Sentences with phrase «for policy credibility»

Ghana signed onto the deal following fiscal slippages, and government quest for policy credibility two years ago.

«So are we now saying that the IMF is the one that we are looking to for policy credibility in order to improve investor confidence in Ghana?»

Not exact matches

Much of the effectiveness of Canadian monetary policy depends on the Bank of Canada's credibility: managing expectations for the future is at least as important as setting short - term interest rates.

The only way for Beijing to restore its credibility and revive investor confidence is to be forthcoming about its economic difficulties and policy solutions.

Shapiro called Tillerson not stopping in Israel a «mistake» and tweeted it's «yet another blow to Tillerson's credibility as an authoritative voice for US policy.»

Thus a high degree of communication and transparency was necessary to build credibility as quickly as possible, to enhance the transmission of monetary policy and to provide an anchor for the public's expectations of future inflation.

Moreover, reversing the direction of policy would hardly be helpful for central bank credibility as the central banks around the world who raised rates and then were forced to reverse themselves have discovered.

Mr. Morneau has a credibility problem, in part due to his failure to manage ethical issues related to his personal finances, and to his failure to understand the broader policy and political implications of his tax proposals for CCPCs.

And, of course, everybody should refrain from trying to capture the churches» credibility and resources for the promotion of their own clutch of policy preferences.

For Francis, they are a threat to his credibility, given that he famously promised a «zero tolerance» policy for sex abuse in the churFor Francis, they are a threat to his credibility, given that he famously promised a «zero tolerance» policy for sex abuse in the churfor sex abuse in the church.

In fact Stephen Beer claimed Labour needed to respond to the tough decisions it faced on the economy, outline an economic plan for the future rather than a retrospective attack on Coalition policy and most importantly close the economic credibility gap that was first conceived and then grew during Labour's last years in office.

«Certainly sticking in construction cranes from half a world away isn't going to build confidence in their credibility,» said E.J. McMahon, founder of the conservative Empire Center for Public Policy.

Our party tried this «hug them close» strategy in 1990 when, in the search for credibility, Labour backed the Tory policy on the ERM.

One of the reasons the John Mahama government has given for requesting an IMF bailout was to help it regain policy credibility.

«The excuses and misdirection around the policy are undermining the governor's credibility, and are just plain disappointing to anyone who is looking to him for leadership.»

The economic policies that led to a million manufacturing jobs lost since 1997 undermined Labour's credibility to speak for many communities in the English regions.

Just as in Scotland, where they voted for a party which espouses policies not so different from those advocated by Jeremy, the sort of «electoral credibility» which bubble - inhabitants believe in is worthless.

«This pledge jeopardizes the credibility and trust that these organizations have worked really hard to get,» says Judith Auerbach, vice president for public policy at the American Foundation for AIDS Research.

Based at Stanford, it has key partner institutions in China, including top schools, such as Peking University, and CAS's Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy in Beijing, which gives REAP credibility with national authorities.

If Britain is to have any credibility in its public health policies, it should begin by making prisons safer for their inmates.

The need for public credibility and transparency has dramatically increased in recent years as the policy relevance of climate research has increased.

Since maintaining scientific credibility is paramount for the ASA and individual scientists, there are many guidelines to follow in providing science for policy.

Michael J. Petrilli, the vice president for national programs and policy at the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and a former education department official under Spellings, takes this view: «Nothing was happening on the Highly Qualified Teacher provision years ago and she's finally enforcing it, so she's built up credibility with people who care about that provision.

Brian has been involved with creating policies, models, and criteria for promoting validity, reliability, and credibility in both assessments and accountability systems through work with groups such as the U.S. Department of Education (co-author of Accountability Peer Review guidance; Growth Model Pilot guidance), Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)(author of documents on the design of accountability systems and balanced assessment systems), National Center for Educational Outcomes (NCEO)(author of research reports on standardization and reliability for assessment systems for students with disabilities), and several state Technical Advisory Committees.

To give you a taste of what is coming in Part 2, the arguments can be summarized as: 1) Education does not lend itself to a single «best» approach, so the Gates effort to use science to discover best practices is unable to yield much productive fruit; 2) As a result, the Gates folks have mostly been falsely invoking science to advance practices and policies they prefer for which they have no scientific support; 3) Attempting to impose particular practices on the nation's education system is generating more political resistance than even the Gates Foundation can overcome, despite their focus on political influence and their devotion of significant resources to that effort; 4) The scale of the political effort required by the Gates strategy of imposing «best» practices is forcing Gates to expand its staffing to levels where it is being paralyzed by its own administrative bloat; and 5) The false invocation of science as a political tool to advance policies and practices not actually supported by scientific evidence is producing intellectual corruption among the staff and researchers associated with Gates, which will undermine their long - term credibility and influence.

Other reasons for the increasing adoption of e-commerce for buying books are easy payment options, prompt delivery, and hassle - free return policy, which also increases the credibility of the e-commerce vendors.

But Barrows undermines his own credibility when he endorses, for example, The Wildlife Society, the American Bird Conservancy, PETA, and National Audubon Society, arguing that «veterinarians should carefully review the well - considered and strong foundations upon which these organizations formulated their policies on free - roaming cats and TNR.»

I believe I speak for a large majority of scientific minds on this planet when I say that this policy of no - debate with «deniers» as you call them is extremely damaging to your credibility.

Obama took a beating by environmentalists for pushing to open up offshore oil and gas production, and this disaster just exacerbates it; I wonder if the loss in credibility with environmentalists because of this spill is enough to substantially undermine future energy policy initiatives.

At the same time, he gained credibility with oil and gas, and by not giving up on his pledges for offshore production, is increasing his industrial credibility, which might enhance his ability to enact future energy policy initiatives because he'll get less opposition from them downstream.

Jonathan Koomey, independent analyst and Consulting Professor at Stanford University, comments on our July 2010 interview with Stephen Schneider on climate science expert credibility, and their exchange on clarifying a point about the need for policy expertise in deciding what... Continue reading →

Despite this documented dearth of credibility, Berman continues to work through a variety of research - for - hire front groups to remain relevant by creating a façade of academic respectability for extreme policies that many mainstream companies, scientists, and voters have rejected.

Ideally, future scenarios for solar geoengineering will also be constructed by a diverse group of people from both natural and social sciences, as well as policy makers, to enhance scenario credibility for policy making, and the understanding of key uncertainties within scenarios.

«But failing to debate it could mean that by 2020, international policy is premised on an unrealistic target, further undermining its credibility and under - preparing the world for the challenge of adapting to higher temperatures.»

As to biology, all politicized and polarized science - based policy questions and indeed many competitions for credibility will always share many features.

«It's those kinds of restrictions that in the end affect American credibility, and in the moment when we have to put through an important policy, makes it much more difficult to negotiate,» Pascual said at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing Thursday called to build support for ending the ban in place since the 1970s Arab oil embargo.

Fourth, international cooperation allows for linkages across policies at different scale, notably through harmonizing national and regional policies, as well as linkages across issues, and through enhanced cooperation may reduce mitigation costs, create opportunities for sharing the benefits of adaptation, increase credibility of price signals, and expand market size and liquidity.

As politicians find it harder to make arguments for themselves, they frequently turn to NGOs to give their policies credibility.

But in 1998 ExxonMobil gave $ 10,000 to Singer's institute, the Science and Environmental Policy Project, and $ 65,000 to the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, which shared building space with SEPP and declared on its website, «For those who believe public policy should be based on sound science, Dr. Singer offers a wealth of information, credibility and encouragement.&Policy Project, and $ 65,000 to the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, which shared building space with SEPP and declared on its website, «For those who believe public policy should be based on sound science, Dr. Singer offers a wealth of information, credibility and encouragement.&policy should be based on sound science, Dr. Singer offers a wealth of information, credibility and encouragement.»

And people might think that scientists who advocate for specific policies are injecting themselves into areas they don't know much about, which again may harm their scientific credibility.

Lost credibility (i.e. unwillingness to sign up to speculative theories proposed here like tipping point) is now justification for exclusion of opportunities to shape policy?

The video and article have generated numerous scope of practice and legal questions for Mr. Balasa, and have increased the credibility and visibility of the AAMA in the federal and state policy arenas.

There is no doubt that their hard work has cemented the role of the Social Justice Commissioner in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander human rights and policy landscape whilst their considered approach has established a high level of credibility for this position.