Sentences with phrase «larger areas of government»

We would all hope that larger areas of government on the state and federal levels were as efficient, but as the size of a territorial jurisdiction increases, the efficiency of government decreases.

Not exact matches

China already faces dozens of large - scale «mass incidents» — the government's term for riots — each year, but they're largely contained to rural areas.

And those views appear to feed the rural - urban divide: A 56 percent majority of rural residents says the federal government does more to help people living in and around large cities, while 37 percent feel they treat both urban and rural areas equally.

This initiated a further decline in 10 - year government bond yields, which fell to all - time lows for nine large euro area countries including France, Ireland and Spain by 26 November, the end of the period under review (Graph 5, right - hand panel).

Ever since the Australian government had confirmed the construction of an airport, land prices have been expected to soar, and data from Juwai.com — the largest international property website in China — has revealed that Chinese buyer interest in the «priority growth area» surrounding the airport surged an incredible 1500 percent last year.

He said the government's efforts to boost spending by public sector companies - which still dominate large areas of the Indian economy - could help lift overall growth.

With the aid of government agencies, large firms have been seizing swaths of land in forest areas that were traditionally under ancestral tenure and rapidly converting them to mono - crop rubber and oil palm plantations.

Boxing is under fire these days from portions of the press, government and clergy — because some fighters have been badly hurt and a few killed, and because criminals allegedly control large areas of the sport.

This structural deficiency of what government spends its resources on and who are the real beneficiaries thereof, is worsened by another structural problem - the structure of Nigeria's pseudo-federation with one overwhelmingly large and not surprisingly wasteful and inefficient federal governments; 36 handicapped states; and 774 almost utterly useless local governments which are now de facto area offices of the handicapped states and therefore doubly - disabled and dysfunctional.

Shadow defence minister Kevan Jones told parliament that the government's pledge to ringfence the equipment budget meant there would be larger cuts on other areas and that the Conservative party had restricted how much they could spend with the «straitjacket» of the autumn statement.

The electorate of any constituency was to be as close as possible to a country - specific electoral quota to reduce malapportionment; where rigid adherence to the «as far as practicable» guidelines would mean a large disparity between electorates, the commissions were expressly empowered to form seats which combine parts of two (and where major disparity still remains, more) local government areas.

Amongst the areas of his responsibility were overseeing a business specialising in advising central government departments and local government on Insurance risk transfer and being involved in proposing pooling / reinsurance solutions for large clients, including Whitehall.

Sovereign states can voluntarily delegate some or even all of their powers to either smaller areas (devolution and local government) or larger areas (international treaties and unions).

Despite this battle it hasn't stopped the Argentinean government selling off large areas of the nature reserve on which they live, to private companies who've started cutting down the forest for farmland.

«Large, underlying deficits in some local areas need to be tackled as a matter of urgency, while the reforms will continue to flounder if the government fails to get doctors, nurses and other health professionals fully on board.»

Though, the Oyo State government during the first term of Governor Abiola Ajimobi declared his zero tolerance to all acts that may hinder free flow of traffic in Ibadan, especially begging and street trading, but a visit to the above named areas had shown that beggars of all categories and street urchins have taken over larger part of the areas.

Addressing a large crowd of people at the palace of the Paramount Chief of the Waala Traditional Area, Naa Fuseini Pelpuo IV, the former president said «this should serve as a wake - up call to all of us; to government, the law enforcement agencies, the courts to wake up to our responsibilities in order to prevent this sort of thing from happening again.»

It is well - known throughout political circles that in the 80» and 90's, Westchester County purposely move people living on Welfare, Receiving Section 8 Vouchers, and homeless shelters to cities like Mt. Vernon, Yonkers, Peekskill and other high minority populated areas and did not give financial assistance to fund support programs for the large migration of needy families that were purposely sent to these cities by the Westchester County government.

The City of Townsville local government area is too large to be contained in one Federal electorate, so some of the city's outer suburbs are included in the neighbouring electorates of Dawson and Kennedy.

The local election results are a consequence of the Government's disregard for the mounting pressure faced by councils «and the pain it is causing their residents», according to Steve Houghton, a Labour councillor and chair of SIGOMA, the collective voice of urban areas representing many of the large towns and cities in the Northern, Midland and South Coast regions of England.

It is well - known throughout political circles that in the 1980» and 90's, Westchester County purposely moved people living on Welfare, Receiving Section 8 Vouchers, and homeless shelters to cities like Mt. Vernon, Yonkers, Peekskill and other high minority populated areas and did not give financial assistance to fund support programs for the large migration of needy families that were purposely sent to these cities by the Westchester County government.

Amidst all the talk of «going for growth», Lib Dem «hate taxes on the rich», and difficult decisions for Ministers having to reduce their budgets, there is one large, flabby area of government which has been insufficiently tackled, but which could be cut down to size easily, popularly, and with huge benefits for society: the equalities sector.

On Wednesday 8th March 2017, repentant armed bandits and local vigilante group called «' Yansakai» in Ruwan Tofa, «Yar Galadima and Babban Doka in Maru Local Government Area, Danwaren Daji in Tsafe Local Government Area, as well as Mada in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State, handed over large quantities of dangerous arms and ammunition.

Contrary to popular belief, over 80 percent of government jobs are located outside of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, in locations across the United States (largest concentrations include Baltimore, Philadelphia, Atlanta, San Diego, and New York City) and worldwide.

The government money will be allocated to two areas: rare or incurable diseases for which there is little incentive for private investment, such as spinal cord damage; and common chronic conditions, such as arthritis, for which the aim is to help South Korean companies to capture part of the large potential market for treatments.

Their book is the second of two volumes about the role for expert advice in the process of decision making by European governments, the first of which looked at the subject in general, while this examines the more specialised area of scientific advice and the way in which it is used to underpin large technological programmes.

Recently, the government, headed by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, triggered a public debate over plans to construct potentially the world's largest coal port adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage Area, and to excise 74,000 hectares of forest from Tasmania's World Heritage — listed site.

First, governments must recognize that conventional forms of monitoring for protected areas are not tenable in parks that are larger than some countries.

HDST will also benefit from technological developments in the commercial world, and from investments made by other countries and other government agencies, providing options for HDST in areas of detectors, electronics, structural materials, metrology systems, mechanisms, and large lightweight mirrors.

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) instrument is funded by NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy and by government agencies in France, Italy, Japan, and Sweden.

Luckily, first - time screenwriter Liz Hannah and Spotlight screenwriter Josh Singer have located the film's nerve center in two overlapping areas: an examination of the relationship between the press and the executive branch of government, and a larger story about women in American workplaces.

In 2009, the Cambodian government leased a large part of the area to the Shukaku corporation, which proceeded to fill the beautiful Boeung Kak lake with sand and begin razing the homes of nearby villagers.

The reason why apprenticeships have their budget safeguarded and increasing when most areas of public expenditure are under severe pressure is because the government has introduced the apprenticeship levy which effectively taxes large employers to pay for the programme.

Despite the government's claims to be concerned about underfunded areas, some of the largest staffing cuts are in the areas with the lowest average funding per pupil such as: Reading, Isle of Wight, Central Bedfordshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, York, Derby and Milton Keynes.

This has led to a range of proposals for dramatic changes in how we finance and govern higher education, which is an area where the federal government does play a large role through Pell grants and student loans.

Los Angeles — February 4, 2010 — Today, the Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA issued «Choice Without Equity: Charter School Segregation and the Need for Civil Rights Standards,» a nationwide report based on an analysis of Federal government data and an examination of charter schools in 40 states and the District of Columbia, along with several dozen metropolitan areas with large enrollments of charters.

The Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA issued «Choice Without Equity: Charter School Segregation and the Need for Civil Rights Standards,» a nationwide report based on an analysis of Federal government data and an examination of charter schools in 40 states and the District of Columbia, along with several dozen metropolitan areas with large enrollments of charters.

The city still remained the largest contributor of tax revenue to the government coffers, but industry suffered, particularly as hundreds of thousands of urbanized Shanghai locals were sent to perform manual labor in rural areas throughout the Chinese countryside.

Macquarie is ranked in the 201st - 300th bracket and 8th - 9th in Australia in the 2013Academic Ranking of World Universities.Founded in 1964 by theNew South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area ofSydney.Macquarie University also has the largest student exchange programme in Australia.The university is also ranked among the national top five recipients of relative research income.

I'm not suggesting a credit crisis now, but it is useful to keep a list of areas where caution is being thrown to the wind — I can think of a few areas: student loans, agricultural loans, energy loans, lending to certain weak governments with large liabilities and no independent monetary policy... there may be more — can you think of any?

Animals used on farms make up the majority of those raised and used by humans, with an estimated 33 billion land animals alive at any given time.18 This estimate is more exact than any other we will consider, since governments conduct counts of livestock in order to understand and regulate local economies.19 However, this is a somewhat similar undercounting to what we saw for lab animals: fish and shellfish are not counted, and in some areas they are raised for consumption in large numbers.20 The estimates also neglect other animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet change.

- to provide refuge for homeless animals and animals in need and coordinate their placement in permanent and safe home environments; - to provide education through publications, seminars, and discussions to the general public on animal health and welfare, behavior and care including the benefits of spaying and neutering; - to provide information and referrals to affordable and low cost medical care including spay & neuter clinics and other animal medical and care facilities; - to provide information on training, behavior modification and general handling instruction along with referrals to vetted and certified professionals in these areas; - to liaise and network with other animal rescue organizations as part of a mutual effort to aid animals in distress; - to solicit donations and funding from government agencies, corporations, private foundations, public charities, individuals and the general public at large to finance the medical, housing and other incidental costs of homeless animals while in the custody of the organization; - to organize and participate in fundraisers to benefit furtherance of the overall main purpose and goals of the organization; - to have the normal functions, operations, programs and pursuits incidental to a fully recognized and operational nonprofit animal rescue organization.

Amenities At the Hostel: 2 Single sex Dorms with 6 - 10 bunks Private Room with queen bed and shared bathroom Private / Family Room with 4 beds and own bathroom Free WIFI Free Continental Breakfast BBQ Linens in the price 24 hour access Fully equipped Kitchen Refrigerators and dried food storage Laundry Facilities Lockers Large Garden area Viewing Deck Ping - Pong Table Free street parking Tourist Information and local information Loads of communal spirit Near The Hostel: Local Art District within 10 minutes walk Local restaurants within 10 minute walk Grocery stores within 15 minute walk Coffee shops within 10 minute walk Bus Route at the end of street Authentic Mexican restaurant around the corner Local Bars within 10 minute walk Downtown and Convention Center within 20 minute walk Local Museums and Library within 20 minute walk You must produce a valid out of state government issued ID at check in

Free the larger cities from the power of central governments composed of legislators from rural and suburban areas, who have a different contingency, a different set of problems, and a different mentality.

Instead of allowing large areas to be used for solar energy at a cheap price, the US government should lease the area to developers at a price similar to the price paid in recently developed areas near LA.

A large cyclone in 1970 caused 500,000 deaths, but a similar cyclone in the same area in late 2007 (including a tsunami - like 2 - metre - high sea water intrusion) caused only 8000 deaths, though affecting the houses or livelihoods or 8 million people: most of the more exposed people received early warning, and took refuge in thousands of government - built cyclone shelters, chiefly schools and other public buildings, made of concrete and other hard materials, and built upon 12 - 15 feet high concrete pillars.

After environmental activists successfully stopped Ugandan government from allocating thousands of acres of Mabira forest to a private developer who had an intention of establishing sugar plantations, large areas of tropical forest in Kangala islands are being converted into BIDCO palm plantations, which will be used to produce biodiesel.

A new report from the World Resources Institute and the Nature Conservancy says governments around the world have committed to reviving nearly 400 million acres of wildernessâ $ Â — â $ an area larger than South Africa.

And finally, how much should we care that women haven't cracked the glass ceiling at Biglaw when female lawyers are finding success in virtually every other area (e.g., politics, solo practice, judgeships, in - house and government) outside of large firms?

She has worked closely with Commonwealth and state government agencies on the development, implementation and regulation of carbon reduction and renewable energy schemes, including acting on large Government funding programs in the renewable energy and clean technolgovernment agencies on the development, implementation and regulation of carbon reduction and renewable energy schemes, including acting on large Government funding programs in the renewable energy and clean technolGovernment funding programs in the renewable energy and clean technology areas.