Sentences with phrase «more effective public policy»

A system of regulation rather than prohibition is a less harmful, more ethical and a more effective public policy.

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.

Not exact matches

«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.

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.»

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.

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.

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.

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.

To conclude, it appears that more effective regulation of television food advertising would constitute an important element of the public policy response to child obesity.

Our research informs public policies and helps make businesses, voluntary bodies and other organisations more effective.

He said: «A smaller, more effective house will be able to build public confidence and support for its crucial constitutional role in checking bills before they become law and in reviewing policy through their hard - working select committees.»

Gun control legislation certainly isn't going anywhere — House Speaker Paul Ryan suggested as much on Thursday morning, when he said Congress needs more information on what would be an effective policy: «I think, as public policymakers, we don't just knee - jerk before we even have all the facts and the data.»

Dr Nduom said reducing the size of government meant certain public services, such as the National Development Planning Commission and the Ghana Statistical Service, should be made more effective in providing policy advice and information.

The purpose of the program is to make practical contributions to more effective use of scientific knowledge in government, to educate the scientific communities regarding public policy, and to broaden the perspective of both the scientific and governmental communities regarding the value of such science - government interaction.

«Order - of - magnitude calculations suggest that implementing a low - amperage backup service appears to be more cost effective than having each homeowner buy a portable generator and storing diesel or gasoline for fueling, especially if a region is expected to suffer more frequent and longer widespread outages,» says Sunhee Baik, lead author and doctoral student in engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University.

Schaal, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, called for more effective communication and public engagement by scientists in explaining their work, both to policy makers and to the general public, across a range of topics — climate change, evolution, stem cells, and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture.

These paths for further research would benefit public policies aimed at increasing the awareness of food waste, and would contribute to more effective nutritional education initiatives since messages could be framed based on insights tested in scientific studies.

While exercise has many potential benefits, this data suggests that the public health policy of encouraging more physical activity is having little observable impact on actual waistlines or health, and that current mainstream exercise trends and guidelines are not effective.

Content: The Center on Education Policy is a national, independent advocate for public education and more effective public schools.

In short, the takeaway from the charter literature seems to be that they are, on average, more effective than traditional public schools in urban settings and perhaps should be encouraged there, but that authorizers and policy contexts matter tremendously in determining whether these schools succeed or not.

The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) is an independent voice for effective charter school policy and thoughtful charter authorizing practices that lead to more great public schools.

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.

Building More Effective Community Schools: A Guide to Key Ideas, Effective Approaches, and Technical Assistance Resources for Making Connections Cities and Site Teams The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Center for the Study of Public Policy, 2000 This report provides an overview of the necessary components of a community school, the needs that such programs can address, and the possible challenges faced in implementation of the community school model.

Even as the Chicago Public Schools is working toward more effective, positive discipline policies that keep students in school and learning, Noble is suspending and expelling students at a vastly greater rate than the district, and making their families pay significant dollars in the process.

The Center on Education Policy is the national, independent advocate for public education and for more effective public schools.

NACSA is an independent voice for effective charter school policy and thoughtful charter authorizing practices that lead to more great public schools.

... effective public policy... is needed more urgently than ever.

Both policies would bolster prices and reduce variations in allowance values, but a price floor could prove to be a more efficient fix for the European Union's current ETS surplus problems because it will lead to more predictable and cost - effective outcomes — and greater public understanding, acceptance, participation, and support.

Moreover, I would suggest that those of us in «the electorate» who are well - informed about this issue are well aware that changes in public policy — including putting a price on carbon pollution, directly regulating GHG emissions, and providing effective support for the development and deployment of efficiency and renewable energy technologies on a scale at least comparable to the subsidies that fossil fuels have received for a century — are far more effective than the options that any individual can currently choose, and are in fact crucial to making more such options available to all of us.

However the science ends up, this Luke warmer thinks that adaptation is a more cost - effective public policy than mitigation.

Uh... if you don't care about the science, what makes you think adaptation is a more cost - effective public policy than mitigation?

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Highlights the findings and lessons learned that pertain to two broad arenas: how to better plan and implement effective intervention strategies in the first 5 years of life and how understanding changing and diverse developmental trajectories can contribute to more effective early childhood programs and the public policies that shape them.

This report, conducted in partnership with the Parenting Research Centre in Australia, compares expert and public understandings of effective parenting and gives advocates tools to make a more powerful case for programs and policies that support it.

DeMarco outlined several public policy goals to ensure a more effective and efficient housing finance system, including building a new infrastructure for the secondary mortgage market; establishing standards that promote a safer and more efficient housing finance system; and increasing private capital while retracting government participation in the secondary mortgage market.