Sentences with phrase «for economic development of a country»

A well established and advanced insurance sector is a determinant of standard of living and a boon for economic development of a country.

Not exact matches

Yet both are expensive and sometimes out of reach for countries on the lower end of the economic development scale.

The top three happiest countries, Norway, Denmark and Iceland, are all among the highest taxed countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in terms of total tax revenue as a percentage of GDP.

Not only is Chile's tax system easier to navigate than that of other Latin American countries, says Skinner, its corporate tax rate is the lowest in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Among the 18 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's assessment, the U.S. ranked at best eighth and at worst 12th, based on the range of scores from its 1,133 students tested.

Other countries have argued that discussions and decisions on this issue should be tackled at a global level and with the help of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, a group that advises its 35 members on tax policy.

In peer countries like Canada, some citizens are taxed at higher rates throughout the year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development notes, but they get a lot more from their government in terms of social services, including health care.

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 in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions 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 in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

According to 2009 numbers from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Canada was one of three member countries — Australia and New Zealand being the others — where unlimited Internet plans were practically impossible to get.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (estimates the country's debt - to - GDP ratio (a measure of public debt burden) at around 190 % this year.

According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), seniors in this country experience poverty at a rate that is about a quarter of that experienced by their American and Japanese counterparts.

But Lesko's lists pertain mostly to small business: you'll find information on agencies that give development assistance to expanding companies, economic reports that regional Federal Reserve banks will send you, government surplus - property auctions, whom to ask about overseas selling, how to find financial data on a company or franchisor, where to apply for research grants — in sum, information on the offerings of nearly every federal, state, and local bureaucracy in the country.

Angel Gurria, the secretary - general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), warned on Wednesday of the risk of other EU countries following the U.K.'s lead in holding a referendum and voting to leave.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released a summary of issues associated with country - by - country reporting by taxpayers responding to a particular aspect of a joint G20 / OCED project investigating the fairness and integrity of global tax systems.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released a discussion draft of revised guidance on transfer pricing documentation and country - by - country reporting.

We are notorious for our low ranking — 36th of 43 — among countries consistently surveyed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development for the hurdles raised for foreign investors wishing to acquire or take an important stake in domestic businesses.

According to a 2007 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) survey of its 30 member countries, along with another 8 non-OECD countries, 16 reported that they had «a specialized budget research office / unit attached to the legislature to conduct analyses of the budget».

Canadians pay nearly $ 25 U.S. to send one Megabyte of data — roughly equivalent to 10 photos — over a wireless device while travelling outside the country, the report by the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development said.

Many not for profit groups and associations have been deprived of the financial resources they need to contribute to the development of the economic, social, scientific, environmental, and cultural well - being of the country.

This is the next great challenge for Beijing, and when the regulators finally do start to repair overextended balance sheet, with a much higher debt - to - GDP ratio than any other country at China's stage of economic development, according to a presentation Monday night by my very smart former student, Chen Long, I expect annual GDP growth rates will continue dropping steadily, by 1 - 2 percentage points a year through the rest of this decade (and there has been increasing talk in the past month or two that GDP growth rates are already 1 - 2 points below the printed rates).

A reliable, comprehensive commercial property data source for EDOs: By integrating OfficeSpace.com's extensive commercial property database and Community Systems» robust software systems, the economic development community will now have a reliable commercial property data source (over 553,000 on - market office, retail, industrial, and land listings and a total of 1.2 million listings across the country).

Among the research into the potential drawbacks of only women taking a lengthy parental leave is a 2013 report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) that offer extended leave.

Mr. Laurier's record of governance includes liberalizing immigration policy to populate the country particularly in the new western provinces, supporting the construction of transportation infrastructure to bolster economic development and export growth, steadily reducing tariff rates to provide Canada with a tax advantage relative to the United States, and pursuing free trade and market access for Canadian goods and services.

The Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada (Macdonald Commission) was appointed in 1982 to examine the future economic prospects of the country and the effectiveness of its political instiEconomic Union and Development Prospects for Canada (Macdonald Commission) was appointed in 1982 to examine the future economic prospects of the country and the effectiveness of its political instieconomic prospects of the country and the effectiveness of its political institutions.

Indeed, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development estimates that a 50 % reduction in the gender gap in member countries could lead to a GDP gain of around 6 % by 2030.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday the annual rate of inflation in its 34 developed - country members rose to 1.5 % from 1.3 % in October, while in the Group of 20 leading industrial and developing nations it increased to 2.9 % from 2.8 %.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Tuesday said the annual rate of inflation in its 34 developed - country members rose to 1.6 % from 1.5 % in November, while in the Group of 20 leading industrial and developing nations it fell to 2.9 % from 3.0 %.

Among the 30 countries that belong to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Canada is in the middle of the pack in terms of taxes on corporate income.

All of these cuts to environmental protection have a common objective, explicitly laid out in the Harper government's Economic Action Plan: «to make Canada the most attractive country in the world for resource investment and development.»

If you look at tax revenue as a percentage of GDP, the U.S. actually ranks 27 among 34 developed countries, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Professor Woo, President of the newly established Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia, talks about the watershed moment in the country's recent economic history and argues for a bi-partisan consensus around «an inclusive national development» plan as the only way forward.

«This is going to allow us to move toward new forms of international financing for the country's economic and social development,» the president said.

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.

The report was based in part on data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, which is made up of 33 countries all around the world.

Up until then, despite my painful awareness of the many injustices in global society and the responsibility of the United States for some of them, I had assumed that the global movement which had eventuated in independence for so many countries was leading to their economic development also.

It was not by chance that the development of this process was related to the search for a new economic order, in which the countries of the Third World became involved.

Reflecting on subjects like economic development, the problem of racism, the situation of the underdeveloped countries, gave rise to the implementation of proposals for change.

In fact they were in conflict, the long history of environmentalism showing a disdain for the aspirations of the poor, and in our time strongly opposed to economic development in the weaker countries lest global environmental harm result.

When to this is added the stipulation that no condition» such as the proper observance of human rights» should be attached to development aid, the stage is set for countries with faulty political and economic systems to demand, in the name of human rights, that economically successful countries bail them out.

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.

Moreover, the Zionist settlement contributed greatly to exacerbating Palestinian Arab nationalism; and dialectically — through its development of the country and raising of hygienic, economic and cultural levels — it provided the sinews for a strong indigenous nationalist movement.

A new platform where future and lasting contacts will be made, which contribute for ease trade of organic products across the country ultimately leading to sustainable agriculture and economic development», explains the organiser.

Australia is the country with the worst record for meat consumption per head of population, according to OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) figures from 2015.

In this process of reconciliation, the country is beginning to understand the importance of placing faith in gastronomy as a significant tool for the economic development of those populations where the real wealth that generates wealth is found»

And for the country, in the midst of this reconciliation process, it confirms the importance of using gastronomical processes as a key tool for the economic development of those populations that truly hold the key to generating wellbeing through heritage».

The event is to recognize and honour companies that have demonstrated a strong commitment to reducing the disease through innovative and sustainable programmes and have continually taken steps to demonstrate that malaria prevention is an important element of economic development, for malaria - endemic countries.

According to her, just as there is ample evidence that malaria impedes the overall economic development of Ghana and other countries of the sub-region and considering that we need a healthy future workforce for our economic development, it is about time malaria is nipped in the bud.

Challenging the Injustice of Poverty: Operationalizing an Agenda for Inclusive Development Across Southeast Asia is a culmination of Professor Sobhan's efforts to understand the roots of economic exclusion across 5 countries over the past 4 years.

http://ghanapoliticsonline.com «Presidents create opportunities for people to make money and he [Mahama] says he is laying the social and economic structures in this country; my [Mahama] first term of office was dedicated to laying down the social and economic infrastructure and that is in tandem with development paradigms everywhere,» he explained.

The workshop was held as part of a new programme entitled Development and the Implications for Law, Justice and Society, which will engage with practitioners and policymakers from developing countries, major donors, and international agencies to examine the interaction between law and socio - economic development, democracy and human rights in post-Communist countries, in Africa, in Arab nations, and in LatDevelopment and the Implications for Law, Justice and Society, which will engage with practitioners and policymakers from developing countries, major donors, and international agencies to examine the interaction between law and socio - economic development, democracy and human rights in post-Communist countries, in Africa, in Arab nations, and in Latdevelopment, democracy and human rights in post-Communist countries, in Africa, in Arab nations, and in Latin America.