Sentences with phrase «more effective policies»

It would destroy President Bush's legacy now to adopt Al Gore's global warming policies after pursuing much more effective policies for seven years.

The report also contains recommendations for more effective policies and greater regional cooperation on the development of sustainable energy systems.

These high - performing professionals have made an immediate impact on education organizations seeking to develop more effective policies and systems to support educators and achieve increased learning in tight economic times,» according to Scott Morgan, founder and CEO of Education Pioneers.

Rather than declaring victory, some in the early childhood community have responded to this growing consensus with an increased focus on using innovation to drive more effective policies and programs.

Harnessed for good, challenging assumptions steers you in the direction of more effective policies and practices because you're willing to see things differently.

The frontiers of 21st - century science are a relatively untapped source of fresh thinking that could be used to address the challenges of dealing with such threats by catalyzing more effective policies and services in the early years of life.

The fact that this correlation disappears when we include such policies in our analysis suggests that the reason older schools have more positive achievement effects is that they adopt more effective policies.

Recognition of the barriers faced by scientists from underrepresented groups can inform programs designed to recruit and retain those scientists; understanding the prevalence and impact of deceitful research can lead to more effective policies to prevent them.

Central banks should pursue simpler, less costly and more effective policies.

With evidence that aid works better in countries with stronger institutions and more effective policy regimes, good governance has long been a prerequisite for investment.

I'm confident that the knowledge in this report, and subsequent publications by this team of researchers, will help lead to more effective policy and practice at a time of fully justified public impatience for school improvement.

She argues that school reformers assume that schools can do more to address poverty than is realistic, that accountability policies encourage narrowing of the curriculum and teaching to the test, that vouchers have accumulated no significant evidence of effectiveness, that «virtual charter schools» are a ripoff of taxpayers, and that there are more effective policy solutions that are far from test - based accountability and «school choice» policies: social services for poor families, early childhood education, protecting the autonomy of teachers and elected school boards, reducing class sizes, eliminating for - profit companies and chains from operating charter schools, and aggressively fighting racial and socioeconomic segregation in schools.

«ExxonMobil believes a revenue - neutral carbon tax would be a more effective policy option than cap - and - trade schemes, regulations, mandates, or standards.

«We believe that the risks of climate change warrant action... ExxonMobil believes a revenue - neutral carbon tax would be a more effective policy option than cap - and - trade schemes, regulations, mandates, or standards.

Cost - benefit analysis has its critics (us among them) but with an understanding of the methodologies strengths and weaknesses can contribute to more effective policy making.

There is a need to achieve more effective policy coordination and more timely and effective implementation of government policy decisions, in line with the statutory requirement for the APS to be responsive to the elected government.

In relation to governments in particular it is important that their focus on the legal system give way to more effective policy strategies for improving traditional owners» social and economic wellbeing.

Not exact matches

«In such circumstances, fiscal policy may be called upon to provide stimulus, particularly since it is likely to be more effective at low interest rates,» Lane said.

«The more engaged employees are, the more productive and effective they are,» John Palguta, vice president of policy at the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, told GovernmentExecutive.com.

«Under - emphasis of these (structural) policies relative to macroeconomic, trade and financial stability policies is a key reason for many governments» failure in recent decades to mobilize a more effective response to widening inequality and stagnating median income as technological change and globalization have gathered force,» the report said.

While this is a blow to the idea that nationwide calorie menu requirements will dramatically alter the way America eats, it doesn't necessarily mean the policy is useless: perhaps, as the authors speculate, it may be more effective in sit - down restaurants where dining expectations are different, or for specific groups of particularly health - concious diners.

Regulating the money supply through changes in interest rates — i.e. monetary policy — would be much more direct, which could mean it's more effective and cost - efficient.

If your condition for GHG policy is that you must impose the same price on all sectors of the economy because you want to be cost - effective, that rules out higher prices on some sectors where deep emissions reductions are possible, or lower prices in more politically sensitive areas to ensure you get a policy in place at all.

It is important for the FOMC to continue on this journey because when the public has a better understanding of how monetary policy decisions are made, not only will the public have the information it needs to hold us accountable for our decisions but monetary policy itself will be more effective.»

He has worked with Canadian politicians and policymakers of all political stripes to craft more effective public policy, including his most recent role as an outside economic adviser to Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.

Schembri noted that although monetary policy is normally seen as the most effective countercyclical policy tool, it may need help from other policies more frequently in the future.

In such circumstances, fiscal policy may be called upon to provide stimulus, particularly since it is likely to be more effective at low interest rates.

This caused a sharp increase in labor mobility, which made monetary policy more effective and, in turn, encouraged even more rapid growth.

Nor is the U.S. Federal Reserve Board's latest policy gimmick, «the twist», likely to prove any more effective in breathing new life into a stagnating economy than the measures to prevent a Greek default.

That would mean using more unconventional monetary policies, and the issue becomes how effective are these policies, and would you want them to become, in effect, conventional policies.

This resulted in monetary policy working more broadly through the financial system, rather than being focused only on banks, making it more effective and also less distorting.

To make sure its ecosystem is safe and effective for advertisers, the company has removed more than 3.2 billion ads last year that violated its advertising policies.

The United States could certainly benefit from a more effective trade policy aimed at reducing barriers to trade through well - thought - out and forceful negotiations and taking actions that are consistent with global trade rules.

Following presentations on the five Thematic Volumes, participants discussed policy implications and proposals for developing more effective approaches to integrating trade and human rights.

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Instead of forcing a reluctant public to spend on the premise of substitution effect, a more normal rates regime would likely be effective to induce higher investment by aligning policy with the public's interest to meet future obligations.

Being disconnected from reality, these «products» have been more easily subjected to price manipulation than the underlying assets, and therefore have served as effective policy levers for central bankers to distort reality to achieve their objectives.

When policymakers credibly commit to a rule - like approach to setting policy, they can alter expectations in ways that make policy more effective and less uncertain.

«He will be much more attuned to making the Fed's policies practical and effective, as opposed to reactive.»

These first two principles will be more effective in helping to address financial stability risks when the public understands how monetary policymakers are weighing such risks in the setting of monetary policy.

One such surprise we discussed: If U.S. fiscal policy comes sooner or turns out to be more effective than expected.

He says it was then that it was becoming clearer to more and more investors that the world's central banks» responses to the 2007 — 08 global financial crisis were not effective in improving economic activity and that their policies should be ultimately positive for gold prices.

Policies that spur more efficient corporate restructuring can revive productivity growth by targeting three inter-related sources of labour productivity weakness: the survival of «zombie» firms (low productivity firms that would typically exit in a competitive market), capital misallocation and stalling technological diffusion... As the zombie firm problem may partly stem from bank forbearance, complementary reforms to insolvency regimes are essential to ensure that a more aggressive policy to resolve non-performing loans is effective.

This smooth transition is a credit to good planning, more modern personnel policies, and effective communication by managers with affected employees.

Monetary policy has less room to maneuver when interest rates are close to zero, while expansionary fiscal policy is likely both more effective and less costly in terms of increased debt burden when interest rates are pinned at low levels.

Fiscal policy at low interest rates is also just more effective.

So that's one possible interpretation of the sentence — it's not that fiscal policy is «more effective» because there's a big multiplier, but because public investment carries a high return relative to private investment, and so will boost growth.

I do think that we face some skills shortages down the road which create lots of opportunities for active labour market policy to be more effective.

And, although I have worked on evaluating public policy more than the average Canadian, evaluating models of effective service delivery for the homeless is not an area in which I have any expertise.

A lower neutral rate also makes it more likely that interest rates will be constrained by the effective lower bound, meaning monetary policy will have less scope to support income growth during periods of economic weakness.