Sentences with phrase «not economic competitiveness»

Not exact matches

We can, and must, do something to expand opportunity for every young person — not simply as a moral imperative but out of economic necessity and competitiveness.

Of course, that doesn't make the most expensive cities the «best» cities to live in, at least not for everyone, says Jennie Allison of the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness, a nonprofit research and policy group.

This is based on a simple economic model that states not all production (financial services in this case) will relocate to the large economy (the EU) as the small economy (UK) is able make up for its lack of competitiveness by having a weaker currency.

«It is imperative for all of the major stakeholders in women's enterprise development — in policymaking, program development, capital, research, and organizational capacity - building — to move forward in the same direction, to not only increase our national competitiveness but to level the economic playing field.

The phase out of the PST on electricity is an important step in ensuring the tax code does not impeded the economic competitiveness of our province.

• «The ferocity about economic competitiveness, its promotion into a standard by which to measure things it can not measure... is resulting in a loss of respect for ordinary work and a soft contempt for ordinary people,» Wieseltier continues.

Not the neo-Keynesian alternative proffered by the Labour Party, but an economic strategy that included pro-growth initiatives including reform of the labour market, tax cuts and other «supply - side» measures needed to boost competitiveness.

«Not just to not have to play defense, but to work proactively with members of the legislature and the governor's office to reduce that tax burden, to try to reclaim some measure of economic competitiveness in New York State and put people back to work.&raqNot just to not have to play defense, but to work proactively with members of the legislature and the governor's office to reduce that tax burden, to try to reclaim some measure of economic competitiveness in New York State and put people back to work.&raqnot have to play defense, but to work proactively with members of the legislature and the governor's office to reduce that tax burden, to try to reclaim some measure of economic competitiveness in New York State and put people back to work.»

«The government has decided not to proceed with a per - plane tax in order to ensure greater stability and protect competitiveness at a time of economic uncertainty,» the Treasury states.

Mr Clark believes there is a growing consensus among three groups that come to the debate from different directions: the green lobby; people worried about security of energy supplies (who do not want to become dependent on Russian imports); and those with concerns about economic competitiveness.

The council believes raising the fast food minimum wage won't necessarily combat poverty and could hurt the state's overall economic competitiveness by imposing «significant new costs on employers.»

Bracey also suggests that we shouldn't worry about the TIMSS results because they don't seem to have any effect on our economic competitiveness.

He cites as evidence the fact that a nation's place on the Current Competitiveness Index developed by the World Economic Forum is not perfectly correlated with the TIMSS results, and the United States ranks high on the index.

WASHINGTON — America's investment in education has kept pace with that of other Western industrial nations since 1972, but it may not be growing fast enough to offset their gains in economic competitiveness, according to the first «Competitivenescompetitiveness, according to the first «CompetitivenessCompetitiveness Index.»

That lesson from No Child Left Behind, combined with the continued concern about America's economic competitiveness, set the stage for the current Common Core Standards Initiative — an initiative by state leaders now convinced that individual state silos are not the way to go when it comes to setting standards.

As colleagues and I have documented on numerous occasions, rankings on international tests do not relate to international indicators of economic strength, global competitiveness, creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, or any other economic indicators that reflect a strong economy (e.g., Tienken, 2008; Tienken & Mullen, 2014).

Of course the international assessments are all about «economic competitiveness» aren't they?

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.

They tell us that jobs, economic development, and competitiveness aren't worth the investment.

«The Administration is reviewing existing policies and regulations in the context of a focus on strengthening US economic growth and promoting jobs for American workers, and will not support policies or regulations that have adverse effects on energy independence and US competitiveness.»

This stated that measures which would have net adverse economic impacts nationally or on Australia's trade competitiveness would not be implemented in the absence of similar action by major greenhouse gas producing nations.

We can not afford to fall behind other nations in this vital area, it is a matter of economic competitiveness as well as quality of life and community security.

«On a more positive note, there are some things that Trump doesn't have so much control over, such as state legislation in California, or economic competitiveness of renewables, that could lead to mitigation in the absence of direction from the president,» Jeffery says.

Hong Kong is also proud of its judicial independence (it is the leading Asian jurisdiction in this regard, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2017 - 2018), although Mr Justice Fok, Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Court of Appeal, felt driven to provide a strong assertion and defence of the judiciary's independence during the UNCITRAL Asia - Pacific Judicial Summit, following allegations by some commentators that the judiciary had compromised its independence in respect of certain well - publicised cases (not connected with arbitration).