Sentences with phrase «measuring economic success»

Are improvements in economic welfare so connected to increases in GNP that, despite the differences between economic welfare and market activity, it is appropriate to continue to use GNP as a way of measuring economic success?

Not exact matches

But the continued success of the emerging economic powers (which is by no means assured) may depend in no small measure on recognizing the virtues that made America great, while avoiding the pitfalls that brought it to this unhappy moment.

It is often far more difficult to raise money, foster an environment of economic efficiency, promote technological and operational change, and measure success in the charitable sector.

For most of the public, the reputation of the Federal Reserve will continue to be measured mainly by our success in promoting economic growth with price stability, rather than by our interactions with educators and students.

But the massive disparities in stock ownership are important for two reasons: One is that when a politician brings up the stock market as a measure of economic success, that success isn't very relevant to many Americans.

Involving a mixture of fiscal, monetary and economic measures, the policies — collectively known as Abenomics — have had few obvious successes, and inflation has barely remained positive over much of the period.

According to standard economic measures, the success of a few Third World countries, especially in East and Southeast Asia, has been remarkable.

Because our culture has for so long insidiously taught citizens that the good life is measured by their economic success and participation in the consumer society, it is small wonder so many believe that politics is a burden that conflicts with their pursuit of what really matters.

However, we continually gauge the success of our approach by measuring both ecosystem health and the economic and social well - being of our partner communities.

Several African nations are seeing an acceleration in economic growth and a more than reasonable measure of success is being achieved in reducing hunger and poverty on the continent.

Labour's hold against the SNP in Glenrothes was a resounding success for the PM who visibly grew in confidence as his measures to tackle the economic crisis attracted praise around the world.

Tienken, now at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, has since done a similar analysis of the 2003 PISA mathematics rankings and two measures of economic success: per - capita GDP in 2010, and the 2010 - 2011 Growth Competitiveness Index.

In poorer areas, such as the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, where there is very little capital available, it may make more economic sense to boost their economic performance and accept a degree of flood risk instead of pouring resources into flood protection measures which have very little success anyway.»

Because test scores are not necessarily the best measure of learning or of likely economic success, we examine instead the relationships between SFR - induced spending increases and several long - term outcomes: educational attainment, high school completion, adult wages, adult family income, and the incidence of adult poverty.

School Wastage Study - National Absenteeism in Armenia «The term, school wastage, can be broadly defined as lack of demonstrated school success or realized educational gain (or value), measured as output of student achievement, outcome of social and economic returns, from provided educational services, finance, and other schooling related consumption of resources.

A recent study in the American Journal of Public Health revealed a direct link between children's social and emotional skills and their success across a wide range of health, social, and economic measures.

The standard of political and moral performance required to consider should be the following: 1) increase of solidarity among the inhabitants of the country; 2) increase in the practice of social justice by organs of government and civil society; 3) increase in the distribution of income and wealth among the population; 4) increase of measures to preserve and care for nature; 5) increase in policies for integral development of education in accordance with the highest human values; 6) advances in the realization of the collective will of the citizens; 7) improvement of political institutions; 8) success in combating corruption measured by its reduction; 9) increase in the exercise of citizenship with the effective participation of citizens in government decisions and fight for expansion of their rights; and 10) increase of contribution of public and private organizations to the political, economic, social and environmental development of the country.

The latter statistic represents the «pipeline» of those ready for college and the 21st century workplace, is a more realistic measure of educational success and the challenge we face than any «dropout» calculation might indicate, and does not bode well, not only for our economic competitiveness, but for the future of responsible democratic citizenship.

More than anything, the lopsided success of Givling — low daily revenues and a long funding queue — highlights the desperation felt by many borrowers and the need for new policy measures to address the long term economic burden of student loans.

Innovators and entrepreneurs measure environmental, economic, and social success on the same balance sheet.

Like leaders in Britain, France and a few other places, they want to move beyond the traditional measures of success — economic growth — to promote policies that produce more than just material well - being.

At the same time, it highlights that, as agents of change, indigenous people are essential to the success of policies and measures directed towards mitigating and adapting to climate change, especially their sustainable economic model and traditional knowledge.

Your success impacts not only the bottom line for your small business but also state and national economic measures.

Gratefully, in recent decades economic research has increasingly measured societal success in terms of the subjective happiness of its individuals, which it turns out, is only mildly related to their income levels.