Sentences with phrase «on economic transformation»

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The meeting summarized China's recent financial initiatives as they pertain to gold, silver, and broader digital economic transformation, and also featured notable commentary on digital currencies from Deputy Governor Fan Yifei of the People's Bank of China (PBoC).

Indeed, investors might position themselves to capitalise on the immense technological and structural changes taking place in China as the country ushers in what Chinese President Xi Jinping calls a «New Era» of transformation and growth, and further cements its place as a dominant global economic superpower.

He also holds fellowships with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and the Centre for International Governance Innovation (Waterloo), where his research interests are focussed on the nexus between innovation and trade, and quantifying the economic impact of the digital transformation, along with the C.D. Howe Institute (Toronto), where he focuses on Canadian trade policy issues.

Others, on the other hand, find in it the means of constructing the steps towards fundamental transformation of the economic system and its political expressions.

Whether the preacher will mediate a world of transformation or equilibrium depends on many things, including what the preacher reads, with whom the preacher eats, the economic history of the preacher, and much else.

Saying his government brought the National Social Investment Programmes targeting millions of Nigerians living from hand to mouth, Buhari added that his launch into agricultural programmes focusing on import substitution, job creation and rural development have caused socio - economic transformation.

With the role of the nation - state in political, economic and social life undergoing a major transformation in most parts of the world, and scholars coming to terms with overlapping and multiple sovereignties, these discussions on citizenship and empirically informed observations on forging and imagining the political community are more relevant than ever.

With the role of the nation - state in political, economic and social life undergoing a major transformation in most parts of the world, and scholars coming to terms with overlapping and multiple sovereignties, discussions on citizenship and empirically informed observations on forging and imagining the political community are more relevant than ever.

Where the language of virtue had once hinged on social assumptions regarding stability, inequality, economic stagnation, and modesty, it was gradually transformed into a language of social protest and democratic transformation.

A collaborative project between Politics in Spires and the Oxford China Centre, this blog provides analysis on the economic, political and cultural transformations taking place in China.

«If Buffalo just got a fair shake, any reasonable assistance in a situation they didn't cause on their own — they got caught in an economic transformation — if anyone could put out a hand, Buffalo could pull itself up.

Ghana is already on the path of great economic transformation: please don't let those who voted for you down.

The old Farm Colony in Sea View is on the verge of undergoing a transformation that will turn the fenced - off, unkempt and vandalized grounds into Landmark Colony, a senior citizen community that will include approximately 300 units in a historic and environmentally friendly setting, according to the city's Economic Development Corporation (EDC).

Since 2009, our borough has seen a transformation, with more than $ 7 billion invested on improving the quality of life of all Bronxites, building more and better affordable housing units, greener business infrastructure and creating thousands of new jobs,» said Marlene Cintron, President of the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation.

According to the actor, «Ghana is already on the path of great economic transformation» hence Akufo - Addo must not allow the country to retrogress under his leadership.

This creates the political justification for sharpened rhetoric on equality, while the policy rationale is contained in counteracting the tendencies to inequality involved with both globalisation and technological change, the great drivers of economic transformation in our times.

In his national - tilted themes, Cuomo talked of an American economic transformation that has made a «handful rich,» of record homeless people living on the streets and a judicial system too often tipped «by resources or race.»

The political and economic transformation of Eastern Europe has had a major impact on science and scientists in the region.

Speaking at a recent seminar on the security implications of economic transformation in the former Soviet Union, organised by the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College, London, Cooper said: «Defence expenditure is creeping up again.

Such a transformation has to be built on a process of economic and political localisation where local communities (rural and urban) have control over decisions that affect their lives.

He continues to publish and present in education - focused forums on topics including white privilege and racism, anti-poverty education and economic justice, and multicultural organizational transformation.

Proposals for enormous changes in the school system have always been a feature during times of economic crisis, but you have to stop and catch your breath at times when some of the more «throw the baby out with the bathwater» schemes get a serious airing from our self - appointed «out of the box» thinkers on education «reform,» or, as one of our local school board candidates would prefer, «transformation.»

These developments were shaped by the dizzying transformations that were occurring in every aspect of life, from the advent of the automobile and moving pictures to the rapid growth of American cities and the wrenching economic change brought on by the advent of the Great Depression after a decade of unprecedented prosperity.

With 66 artists, this ambitious exhibition aims to look past the clichés of big money and big hair, and to reckon with the economic transformations these artists lived through and riffed on.

The point is rather to highlight the tension between them, which stems from the dependency of artistic work on transformations in the social, economic, and political field.

Whether by engaging directly with the land or commenting on the neighborhood's cultural and economic shifts, each artwork in LANDMARK reflects historic transformations in the making.

These developments were shaped by the dizzying transformations then occurring in every aspect of life, from the advent of the automobile and moving pictures to the rapid growth of American cities and the wrenching economic change brought on by the advent of the Great Depression after a decade of unprecedented prosperity.

Focusing on the key areas of skilling and education, impact funding, media, advisory and consulting, community transformation, events and special projects, or SIMACES, he puts his values to work to make social and economic transformation possible in communities around the world.

China is in the midst of a profound economic and social transformation, trying to reinvent itself from an economy based on selling cheap goods overseas to an economy based on selling quality consumer goods at home, while keeping growth rates high and cutting dependence on fossil fuels.

If a policy prescription does not account for the real complexity in the climate system, and real gaps in knowledge about aspects of global warming that matter most, is it likely that the public and lawmakers will pursue a big transformation of lifestyles and economic norms to curb CO2 emissions in a growing world still more than 85 percent dependent on burning fossil fuels to drive economies?

EVERY so often a country comes along whose economic transformation has a vast impact on the world's climate system.

Peer pressure, eco-activist harassment, politically correct posturing, and shared ideologies about fossil fuels, forced economic transformations and wealth redistribution via energy policies also play a major role, especially on campuses.

She urged an «urgent transformation» to greener production after top scientists warned on Monday that climate change would damage food supplies, slow economic growth and aggravate the underlying causes of armed conflicts.

From a survival perspective, I understand the data to point to ongoing and escalating catastrophic harms, suggesting to me in public health at least, that the time for «playing games» with economic models or other approaches that simply tinker and tweak on the periphery has to be urgently replaced with an ideological transformation, exactly along the lines that Mike and Ken were speaking to last night.

True, true, instead of the economic transformation for which Minister Al Gore opines — a unified Earth under a centralized European - style secular socialist government, as he blames the practice of capitalism by a wasteful and over-consuming free people as the cause of, climate change and extreme poverty and disease — the success of America should be a source of pride hope and an example to be emulated: Gore should have, like George Bush, supported with America with his whole heart on behalf of those everywhere who long for individual liberty.

The UNESCO early 70s report I was basing the ed story on explicitly says education is merely a part of a total economic and social transformation.

This guidance document focuses on a number of areas that are at the heart of rural economies and could be engines for a sustainable economic transformation and green jobs creation.

India is on its way to becoming a global economic powerhouse, and energy will lie at the heart of this transformation.

«Their transformation and commitment each tell a story of how we can address the environmental and economic crises together head on,» said Matt Petersen, President and CEO, «and create a truly sustainable future.»

Reflecting on the nature of legal service, Susskind's central premise is that the role and influence of lawyers is «on the brink of a fundamental transformation» (p. 1) and furthermore, that its revolutionary improvement will be driven by two forces: commoditisation, driven by market preferences for increased economic efficiency, and a pervasive uptake of information technology.

He goes on to explain that redistribution is generally a BEE programme: «The government gives away its own land and buys other land to redistribute to previously disadvantaged community members to promote racial and gender transformation for productive and economic cultivation.»

Henry Cisneros, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and executive chairman of CityView, a Los Angeles - based institutional investment firm focused on urban real estate, recently wrote in the Urban Land Magazine: «Massive societal and economic changes are converging to create a new urban reality, a transformation of importance to the millions of Americans in the nation's metropolitan areas.