Sentences with phrase «other needed reforms»

Standards - based grading can lead to other needed reforms.

Not exact matches

But analysts say more still needs to be done on structural reforms to rein in ballooning corporate debt, which has reached levels that the IMF and others have warned sharply raises the risks of a financial crisis.

«The difficulty the Republican majority is having addressing a key political priority suggests that lawmakers might ultimately need to scale back their ambitions in other areas as well, such as tax reform.»

It's highly unlikely that 2014 will be nearly as big a year for stocks, but it could be a good year for job growth if Congress will take action — invest more in badly - needed transportation and other infrastructure projects, approve immigration reform and tackle tax and entitlement reform.

Rabbi Jonah Pesner, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, discussed how people of all faiths need to unify to help others overcome social problems in the United States at an interfaith discussion of clergy leaders in Palm Beach County...

In other words, spend where it is needed — on our defense and with tax reform that stimulates spending.

But De Gregorio acknowledges the challenge they present going forward and fears that, particularly at a time when growth in the region is slowing and external circumstances are changing, a flair for populism and the power of vested interests might undermine the process of continued economic reforms needed to foster, among other things, shared prosperity and social inclusion.

Recently, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), the principal bank to the world's central banks, hinted at the need for microeconomic reform when it warned that central banks were «overburdened» and called for policies other than monetary stimulus and low interest rates to tackle the issue of slow global growth.

And the U.S. needs to complete the reform of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and other organizations to accommodate the realities of emerging economies.

Most of tax reform has a direct revenue impact and probably could be enacted through reconciliation, but it would either need to be revenue - positive over the long run or else rely on gimmicks, such as sun - setting rate reductions or other revenue - reducing provisions, to avoid increasing the long - term debt.

They would also need to report to state and federal educational officials so that the methods and results of the different local public school reforms could be compared to each other and to voucher experiments.

Kurien and other economists are not saying that Indian economy is not in need of reforms, but they point out that the «thrust of any alternative reform measures must be towards the welfare of the largest segments of our society.»

(A) While it is evident that Hegel was greatly inspired by Aristotle, perhaps more so than by any other philosopher, it is equally evident that he believed Aristotle's philosophy to be in need of reform in the light of intervening developments.

Perhaps we need to explore reforming all our communications to make them (1) competitive to all other communications in terms of their usefulness to members» lives; (2) made easily accessible for when members want to use them, rather than thrust on them involuntarily; and (3) the accessibility advertised rather than the information given.

... Nicaragua's early progress in curbing imports, raising grain production, and other reform and austerity measures were undermined badly by new needs for foreign borrowing imposed by the burgeoning defense burden....

He contends, first, that liberation theology should free its social analysis from a preoccupation with global «dependent capitalism» and move toward more specific analyses of land reform and of other pressing needs which would help popular Christian movements be «more politically effective at a national level.»

Santorum has been more loudly honest than any other candidate about the need for health care and entitlement reform.

The Reformation had (amongst others) the maxim «Semper Reformanda» — always reforming, not for the sake of it, but because we need to be returning over and over to the source that gives us life and peace with God so we can truly aid each other.

Insofar as the application fails in other fields, the generalizations need to be reformed, and then tested again.

While I agree that (unlimited) compound interest that it is a big problem for the economy and need to be reformed, fiat money on the other side it is one of the major tools that prevented today's recession to become a another Great Depression.

Their reform and truncation ought to be regarded as more necessary than choiceworthy, and Republicans need to follow the lead of Jim Capretta and others in laying out the tough demographic realities, which aren't really anyone's fault.

The research that Tough explores also undercuts claims by Klein, Rhee, and other signers of the Education Equity Project manifesto that we can get impoverished students where they need to be educationally through higher standards, stronger teachers, and other academic reforms alone.

But in the current climate adaptation is key, and politicians have yet to acknowledge the need to reform and / or to accept being overtaken by other socio - economic models more in tune with reality.

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.

«Those concerns were balanced against the needs of injured workers in this specific proposal, and taken into consideration with the enactment of other workers» compensation reforms this year.»

He hit it on the head, you need campaign reform first and then the other things will follow.»

Northern economies have to accept that they need to provide the necessary resources to help others in the Eurozone reform their economies and prosper.

On primaries, I think this exchange highlights that we need to root this debate in a wider argument for party reform - and how thay might lead to primaries and / or other reforms.

It must try to earn leadership through argument in open debate with others — including trade unions, religious groups, community organising initiatives and anti-cuts campaigners.It is encouraging to see that Labour is starting to grapple with the need for serious economic reform.

Trade agreements, tax reform, health care reform, and other programs must reflect the needs of small business.

«The other much needed reforms approved by the Assembly would go a long way to increase voter participation and involvement and make government more accountable, responsive, and reflective of the people's will,» added Heastie.

I urge Governor Cuomo to be the champion of reform that we so desperately need, and I'm proud to join Senator Squadron, Assembly Member Kavanagh, and my other colleagues in calling for the Governor to make LLC reform a line in the sand in his Executive Budget,» said State Senator Liz Krueger.

Other groups support a convention, saying the constitution needs reform.

Despite their agreement on the need for voting and election reforms, there is no indication, other than a few vague comments, that the two will coordinate their efforts to push the issue in Albany.

Mayor Byron Brown says he is open to mayoral control if that's what it takes to improve Buffalo's schools, but feels a conversation is needed with parents and others in the city — and statewide — about how to reform public education.

In place of Labour's hopeless acceptance of mediocrity in education, which has seen Britain tumble down the world league tables just when we need our children to be doing better than those in other countries, we will offer the hope of a decent education for every child, with immediate action to raise standards and radical reform to end the state monopoly over new school places.

NYPIRG and other reform groups say larger, more systematic issues need to be addressed, like closing a loophole that permits donors to skirt contribution limits by bundling money in limited liability corporations, or LLC's.

While the other reforms simply need to pass the legislature, the pension changes must come with a constitutional amendment and voter approval in 2017.

While the other party leaders grapple with their own futures — Mr Clegg to hold on to his leadership; Mr Miliband to ponder whether he needs to adapt his «no risk» strategy to get into Number Ten; and Mr Cameron to try to deliver progress on EU reform sooner rather than later and to head off calls for an electoral pact with UKIP — Mr Farage has the luxury of planning his next steps while momentum is on his side.

But the level of a cap will need to be considered with reference to other elements of a reform package, in particular the impact on the ability of parties to continue to raise sufficient funds and the absence of any additional support from the state.

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed a recommendation in a report by the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee that the «self - employed» should be given at least «worker» employment status unless the engager of their labour can prove otherwise.1 This is a recommendation that LITRG made in written evidence to a separate inquiry.2 LITRG believes that the denial of employment rights to people working in the «gig economy» and the exploitation of other flexible workers regarding their taxes share a common cause: the workers» own lack of knowledge, their reluctance to challenge their treatment because they lack confidence or just need the work and the businesses involved apparently having little fear of action being taken against them by public bodies.

Ruth Fox, of the Hansard Society, said: «This parliament more than any other in recent memory needs to reform itself.

Other announcements expected include reform of the system for diagnosing and helping children with special educational needs to give parents more choice in how they are schooled; reforms to the family justice system to speed up care proceedings so no cases take more than six months; and promised changes to the adoption system to make sure parents and children are matched more quickly.

I understand the desire to avoid being radical for the sake of it, but this country really does need radical tax reform, radical reform of our public services and radical reform of our relationship with the EU amongst other things.

[11] Rather than limit investment in other needed services to pay for the circuit breaker, the state should generate additional revenues by fixing some of the problems related to last year's corporate tax reform, eliminating or scaling back many of the state's smorgasbord of business tax credits, rejecting the proposed Education Tax Credit, and limiting the increase in the estate tax exemption.

The other, from Transparency International's executive director Chandu Krishnan, reminds us exactly why we urgently need reform in the first place.

«Large, underlying deficits in some local areas need to be tackled as a matter of urgency, while the reforms will continue to flounder if the government fails to get doctors, nurses and other health professionals fully on board.»

There are a number of other areas where Parliament needs reforming to remove religious discrimination.

Then the few good parts need to be combined with other real changes to create real reform.

In Albany, Malliotakis has been a proponent of expanding TAP eligiblity and bringing it back for graduate students, reforming the Access - A-Ride program, pushing for toll relief and other transportation needs, championing transparency in the Legislature and reforming and funding programs that address the opioid epidemic.