Sentences with phrase «implement economic reforms»

He held a meeting with acting U.S. Secretary of State John Sullivan on Saturday during which the United States pledged its backing for Kiev but urged it to implement economic reforms, a U.S. representative said.

Not exact matches

China sent troops to fight on North Korea's side in the 1950 - 53 Korean War, but relations have suffered in recent years over the North's reluctance to implement Chinese - style economic reforms and Kim's continued pursuit of nuclear bombs and the missiles to deliver them.

The best way for Ukraine to gain instant credibility as a serious voice for economic security through transparency and good governance is to put its own record up for scrutiny and implement expert recommendations on institutional reform at home.

This seems very counterintuitive at first, even if the history behind it is quite abundant, and very few economists seem aware of the problem (which is why most economic forecasts mistakenly focus on the pace with which reforms are likely to be implemented, and are always disappointed), but in fact the reasons are not so hard to understand.

The historical precedents indicate that however effectively the reforms are designed and implemented, if China's economic adjustment is excessively costly or economically or socially disruptive, they won't even matter in the long term.

-LRB-...) One reading of this extraordinary outcome is that it was a protest against the painful spending cuts, tax increases, and economic reforms that Monti's government implemented as a precondition (albeit an unstated one) for European Central Bank support.

The kingdom has vowed to implement widespread economic reforms in a bid to reduce its huge dependency on oil, which accounts for as much as 90 % of government revenues.

What makes this article interesting is that these Ministers of Finance admit that the barriers to implementing policy reforms are not economic but lack of «political leadership and courage».

Just a few weeks ago, Wall Street analysts were busy boosting their economic forecasts on the expectation that President Trump would implement sweeping corporate - tax reform, a rollback of regulations, and new fiscal stimulus.

BRUSSELS (Reuters)- Euro zone economic growth will slow this year and next from a peak expansion in 2017, the European Commission forecast on Thursday, underlining the need to quickly implement euro zone reforms while the expansion is still strong.

BRIDGING THE GAPS By Gordon Platt Jordan has a difficult road ahead as it implements economic and political reforms as part of an IMF loan package and deals with the spillover from unrest in neighboring countries.

Whilst Harold Wilson and other moderate Labour leaders had their reforming instincts tempered by economic and political pressures, it was nonetheless Labour governments that legalised homosexuality, banned the death penalty and implemented major gender and racial equalities legislation.

Pat Brosnan, the lobbyist liaison, served in the executive cabinet advising the Youth Governor Paige Hughes on implementing her agenda that focused on educational reform and economic development.

While we have criticized some of the specific recommendations of the Governor Cuomo's other tax advisory commission, the Tax Reform and Fairness Commission, chaired by investment banker Peter Solomon and former Comptroller McCall, that Commission's report shows that it is possible to implement tax cuts that make sense from a tax fairness and / or an economic competitiveness perspective without reducing revenue.

This article discusses the failure of lawmakers to implement ethical reforms that would prevent bid - rigging scandals in economic development contracts.

Educating Students who Live in Poverty A discussion with Ray Landers, principal at Boaz Middle School in Boaz, AL, and finalist for the 2009 MetLife / NASSP National Principal of the Year award, about the reform efforts he has implemented at his school to reach students from low socio - economic backgrounds.

Race to the Top winners will be implementing ambitious reform plans, which almost certainly won't be easy to do in tough economic times;

A series of political missteps and inability to implement a set of economic reforms hit Russian investor confidence and led to capital flight.

The dramatic turnaround in Russia's economic health over the past two years will be sustainable only if extensive planned reforms are implemented across the Russian economy and especially in its energy sector.

Chip and his team negotiated and implemented bilateral logging agreements with China and Indonesia, coordinated the Climate and Environment Working Group under the U.S. - Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership, led trade - related efforts on forests with Peru, the Asia - Pacific region, and the European Union, and played a leading role in developing the U.S. relationship with Burma on forest policy since that country began its political and economic reform process in 2011.

So I'm not sure where the law students will find the economic leverage to implement the reforms that they propose.

The analysis should have clear acceptability thresholds, and the reforms implemented should be «limited to those that pass such thresholds or are being implemented with a commensurate economic offset measure,» she says.