Sentences with phrase «improve policy conditions»

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Again, as many as three rate hikes are expected in 2017 — unlike the one this year — with Fed Chair Janet Yellen commenting that economic conditions have improved well enough to warrant a more aggressive policy.

With economic conditions in Japan improving in recent months, the Bank of Japan had begun to prime markets for an end to its zero interest rate policy at its 17 July meeting but, in the event, the collapse of a large Japanese retailer, Sogo Co, prompted the Bank to hold off its decision.

First, economic conditions have improved in a number of regions to the point that tighter policy is warranted.

Recent policy actions, including today's rate reduction, coordinated interest rate cuts by central banks, extraordinary liquidity measures, and official steps to strengthen financial systems, should help over time to improve credit conditions and promote a return to moderate economic growth.

Instead of committing to helping families and individuals improve their social and economic conditions (by pushing policy makers to strengthen access to affordable housing, health care, child care, public transportation, job training, etc.), we blame them.

Subordinating policies directly aimed at improving the economic conditions of people to those aimed only at increasing market activity is not justified even by the strictest economic considerations.

The Plant Based Food Association's mission is to ensure a fair and competitive marketplace for businesses selling plant - based foods intended to replace animal products such as meats, dairy, and eggs, by promoting policies and practices that improve conditions in the plant - based foods industry, and educating consumers about the benefits of plant - based foods.

«We applaud Hillshire for moving to improve conditions for pigs in its supply chain,» stated Josh Balk, corporate policy director of farm animal protection for The HSUS.

Although the company is allowing for a lengthy phase - in of this policy, we're glad Kraft and Oscar Mayer are on the path to reform and working to improve conditions for pigs.»

We are proud to be founding members of the Plant Based Foods Association, a trade organization formed with the following mission: to ensure a fair and competitive marketplace for businesses selling plant - based foods intended to replace animal products such as meats, dairy, and eggs, by promoting policies and practices that improve conditions in the plant - based foods industry, and educating consumers about the benefits of plant - based foods.

:: Urgently pay Edo State pensioners over 42 months outstanding pension benefits and entitlements from the over N29bn Paris Club refunds received by your government and meant for the payment of pension arrears and gratuities;:: Adopt a human rights policy of guaranteeing regular payment of pension benefits and entitlements so that pensioners and their families can live decently;:: Recognize the human rights of Edo State pensioners and ensure their full and effective enjoyment of those rights, as well as provide them with information to enable them to claim their rights;:: Treat all pensioners in Edo State as individuals with humanity and dignity and respect and promote their higher standard of living and improve economic and social conditions for all pensioners;:: Provide Edo State pensioners with proper support and assistance to alleviate their plight, including by ensuring informal, community - based and recreation - oriented programs for pensioners to help develop their sense of self - reliance and independence;:: Reduce opportunities for corruption in the spending of the Paris Club refunds

Ronald Deutsch, executive director of the Latham - based Fiscal Policy Institute, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and education organization committed to improving public policies and private practices to better the economic and social conditions of all New Yorkers, is equally dissatisfied with the status quo.

President John Dramani Mahama has asked the country's youth to keep faith with government as it continues to put in place policies to improve their living conditions and to create job opportunities for them.

Marburger's attendance provides postdocs with a unique opportunity to discuss what federal science - policy initiatives may improve their working conditions.

Other than the need to improve the postdoctoral experience of many of the 52,000 postdocs across the U.S., Maxine Singer, chair of the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP), which wrote the report, believes if the U.S. is to develop «a healthy research enterprise» then postdoctoral employment conditions must be «significantly improved.»

«The policy was adopted as a way to curb rising healthcare costs and improve quality of care, and CMS chose those three conditions because they're common, expensive to treat, and often result in readmission.»

In 2010, Clark took a position as a program manager in global health at San Diego State University, where he plans to further this policy career and use the lessons he learned at NPA to improve working conditions for postdocs at his institution.

Independent from political, commercial and ideological interests, ALLEA's policy work seeks to contribute to improving the framework conditions under which science and scholarship can excel.

Successful outcomes may range from negotiated improvements to ensure safer school conditions or improved special - education policies, to charter conversion or school leadership changes.

He is developing policies to improve the country's social, economic, and political conditions and is making sure those policies are translated into real, grassroots action.

As advocates pore over the results of teacher surveys being conducted nationally, at the state level, and even at individual schools, observers are beginning to ask questions about how the information can be used to inform policies to improve teachers» working conditions and promote teacher and leadership effectiveness.

One school board will be selected for its excellence in establishing and executing policies, practices and strategies that promote and enhance equitable conditions, increased access to quality instruction and improving academic outcomes and career readiness for African American students.

Raise Your Hand Texas identifies and pilots promising ideas to improve public education, and supports the conditions and public policies needed to scale proven approaches to benefit all Texas students.

The move towards collaboration in places such as Delaware offers great potential for improving teaching and learning conditions, but efforts to spread PLCs run the risk of being labeled «another policy fad» if we fail to provide educators with the support and autonomy necessary to make PLCs worthwhile.

«While the survey responses shine a light on the stresses teachers face, they also point to some remedies that teachers believe could improve teaching conditions,» said Diane Stark Rentner, deputy director of the Center On Education Policy.

This toolkit contains resources to help district leaders improve policies and conditions in their districts that enable their principals to be effective.

Broader, BOLDER Approach to Education (BBA) is described as «a national campaign that acknowledges the impact of social and economic disadvantage on schools and students and proposes evidence - based policies to improve schools and remedy conditions that limit many children's readiness to learn.»

To stem teacher turnover, the Learning Policy Institute says, «federal, state, and district policymakers should consider improving the key factors associated with turnover: compensation, teacher preparation and support, and teaching conditions.»

On the Path to Equity cautions that policies to improve teaching effectiveness are complex and depend on individual teachers» abilities as well as the working conditions within schools.

Texas AFT actively works to better the profession of educators by promoting effective public education policy and laws to help improve the pay and working conditions of our teachers, nurses, counselors and other professionals.

States and districts need to work more closely to develop well - coordinated policies to improve principals» training and working conditions.

Its Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students program consolidates a number of existing programs, including Safe and Drug - Free Schools grants and the Carol M. White Physical Education Program to provide grants to states for establishing a statewide physical education requirement; implementing antibullying policies; administering programs to promote student health, fitness, and mental health; and improving conditions for learning.

The idea was that the key policies and practices that affect the success of school leaders — the standards that define high - quality leadership and provide a basis for holding leaders accountable; the training that prepares leaders for their role as catalysts for learning; and the range of conditions and incentives that help or hinder those leaders — are most likely to be successful and sustained if they are both well - coordinated and aligned to the goal of improved student learning at all levels of public education: state, district and school.

New programs, policies, and procedures are brought forward with regularity, most — if not all — with the admirable intention of improving conditions for effective teaching and learning.

An approach to accountability that holds states responsible for the conditions to learn while holding communities responsible for equity and achievement: The current federal policy framework holds schools to unreasonable targets, using narrow assessment tools, with punishments that do little to improve school performance.

Rather than making a series of empty, unfilled promises, these policies would actually improve teachers» working conditions, students» learning conditions, and school funding; would protect public schools from inequities of funding caused by the proliferation of charter schools; and would «encourage» the decision makers who currently establish public education policy to play within the rules, or forfeit the thing they are really most concerned about: those sweet, sweet campaign contributions.

It will be the responsibility of the next Administrations to continue to implement the provisions of the FAST Act and to advocate for multimodal freight policies and programs that improve the safety, efficiency, and condition of our freight system.

Consistent with the 2010 USDOT Policy Statement on Bicycle and Pedestrian Accomodation, the modal administrations have a responsibility to improve conditions and opportunities for walking and bicycling in the transportation system.

A Complete Streets policy incorporates safe and convenient walking and bicycling facilities into transportation projects; improves conditions and opportunities for walking, and bicycling; integrates walking and bicycling into transportation systems; and provide safe and convenient facilities for these modes.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the launch of the Freight Policy Council which will focus on improving the condition and performance of the national freight network to better ensure the ability of the United States to compete in today's global economy.

It is the policy of the United States to improve the condition and performance of the national freight network to ensure that the national freight network provides the foundation for the United States to compete in the global economy and achieve each goal described in subsection (b).

Meanwhile, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton wants to loosen certain policies, which could improve conditions for Canadians with U.S. ties.

Some insurance companies may negotiate a table rating with a potential policy holder, and others may remove a table rating altogether if a person's condition improves sufficiently.

Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), made comments in regard to the ECB's ability to adjust its policy tools of sub-zero interest rates and bond purchases as the economic condition improves in Europe.

Recent policy actions, including today's rate reduction, coordinated interest rate cuts by central banks, extraordinary liquidity measures, and official steps to strengthen financial systems, should help over time to improve credit conditions and promote a return to moderate economic growth.

Matthews Asia Dividend benefited from what it called a «Goldilocks scenario» in Asian equities thanks to improving inflationary conditions and «moderate monetary policy from Asia's central banks,» the fund's managers wrote in a semiannual commentary to shareholders.

This report, entitled «Assessing Treasury's Strategy: Six Months of TARP,» provides information about expenditures and commitments to date of TARP funds, evaluates the Treasury Department's strategy for improving the condition and functioning of financial institutions and markets, and discusses potential policy alternatives.

Provided that liquidity conditions improve, current monetary policy has the potential to create favorable conditions for the reverse mortgage market.

The Committee expects that, with appropriate policy accommodation, economic activity will expand at a moderate pace and labor market conditions will continue to improve gradually, moving toward those the Committee judges consistent with its dual mandate.

A change in the Federal Reserve's monetary policy (or that of other central banks) or improving economic conditions, among other things, may lead to an increase in interest rates, which could significantly impact the value of debt securities in which the fund invests.