Sentences with phrase «national economic productivity»

Such restructured governance architecture will facilitate overall national economic productivity and bring about the necessary shift away from the present virtually unitary structure which encourages the 36 states and federal capital territory (Abuja) to rely on a philosophy of «sharing the national cake», and it will encourage the more viable federating units to focus on productivity and internally generated revenues.

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Britain's productivity crisis has been a driving force behind the dismal economic growth that has characterised its economy since 2009, and policy wonks are increasingly concerned, with Chancellor Philip Hammond last week announcing billions of pounds of extra investment more pounds to his «National Productivity Investment Fund.»

To maximise productivity in S&T development, we will need to establish national systems of innovation that incorporate highly motivated scientists, adequately funded and functioning S&T institutions, and organisations and policies that will blend together in a constructive fashion with the aim of meeting common social and economic goals.

In all three of the following studies that Iâ $ ™ m about to link, conducted by the National Academy of Sciences, Energy Watch Group and the United States Geological Survey, labor productivity is perceived as a strong marker of the economic recoverability of remaining coal reserves.

Bending the Cost Curve Inside Higher Ed, 1/27/15 «Online education can «bend the cost curve» of an undergraduate degree, according to a working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research, but whether the lower tuition is caused by a boost in productivity — as opposed to more competition — is still undetermined.

The conclusions of this emerging body of research are clear: education quality, as measured by test scores, is positively related to the earnings of individuals, national productivity, and economic growth.

Brian Jacob and Lars Lefgren find no relationship between teachers» pay and their performance in a mid-sized, western school district (see «When Principals Rate Teachers,» research, page 58); and Eric Hanushek, Steven Rivkin, and Daniel O'Brien, in a 2005 working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, report no relationship between teacher productivity and changes in pay, suggesting that surrounding districts do not pull the most effective teachers from the city by offering higher salaries.

In the study, which tracks economic - growth patterns from 1970 to 2000, researchers found that the link between national productivity and high test scores weakens and, in some years, disappears when the so - called «Asian Tigers» — Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea — are removed from researchers» calculations.

A recent study in the US, by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), also relayed the importance of skilled migration by stating it is likely to increase productivity and economic growth.

A combination of the lowered productivity, higher health care and substance abuse treatment costs, missed work and more add up to an economic burden of $ 78.5 billion, according to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.