Sentences with phrase «on local government finance»

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The company is working on longer - term ways to eliminate hunger and malnutrition too: Take African Improved Foods, its creatively - financed joint venture with the Rwandan government and development agencies, aimed at boosting the local food - processing industry.

On Monday, the state planner issued new rules for companies which are planning to issue bonds to put more pressure on debt - laden local governments to get their finances in ordeOn Monday, the state planner issued new rules for companies which are planning to issue bonds to put more pressure on debt - laden local governments to get their finances in ordeon debt - laden local governments to get their finances in order.

The bill would also allow state and local governments to issue Build America Bonds that provide a direct payment from the federal government for a part of the interest paid on bonds that finance government works projects.

In contrast, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, the provincial, territorial and local government sector does not have a sustainable fiscal structure, even though their aggregate debt - to - GDP ratio is currently under 30 per cent, but expected to rise significantly due to the impact of an ageing population on their finances.

On hand will be several of our Sector Leads and analysts to review and discuss S&P Global's research related to credit pressures facing U.S. states and local governments, with a focus on pension issues and emerging risks / trends in public financOn hand will be several of our Sector Leads and analysts to review and discuss S&P Global's research related to credit pressures facing U.S. states and local governments, with a focus on pension issues and emerging risks / trends in public financon pension issues and emerging risks / trends in public finance.

Specifically, Finance Minister Kim Dong - yeon had told a local radio station that the government would be coming up with a set of measures to clamp down on the «irrational» cryptocurrency investment craze.

The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government is a public policy research institute that conducts studies and related projects on state and local government and finance, American federalism, public management, and New York StaGovernment is a public policy research institute that conducts studies and related projects on state and local government and finance, American federalism, public management, and New York Stagovernment and finance, American federalism, public management, and New York State issues.

The drug lords need to have their drug income reduced by about 95 percent so they can no longer bribe local and national officials, and can no longer finance government and local police forces to protect their drug traffic, and spread terror throughout all those Mexican cities on the border, and then have the terror cross the border into our American cities.

But in the ninth century, as the expense of financing all these churches and clergy became enormous, some local governments began to excise additional taxes on the people, which went to help cover the costs of maintaining the church buildings and clergy.

In this regard, the National Housing Task Force recommends that increased federal spending for housing be allocated through a program of entitlements to states and localities based on need as well as through a program of matching funds based on the willingness of local governments, businesses and nonprofits to provide land and financing.

«This calls for an immediate coordination of government - funded services and available financing for vital services that may not be covered, but are equally essential for local evacuees to get back on their feet.»

Questions - electoral register and young people, Severn Barrage, European Development Fund Debate - local government finance settlement Debate - impact on families of changes to tax and benefits Short debate - use of online tools, including social media, to combat youth unemployment

The governor informed them that the amount the state got so far was the sum of N8.8 billion, which was shared between the state and local government, «with over 70 per cent of it expended on the payment of salaries instead of the 50 per cent agreed with the Federal Ministry of Finance.»

At 10 a.m., the state Senate Finance Committee and the Assembly Ways and Means Committee hold a joint hearing on the 2018 - 2019 executive budget in regard to local government officials, Legislative Office Building, Hearing Room B, second floor, Albany.

This is a major step forward toward full transparency in Nassau County government and enacting true campaign finance reform on the local level.»

Local government is financed by grants from central government funds, business rates, council tax, and, increasingly, fees and charges such as those from on - street parking.

He said, «In fact, one of the amendments we have carried out on the Constitution is financial autonomy to local governments and I am sure that will go a long way in helping them to have a more transparent and accountable finance system.

Briffault, the author of several dozen law review articles on campaign finance law and local government, has been a member of several commissions dealing with state and local governance.

- Administering the New York State and Local Retirement System for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers; - Acting as sole trustee of the $ 129 billion Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world; - Maintaining the State's accounting system and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; - Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owLocal Retirement System for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers; - Acting as sole trustee of the $ 129 billion Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world; - Maintaining the State's accounting system and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; - Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owlocal governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owners;

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Since the crash, a down - spiral is underway in the $ 2.8 trillion municipal - funding system, in which local governments don't have the revenue to meet bond payments, they can't get new financing, municipal bond rates are rising, and, to worsen it all, crazy credit default swap deals have been foisted on localities.

The New York state Financial Restructuring Board for Local Governments issued its review of the city of Plattsburgh's finances on Thursday.

DiNapoli says the experts in his office will be available to counsel local government leaders on how to better manage their finances or what steps they might need to take.

Former Finance Minister, Seth Tekper revealed during his last budget statement reading on the floor of Parliament in 2016, that a total of GHs605 million will be allocated to the Local Government Ministry alone.

On the mainland the government's film bureau has introduced new legislation that would discourage foreign financing of local production, and it's blacklisted many of the best (and best - known) independent filmmakers and video artists, including Tian Zhuangzhuang (The Blue Kite), Zhang Yimou (To Live), and Zhang Yuan (Mama).

To assess the trends in these funding streams, I review data on state and local appropriations for higher education from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and data for all other spending categories from the Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finalocal appropriations for higher education from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and data for all other spending categories from the Annual Survey of State and Local Government FinaLocal Government Finances.

Throughout his career, Mr. Hromatka has acted as lead banker on financings across the country and has developed a significant base of experience and relationships with diverse clients ranging from charter schools to state and local governments, school districts and not - for - profit agencies.

She denied this: «I would strongly push back on the suggestion that any of this situation in Birmingham is caused either by academisation or because of changes in local government finance.

Janet Vaughan Robertson's practices focuses on the public finance arena and she is a highly respected bond counsel, underwriter counsel, credit bank counsel, borrower counsel, issuer counsel and trustee counsel in connection with multi-million dollar municipal and conduit bond issues for school districts, charter schools, private schools and local government.

Schools Week approached the Local Government Information Unit, the NAH and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Acfcountancy for advice both on how much a school should cost to build and for advisory costs, but was told no such target has ever been set and that no breakdowns were available.

Corker dabbled slightly in government while holding local public offices in Tennessee (mayor of Chattanooga and Commissioner of the Finance and Administration Department), but he made a big jump to the Senate after winning an election in 2007 on the Republican party line.

For example, the UN Capital Development Fund's Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) helps build the capacity of local governments, who are on the front lines of adapting to climate change, to access and utilize adaptation finLocal Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) helps build the capacity of local governments, who are on the front lines of adapting to climate change, to access and utilize adaptation finLocal Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) helps build the capacity of local governments, who are on the front lines of adapting to climate change, to access and utilize adaptation finLoCAL) helps build the capacity of local governments, who are on the front lines of adapting to climate change, to access and utilize adaptation finLoCAL) helps build the capacity of local governments, who are on the front lines of adapting to climate change, to access and utilize adaptation finlocal governments, who are on the front lines of adapting to climate change, to access and utilize adaptation finlocal governments, who are on the front lines of adapting to climate change, to access and utilize adaptation finance.

Paola is a Marketing & Communication strategist (CIM) with 10 years experience in the private sector (including publishing, sustainability and finance) combined with a Masters Degree in International Development Studies and years of experience working is several African countries on a variety of programmes and projects with local partners and the government.

Achieving this progress on policy will require improved impact monitoring and awareness raising at all levels of government, partnership and capacity building and local financing.

For that, we need leadership from the finance and investment community and by local, regional and national governments who will decide on major infrastructure plans over the coming years,» said the Secretary - General in his remarks at the Austrian World Summit in Vienna.

He specialises in public procurement, including contracts, agreements, joint ventures and partnerships, with prior experience advising on the first private finance initiative (PFI) in local government and the Greater Manchester Waste PFI Project.

The exemption from rates in para 11 of Sch 5 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (LGFA 1988) in respect of «place of public religious worship» can not apply to places used for religious worship from which the public is excluded; such exclusion is not discriminatory on religious grounds.

We advise state and local governments, nonprofit corporations, and investment banks and financial institutions on municipal bonds and capital financing programs, with particular expertise in private education, senior living and affordable housing.

In keeping with the Government's promise to those entities doing business at UK ports the Localism Bill which had its first reading in the House of Commons on the 13 December 2010 includes an amendment to Section 49 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 giving the Secretary of State powers to make regulations to grant relief from the payment of business rates for premises in prescribed cases.

The Cointelegraph noted that Justice minister Park Sang - ki, who said earlier this week that the government is working on a bill to ban Bitcoin trading on domestic exchanges, is at risk of losing his job, as more than 60,000 citizens signed a petition voicing their support of his removal; minister Park is said to have acted independently and without having consulted the local task force in charge of regulating cryptocurrencies, or even the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (also a part of the task force that's currently being set up).