Sentences with phrase «in economic aid»

He said the state has invested $ 25 billion in economic aid to the Upstate region, including $ 3 billion for Central New York, under his administration, reversing decades during which state government, dominated by downstate lawmakers, ignored Upstate as it lost thousands of manufacturing jobs.

Thursday brings the culmination of the Upstate Revitalization Initiative, a state economic development contest that has been archly called a «Hunger Games» - style competition in which three of seven upstate regions will divvy up $ 1.5 billion in economic aid.

But the region has already been the recipient of a billion dollars in economic aid.

Today brings the culmination of the Upstate Revitalization Initiative, a state economic development contest that has been archly called a «Hunger Games» - style competition in which three of seven upstate regions will divvy up $ 1.5 billion in economic aid.

The program is a competition for $ 1.5 billion in economic aid that will be distributed to three out of seven regions in upstate New York.

The final budget is expected to include the governor's plan to allocate $ 1.5 billion, from $ 5.4 billion from bank settlement funds, for an economic development competition where seven regions in the state would compete for three awards of $ 500 million in economic aid paid over the course of five years.

He does provide millions of dollars in economic aid for upstate communities that may lose the prisons they depend on for their local economies.

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The Defense Alliance is one of 10 economic «clusters» selected by the SBA in September 2010 as part of a pilot program to aid regional businesses.

Comments: «We continue to believe that prospects remain good for economic growth to reassert itself as challenges are persistently met by concerted efforts of country officials and central bankers around the world aided and abetted by secular trends larger than the cyclical hurdles in the immediate path.

EU leaders are courting the six countries at a special summit in Riga, Latvia, that opened Thursday, offering better economic cooperation and promising financial aid and help for good government.

CDCs are nonprofit corporations established to aid communities in their economic development efforts.

«Our «rational exuberance» rests on a combination of above - trend US and global economic growth, low albeit slowly rising interest rates, and profit growth aided by corporate tax reform likely to be adopted by early next year,» Kostin said in a report for clients.

Additionally, concerns over economic growth in Europe and China — compared with relative strength out of the US economy — aided this rally, which, in many ways, has been the most influential economic trend of the last decade.

In particular, it seems to be addressing one criticism that has dogged it for years: that it offers humanitarian aid rather than economic development.

Financial Aid: In 2017, for the first time ever, America's public universities received more revenue from tuition than they did from tax dollars — a funding model that places a higher burden on students and their families and risks widening economic inequality, even as the population of would - be students becomes more diverse.

Additional monetary stimulus, in my opinion, would likely aid in / accelerate the rebalancing of the composition of economic growth.

This book is an aid in gaining understanding of economic history.

China Eastern has gotten hundreds of millions of dollars in government aid as it struggles through the economic slowdown.

In advance of Friday's vital parliamentary vote in Germany, the place MPs voted overwhelmingly to lengthen Greece's existing economic aid programme right up until June, Mr Schaeuble experienced warned that Greece would not acquire «a one euro» until it satisfies the pledges of its present $ 240bn (# 174bn) bail - out programmIn advance of Friday's vital parliamentary vote in Germany, the place MPs voted overwhelmingly to lengthen Greece's existing economic aid programme right up until June, Mr Schaeuble experienced warned that Greece would not acquire «a one euro» until it satisfies the pledges of its present $ 240bn (# 174bn) bail - out programmin Germany, the place MPs voted overwhelmingly to lengthen Greece's existing economic aid programme right up until June, Mr Schaeuble experienced warned that Greece would not acquire «a one euro» until it satisfies the pledges of its present $ 240bn (# 174bn) bail - out programme.

In regard to economic policy, the Party promises to create a low cost environment for business by permanently keeping levels of taxation low, enacting a Red Tape Review (similar to the one in British Columbia) to aid small business, and eliminating health care premiumIn regard to economic policy, the Party promises to create a low cost environment for business by permanently keeping levels of taxation low, enacting a Red Tape Review (similar to the one in British Columbia) to aid small business, and eliminating health care premiumin British Columbia) to aid small business, and eliminating health care premiums.

Low interest rates aid and abet bubbles, that's one of the reasons we got into this economic mess in the first place.

But for only a small fraction of the $ 2.8 billion a year the U.S. gives Israel in military and economic aid it could provide the subsidies that would make desalination plants economical.

The United States succeeded in cutting off multilateral aid, aggressively lobbied allies to reduce economic assistance, and slapped a trade embargo on Nicaragua.

The United States has the capacity to disrupt economic life in El Salvador through restrictions of aid and control of access to markets.

For so long as women settle for a position of subordination in marriage, in the church, and in the economic order, we will be aiding and abetting the ills of racism, militarism, and all the other oppressive structures in our society.

But most educated people believe that the gains to income from capitalism's triumph have been modest, that the poor have been left behind, that the Third World has been made miserable in aid of the enrichment of the First, that population growth must be controlled, that diminishing returns on the whole has been the main force in world economic history since 1800.

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.

That is, in Africa more aid has meant poorer economic performance.

There I took an active part in work for Christian Aid and in the beginnings of what has become the World Development Movement — for poverty requires structural change to our economic and political systems as well as generous giving.

She welcomes the change that came in the «80s, when «aid was used to dismantle the unsustainable development model adopted by most African governments and to urge its replacement with a neoclassical economic vision of free markets, private investment - led growth and minimal government intervention in the economy.»

Lancaster's cautious conclusion is that «aid has had no significant impact, either positive or negative, on economic growth in the region.»

At the international level, offers of economic aid will have to be made conditional on the full cooperation of the recipient country in controlling population growth.

Lifting the wretched of the earth out of their misery will require a combination of thoroughgoing economic and political reforms in the poor countries and substantial aid from the developed countries.

It is significant that India, which more than any Asian country has emphasized the primacy of economic over military aid, was among the first, through its ambassador, to commend American policy makers for the firm stand taken in 1950 in Korea.

Empowering subjugated minorities in India by splitting it into smaller states would trigger uber economic demand for western nations who have given so much financial and technology aid to India with no return to show for the investment.

Today the State is closing down the state primary schools for the poor, and they are not interested in aiding private agencies to conduct such schools, because they see it as a costly exercise in social welfare which reduces money for investment in hi - tech development aimed at economic growth.

AIDS is not causing, nor is it likely to cause, an economic crisis in southern Africa.

He is ambivalent about increased Western aid to Africa, although strongly critical of Western economic policies, such as agricultural subsidies, that make it difficult for Africans to compete in the world market.

Our financial aid and sibling discount programs support this goal, and the families participating in these programs have contributed significantly to the economic diversity of the school as well as to its spiritual and social growth.

Formed against a background of economic curtailment on welfare spending and a huge increase in the number of HIV and AIDS cases, Wola Nani initiated programs to help HIV + people in the local community cope with the emotional and financial strains brought about by HIV and AIDS.

Before the establishment of survivors» benefits, needy widowed mothers with children had to rely on state - run Mother's Pension programs.56 These programs scrutinized beneficiaries closely and were often administered to deny aid to women of color or women with objectionable morals or lifestyles.57 In contrast to discretionary (and often discriminatory) mother's pensions, survivors» benefits uniformly extended coverage to widows of insured workers who were caring for a child under the age of 18.58 There was no requirement of economic need.

The Gaming Commission touted the economic benefits of bringing table - top gaming to the Southern Tier, including $ 25.6 million in statewide school aid as well as $ 3.2 million for Tioga County and the Nichols town government.

He was previously the director of the Economic Policy Program at Oxford Policy Management and the lead economist of the Australian Aid program in Indonesia.

The possibility of a post-Brexit economic slowdown will have an impact on the 0.7 % aid commitment (as it is based on economic performance), coupled with a possible reduction in both remittances and charitable giving to development.

New York's 10 regional economic development councils will compete for more than $ 800 million in state economic development aid in the latest round of an initiative launched by Cuomo six years ago.

«The state's rapidly improving economic picture means there's a real opportunity for the state to more fully invest in its public schools, including dedicating new money to Foundation Aid as a way of increasing equity and further helping students to thrive,» said NYSUT President Andy Pallotta.

In addition to advantages of economic influence, being part of the Community allowed Britain to exert greater political influence so that influence could be brought to bear on matters such as USA - Japanese relations, foreign aid, as well as being afforded peace and national security though a common defence capability.

The latter recognised that the USA had to break the circle of continuing economic decline in Europe and restoring political confidence with aid.

Mr. Speaker, I have every confidence that with all of us working together under the President's leadership, we can march forward to a Ghana beyond aid in a new, more matured, and mutually beneficial relationship with our external partners, and advance towards our national vision of building: «An optimistic self - confident and prosperous nation, through the creative exploitation of our human and natural resources, and operating with a democratic, open and fair society, in which mutual trust and economic opportunities exist for all».

Mr. Speaker, to this end, we envision a Ghana beyond aid where Government and the people of Ghana take full ownership and responsibility for the nation's economic growth and transformation, in a new partnership with our development partners.