Sentences with phrase «makes policy progress»

This backdrop makes policy progress very unlikely as domestic politics drive the agenda [leading to] limited room for country - level structural reform [and] little progress toward EU or eurozone reform or integration.»

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The Whitehorse «progress report» was the latest in small adjustments to Bank of Canada's communications policy that is making the institution less a black box.

He said economic progress had made the bank more confident that higher interest rates would be required over time, although some monetary policy accommodation will still be needed.

«To ignore market trends by impeding progress toward a cleaner energy future, on the basis of ignorance or ideology, makes no sense,» Nathanael Greene, director of renewable policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in a statement.

«Theranos has made substantial progress toward correcting the deficiencies CMS identified, including appointing new laboratory leadership; enhancing Theranos» clinical policies and procedures; and revamping training programs,» the company said in a release.

«The idea that you would deny protection for 50,000 people because there are a few bad apples who wouldn't be eligible for Temporary Protected Status in the first place, makes little to no sense,» Tom Jawetz, the vice president of immigration policy at the Center for American Progress, a liberal research organization told NBC News.

And hope not for enduring recovery until policy - makers here and abroad make meaningful progress in treating underlying diseases.

However, lobbying, advocacy and other political spending by corporations and trade associations can also inhibit good policy - making, hold back progress, undermine critical environmental, social or economic regulations, and offload private costs onto the public.

The report says China has made progress by improving the flexibility of its exchange - rate policy, but more is needed.

On the legislative and policy front, Bill C - 11 has passed the committee stage and seems likely to race toward royal assent by the summer, last week's unveiling of the telecom policy (including policies on the forthcoming spectrum auction and foreign ownership) puts to rest a major issue associated with the digital economy strategy, the CRTC recently published its final anti-spam regulations with Industry Canada expected to follow with theirs shortly, the open government initiative has been making considerable progress, and Government House Leader Peter Van Loan told the House of Commons on Thursday that Bill C - 12 (the PIPEDA reform bill) may finally move forward next week.

Elliot Schrage, Facebook's vice president for communications and public policy, and David Ginsberg, its director of research, said in a blog post on Monday that the company had made «real progress» in dealing with hoax stories and sham accounts since the 2016 election and the campaign, known as Brexit, to withdraw Britain from the European Union.

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VICTORIA — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government's announcement regarding electricity regulations and a just transition for workers: «The regulations announced today mark important progress in implementing the federal government's commitment to cut carbon pollution, but equally important is recognizing that clean growth...

This is why we expect both the ECB and Bank of Japan to keep policy loose, as the Fed makes slow but steady progress in normalizing policy.

This is important progress and has contributed to more prudent monetary policies than otherwise would have been made and the avoidance of a deflationary psychology taking hold particularly in Europe and Japan.

However, uncertainty remains elevated because of prospective policies that put at risk the progress made in recent decades to liberalize trade and foster economic integration.

A rising rate on the 10 - year partly reflects the desire to make progress on monetary policy normalization, which has been impeded by a series of unrelated surprises over the course of the year.

In no particular order these included: a dysfunctional bankruptcy framework; an immature domestic capital market; withholding taxes on foreign capital; corruption (particularly at the state level — the Modi government has made progress at the federal level); policy and renegotiation risks (a number of legacy and high profile tax eases are yet to be resolved); land acquisition costs (and legal risks); and, the need for tax reforms.

Accommodative Federal Reserve policies have indeed distorted financial markets and sectors within the real economy, but policymakers had expected the benefit (stronger employment and higher inflation) to exceed the cost, but the latest developments indicated that distortions in financial markets and the real economy may actually undo progress made toward maximum employment and price stability since 2008.

The economic progress we have seen makes us more confident that higher interest rates will be warranted over time, although some monetary policy accommodation will still be needed.»

With a wave of anti-immigrant, anti-free trade sentiment sweeping through Europe, and uncertainty in the U.S. with regard to its H - 1B visa program, Hussen said the federal government's response is simply business as usual — carrying on with policies already implemented or in progress that are designed to make it easier for Canadian companies to get the skilled people they need to grow.

That summer I realized that the very ways in which «progress» was being made — e.g., dominant development policies as well as economic programs in the industrialized world — were all part of the total network of processes that were destroying the basis of human life on the planet.

As former Nixon economics adviser Herbert Stein observed, President Bush has made economic growth the acid test by which every other policy is to be judged, believing that such growth will permit progress on other fronts, including raising the standard of living for the poor.

They mask their racism behind a thin veil of policy discontent, and when we make progress fixing the policy they just move on to something else to disguise their bigotry.

I'll tell you why... because governments make policy based on it, people are murdered DAILY because of it, Science is delayed and marginalized because if it, and all of humanity is held back from progress,..

From its support of the Sudanese government (which is perpetrating the genocide in Darfur), to its widespread religious persecution, to its one - child - only policy, to the censorship and persecution of its own people, the Chinese government just hasn't made enough progress to warrant a $ 100 - million celebration in its honor.

- «Analytical work: preparing studies and reports supporting the multilateral decision - making process related to the normative work; assessing progress made in gender mainstreaming policies...

Right - leaning policy intellectuals have made some progress on the first problem.

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The Company also provided an update on senior executive appointments, meaningful progress it is making on its Strategic Renewal Plan (the «Plan») to drive long - term shareholder value creation, and corporate governance policies.

Ames Simmons of Equality North Carolina says, «When we vote for politicians who choose to make policy based on false stereotypes of marginalized communities instead of actual data rooted in scientific methodology, we threaten to set back progress in our country to dark ages of superstition.»

Many schools also opt to administer the Challenge Success Student Survey and use the data to make policy decisions and benchmark progress over time.

Cadwell, Karin & Cindy Turner - Maffei RECLAIMING BREASTFEEDING FOR THE UNITED STATES Jones and Bartlett, 2002 This book provides an international policy perspective on the progress that has been made toward reclaiming breastfeeding as the cultural norm in the United States.

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This policy brief outlines the reasons educators need to learn more about adoption issues, explains the negative consequences of a lack of knowledge, and proposes steps that teachers, schools, curriculum developers and institutions of higher education can make progress toward placing all children and families on a level playing field in the classroom and beyond.

It has been an honour to negotiate and then serve in the first coalition government of modern times which has substantial achievements both in reducing the economic dangers faced by our country, and in making progress with policies to tackle climate change and provide energy security.

The governor restated his commitment to roll out programmes and policies that will further showcase the progress the State has made so far.

«If we stick to the policy of ensuring that as far as public finance is concern, there is no impunity and that we hold people to account, I'm absolutely confident that this country has what it really takes to make the kind of progress we deserve to make as a nation.»

«But I want to say that that task has already begun and that task is being done consistently and I believe that going forward in the next few years, no matter how we are criticized, if we stick to policy especially controlling excesses and corruption in public finance, this country will make the kind of progress that it deserves to make with all the resources at our disposal.

It is disappointing that five years have been wasted on a fruitless exercise when the government could have been making real progress by delivering on its commitments to introduce evidence based policies such as minimum unit pricing for alcohol.

The progress made through the federal tax policy may not see tangible solutions under Cuomo's state plan, Ondrich added.

This actually represented some sort of progress, since Wintour, having looked at the figures, made no challenge on the affordability of the policy.

Now, with Labour's policy review making steady progress under the direction of Jon Cruddas, Miliband has pledged to provide more details of the alternatives on offer from a Labour government in 2013.

It was a day of drug policy discussion in Albany, as lawmakers held a forum on legalizing marijuana, proposed bills to combat heroin addiction and overdoses, and made progress towards a medical marijuana program.

There was some progress that was made — there's certainly more that can be made — but I think that anybody who rolls up their sleeves and tries to take this on should be focusing not on the individuals but on the policies that make the fraud possible.

Ms. Crook said that progress was being made to enact the bipartisan - backed Aviation Jobs Act, a bill to align NY State aviation tax policy with that of surrounding states.

Education policy should focus on making sure that every student makes great progress, rather than accountability for test scores or teacher performance pay.

The executive director of policy at Cancer Research UK reveals how research underpins all progress made in the battle against cancer

Susan Anderson, CBI's director of human resources policy, said: «Women are still under - represented in senior positions and more progress must be made, but it is encouraging that an increasing number of women are becoming directors, particularly from the younger age groups.»

Ron Campbell, Chief Policy and Research Analyst for National Energy Action said: «The original UK Fuel Poverty Strategy was described as «representing the start of the road to the end of fuel poverty in the United Kingdom», there is a consensus that in order to make meaningful progress in the right direction we are in urgent need of a «road map».