that choice embodied values sanctioned by patrician - republican, Protestant culture, specifically the pervasive allegiance to progress that characterised this culture.»

«The 2018 EPI confirms that success with regard to sustainable development requires both economic progress that generates the resources to invest in environmental infrastructure and careful management of industrialization and urbanization that can lead to pollution that threatens both public health and ecosystems.»

Together with Berin Szoka of the Progress and Freedom Foundation, a think - tank also based in Washington DC, Dunstan has created the outlines of an economic model that would see private industry taking responsibility for removing space debris.

Approximately equal numbers of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.

The pair, who accuse Rouhani of anemic economic progress and weakness in negotiations with the West, even campaigned together on Tuesday.

NISW highlights and celebrates the progress U.S. schools have made in using inclusive practices to ensure a quality education for an increasingly diverse student population, including students with disabilities, those from low socio - economic backgrounds, and English language learners,» according to a release from the organizers.

«The statement said improving schools is essential - it didn't duck or avoid the imperative of improving - but that we aren't going to make any progress unless we complement school improvement with reforms in the conditions that enable children to be ready to learn in school in the social and economic conditions in which they come.»

Let's begin with Paul Peterson's premise («Ticket to Nowhere,» Feature, Spring 2003) that the schools haven't matched America's economic and social progress in the past generation.

«When I became Director of Teaching and Learning here, we spent a great deal of time analysing our long - term results for our system and noted that there were a group of schools who, for various reasons — it could be that they are regional schools, had a lot of new staff and transient populations, they could be a school that are in low socio - economic areas or they could be schools with new principals — but consistently over five or six years, the Year 9 - 12 results in literacy were not showing that students were making enough progress with the amount of time they spent in a school,» Doyle shares.

They included worsening economic conditions for poor families and an increase in fatherless black households, social factors that interfere with students» educational progress.

The «Chol» secular curriculum was «too narrow», with «fragmentary teaching», no checks on progress and «minimal» provision for personal, social, health and economic education.

It's administered to a random sample of students with each student assigned only a small number of the questions, because the goal is to get a snapshot of student progress based on where they live and their racial and socio - economic backgrounds.

If we are to continue the social mobility that has helped America bend the arc of economic and social history toward progress, we need to provide our kids with the curricula and standards that, along with high - quality teaching, helps make this happen.

A recent study by the Center for American Progress sounded the alarm about how the traditional school schedule is out of sync with the realities of the economic climate.

While no assessment system is without limitations, Tennessee's value - added assessment model stands head and shoulders above others with regard to its focus on the effectiveness of schools, its ability to remove the biasing effects of social and economic influences, and its usefulness in answering critical questions about student progress and educational quality.

(A) adequately demonstrate student progress, as determined by the commissioner, (B) comply with the terms of its charter or with applicable laws and regulations, (C) achieve measurable progress in reducing racial, ethnic and economic isolation, (continued...)