Sentences with phrase «of useful policies»

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While models that attempt to forecast potential economic impacts provide useful insights regarding potential risks when exploring policy choices, the Commission is of the view that it must also consider the potential upsides of greater choice, including the retention of subscribers in the system, as well as the risks associated with maintaining the status quo in a context of increased demand for more choice.

Other useful property policies for food service businesses are: • Spoilage covers the value of property spoiled as a result of a breakdown of your temperature control system due to conditions beyond your control.

«I think this body of work is incredibly important,» Drummond said, «and could be incredibly useful for policy.»

It's a useful round - up of the economics of a policy debate that shows no sign of being resolved.

When we do not know what a policy is meant to accomplish, I find it useful to work backwards and think of potential problems where the proposed policy makes sense as a solution.

Since things like college costs and mortgage payments usually end at some set point, a term policy is very useful for this kind of planning.

An important and useful element of the thinking at the time was the replacement of the earlier «control theory» approach to policy (i.e. the belief that the central point was to find an appropriate spot on the Phillips curve and to stay there), towards a «game theoretic» view, in which the critical issues related to behaviour — the interaction between the monetary authorities and the public.

All of this provides a useful framework to guide policy deliberations and then communicate those decisions.

Economists can now pinpoint with a high degree of precision causality from a policy change to economic outcomes, which is enormously useful but also too narrow.

The stock market is not a useful measure of how successful an administration's economic policies are.

Now this is actually one of my favourite graphs, and the reason for this is that it's really useful in debunking what I think is one of the biggest myths around monetary policy.

Of course, it is useful to have theoretical debates about optimal public policy.

To illustrate the practical application of the inflation - targeting framework in Australia and its flexibility, it is useful to focus on the operation of monetary policy in three particular episodes (Graph 2).

I hope it will be a useful way for me to solidify my thinking on policy issues and subject my thinking to a form of peer review from you.

«I've had clients for 20 years thank me for advising them to convert from term life to permanent life insurance when they did... The value of the policy can grow significantly,» he said «It's a very useful planning tool.»

While the program may create some useful incentives for technology adoption, it was Paradis» reference to a digital economy strategy that attracted the attention of policy watchers.

Travel Market Report today released the second edition of its Ocean Cruise Report Card for Travel Agents, the third in a series of supplier policy report cards designed as a useful resource for travel professionals.

It's useful to remember that Cruz won the primary last year not because of any substantive policy disagreement or even because of his superior qualifications, but because he pledged that he would be uncooperative, combative, and generally obnoxious once in office.

A group of the Wahhabis who went to great lengths in enforcing these doctrines and in standing adamant against any innovation, even including useful contributions of modern civilization, were suppressed by King Abul Aziz Ibn Sa`ud who believed in a wise, moderate policy of modernization.

The critique of neoliberals and neoconservatives helps put today's foreign policy debates in a framework that provides useful insight.

... Realism may prove useful to insure that U.S. commitments do not exceed its finite power, but I fail to ascertain from Mr. Bacevich's description how it provides any clue as to what the goal of U.S. policy should be.

In a religious tradition such a declaration of ethical policy is associated with «stories» or «parables» which Braithwaite treats as morally useful fictions:

A useful parallel can be drawn between policies that encourage education and the work of groups like Habitat for Humanity, where the «sweat equity» of family members, combined with the personal and financial involvement of others, provides better housing for many.

Many of those responsible for shaping these policies are tough - minded neoconservatives who share with political philosopher Leo Strauss a cynical view of religion as unfit for elites, but useful in swaying the masses.

Some parables, such as the Parable of the Good Samaritan, are indeed «useful fictions» whose only point is to recommend attitudes, policies for living, «rules and roles».

This is a very useful work of reference, especially at a time when parental leave is high on the policy agenda, and provides fascinating insights into how a wide range of countries are tackling these, and related, issues.

Anyone working for a health facility can also alert the management so they can remind staff of their policies on meeting with company reps.. The UNICEF Baby Friendly guidelines are useful on this point — click here.

If the Lib Dems did emerge as as an attractive progressive alternative - and they have been rowing in the opposite direction in some ways of late, e.g., on tax policy - that would put useful pressure on Labour to mend its ways.

Colm: I fear you are allowing your (and my) disagreements with the classical liberal / libertarian right on social and economic policy to get in the way of the possibility of useful discussion of civil liberties issues.

To people who prefer tall, good looking, likeable / charming characters, wonky details of policy are less than useful.

China's economic governance structure provides us with a useful map to navigate the different areas of policy and gauge the potential for reform.

A policy of deterrence is useless against terrorists, and is less useful against «rogue states» such as Iran and North Korea, both of which are believed to possess nuclear weapons, because their motivations are not easily understood.

These may in fact prove useful lessons for the future, but the larger message of this episode is to remind us how bad science and politicisation of drug policy reporting has been a key factor in maintaining the failed policies of prohibition.

«Our position was that any evidence session would be most useful once the German presidency had set out their timetable for discussions leading up to the European Council and once the government had drawn up a set of policy options in response which would provide the basis for a discussion at an evidence session.

The helpful analogy between extreme Islamism and far - right extremism, made by Quilliam in its publication «In defence of British Muslims: A response to BNP racist propaganda», is useful for understanding the problems that Islamist extremists can pose and in drawing up government policies in response.»

We are thankful the Fiscal Policy Institute worked to prepare this report because it is an incredibly useful snapshot of this important sector that is so crucial to our city.»

offers a useful summary of the effects of commonly - abused drugs, while making it clear that seafarers may be subject to testing for drugs under individual company policies..

Mr Davis goes on to suggest some of the ways in which he would find savings; several, such as abolition of ID cards and abolition of regional government, are already party policy - but others are not and therefore act as a useful contribution to the debate on the issue of how to tighten the nation's belt:

«Words and phrases like «Conservative, Liberal, Democrat or Republican» may be avoidable habits of our expression, but they are not useful as meaningful descriptions of the manner in which our policies must be dealt with.»

She believes that the «combination of business and policy skills» she is developing «will be very useful in changing the direction of science.»

One particularly useful way to tap their knowledge would be to commission economics - based models of the higher education system with the goal of letting policy - makers examine the effects of funding and policy changes via simulation.

Although the general approach and results are «positive and useful,» says economist Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University, «we don't learn very much about how levels of community development, government policies, local ecology, prevalent farm systems, and social organization influence the outcomes.»

«The planetary boundaries framework is not a useful guide for policy or environmental management in any concrete sense, as it does not capture the challenges involved in most of the environmental problems it lists,» argues geographer Linus Blomqvist, policy associate at the institute's Conservation Program and co-author of the review.

«What we hope is that this is the best way of capturing the science in a way that will be useful to consumers,» says Irwin H. Rosenberg, chair of the Institute of Medicine committee and dean of the Friedman School of Nutritional Science and Policy at Tufts University.

For policy makers, revising the National Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance System to allow reporting of outcomes on a per - couple basis (including oocyte donors) would provide significantly more useful information for decision - making purposes.»

The authors hope that these findings may be useful for policy - makers to update guidelines for the treatment of infections during pregnancy.

«Given the novelty, we would expect that the study will be useful in demonstrating just how much of an impact changes in food production can make and increase the utility of such options in climate - change policy,» Harwatt said.

The issue of breadth and flexibility has been recommended by policy - makers and educators as a means of making the Ph.D. more adaptable and useful in a broader range of professions outside of academia.

«The disparity between human and animal predation rates is a useful way of illustrating how ecologically out - of - whack many exploitation rates and management policies are.»

Because of that, adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs), the bete noire of the housing bust, became useful transmitters of the U.S. Federal Reserve's low interest rate policies.