Sentences with phrase «policy environment for»

That's why NAHB will be fully engaged in this debate and pushing for innovative solutions that bring a better policy environment for American enterprise and lasting prosperity for our nation's people.»

So what can we ascertain about the existing policy environment for addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality?

It is time that [lawmakers] understood cryptocurrency better, and thought more clearly about the policy environment for blockchain technology.»

This analytical document examines the policy environment for climate change in Agriculture in Tanzania, including their development vision and national climate change strategy.

GWEC works at the highest international political level to create a better policy environment for wind power.

Success of our movement depends on autonomy but this small number of chronically underperforming charters endanger the legislative and policy environment for all charter schools.

In addition to launching new public charter schools, he helped ensure a strong policy environment for the state's charter schools and worked to promote authorizer quality throughout the state.

Greg has deep connections with the Center, previously serving as CEO from 2010 - 2015 where he led advocacy efforts to create a more favorable policy environment for Tennessee's charters.

The Foundation report provides a valuable platform for building the appropriate policy environment for digital learning.

b support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries including by ensuring a conducive policy environment for inter alia industrial diversification and value addition to commodities

Further, the legal and policy environment for civil society organisations remains largely disenabling in many countries.

According to Evanega, the high quality of the report could help improve the policy environment for GE crop use and to convince more people that there is scientific consensus about the safety of GE technology and that biotechnology can help the country respond to climate change.

She noted that the realignment has expanded the Ministry's mandate to provide a firm and stable policy environment for the effective mainstreaming of the Ghanaian culture into all aspects of national rife and to ensure the emergence of a vibrant and creative economy to improve and advance the tourism industry.

This white paper explores the intersection and relationship between these two fields, recommends ideal policy environments for implementing successful programs, provides real - world examples, and shines a spotlight on emerging trends for the future.

Not exact matches

«Because of its family - friendly policies and a favourable political environment for startups and investment in women, Canada is an emerging hot spot for female entrepreneurs,» Aidis commented when the survey results were released at the recent Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network Summit in Berlin.

In fact, there are many informal policies and procedures you can gently guide into existence that will develop the best possible environment for your workers:

Canada has a different environment — a more stable and regulated banking sector, less of a policy push toward home ownership and recourse laws that allow wider latitude for mortgage lenders to go after delinquents.

Tom Mulcair's recent article for the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) raises perhaps more questions than it answers about the NDP's positions on the economics of energy and the environment.

But if someone like [Fed governor Jerome] Powell gets in, with policies similar to [current Fed chair Janet] Yellen's, that would appease the stock market and create a better environment for them going forward.

And this two - pronged political environment could have implications for the party's economic policy in the near term.

«Reclassification, even if successful, would resolve no existing problem and would almost certainly end the massive private investment in Internet infrastructure that has gone on since 1996, when Congress created a light - touch regulatory environment for Internet access and related services,» Larry Downes, an Internet industry analyst and a director at Georgetown's Center for Business and Public Policy, says.

The 2016 Global Innovation Index, which is an annual ranking of the innovation capabilities and performance of economies around the world, focuses on national policies, but it's individual leaders who can make a difference by driving innovation within organizations and creating a conducive environment for innovation to thrive.

One of the biggest advantages that U.S. firms enjoy is access to the largest and deepest capital markets in the world, and policy - makers around the world would very much like to provide similar environments for their entrepreneurs.

Li sees reforms to China's strict immigration policies as a necessary way to create a better environment for entrepreneurship and innovation to flourish in the country, which saw its economy grow larger than expected in 2017.

«These tariffs make for a very uncertain environment,» suggests Dean Baker, the co-director of the non-partisan Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C..

But while the systematic patterns of public policy don't always matter in the development of the Internet, Guillà © n and Suà ¡ rez discover that conditions for entrepreneurship, such as the ability to raise capital and whether or not the environment is risk - free, do have a consistent effect.

The author had a right to express their views on those topics — we encourage an environment in which people can do this and it remains our policy to not take action against anyone for prompting these discussions.

Extend your no - gossip policy for events outside the office as well, such as happy hours, company outings or holiday parties, where relaxed environments and alcohol can loosen inhibitions.

Presumably, there'll be some propellant behind this with the fiscal policy, that is, the tax cuts, inducement for capex, and — perhaps, a better regulatory environment for private businesses — than they had before.

«A determination of responsiveness within those companies encompasses analysis of environment, workplace, community citizenship, corporate regulatory compliance and product integrity policies and practices of the company being considered for investment,» Mr Ashe said.

The ALEC draft document for this week's Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force Meeting encourages state policymakers to recognize the value the electric grid delivers to all and to update net metering policies to require everyone who uses the grid, such as distributed solar users who feed into it, to pay for it.

This observation is important because it highlights the potential for an evolving global environment to complicate the challenge of crafting economic policy, and in particular, monetary policy.

Canada's strengths — and there are many — seem to be overshadowed by relatively low performance in many policy areas that likely influence innovation, ranging from access to markets and competitive environment, to regulation, taxes, intellectual property rights, and governments» own often diffuse support for research and development.

Trading activity in this contract, the main benchmark for short - term interest rates in Europe, had been depressed for years due to the monetary policy environment in Europe.

As for Fed easings, I continue to doubt the effectiveness of easy monetary policy in an environment where problem debt levels are unusually high and capital spending is retrenching.

Given the considerable number of background studies and the solid work of various groups such as the Jenkins Panel, the Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation, and the C.D. Howe Institute, CATA argues that it is time the Government considers and tables an action plan and commits to milestone deliverables in the 2012 Budget to foster an effective environment for successful commercialization of Canadian innovations.

One of the few issues on which most economists agree is the need for public policy to protect the environment.

The Rix Award for Engaged Corporate Citizenship is presented to an enterprise that demonstrates, both in policy and practice, the highest standards of stewardship towards the long - term well - being of customers, employees, owners, partners, the environment and the broader community.

«It would be good for Canada and the global environment if we had more disputes over environmental jurisdiction,» she said, adding negotiations and compromise often result in «watering down» policies.

Uncertainty around the policy path of President - elect Trump, coupled with a changing interest rate landscape and rising PBGC premiums create a challenging environment for plan sponsors.

One example of this might be asking HR to add a policy of non-gendered bathrooms (like Target) to the employee handbook, or codifying a better environment for working parents to offer better feeding rooms, family leave, or daycare.

There's also $ 135.4 million (over four years, starting in 2018) to the two lead departments, Environment and Climate Change Canada and Natural Resources Canada, for «policy, communications and engagement» for the climate plan.

The Rix Award for Engaged Corporate Citizenship is presented to an enterprise that demonstrates, both in policy and practice, the highest standards of stewardship towards the long - term well - being of customers, employees, owners, business partners, the environment and the broader community.

If being able to more easily purchase meat and poultry raised without antibiotics is important to you, Halloran has this advice: «Wherever you eat, ask restaurant managers about their meat sourcing policies and practices and make sure they know that you're looking for options that are healthier not only for you but for the animals and the environment, too — including meat produced without the routine use of antibiotics.»

By advocating for policy changes, the Council seeks to create an economic model in which what is good for business is good for the environment and society.

For workers, the bottom line is that, in the absence of sound policies, there is no guarantee new environment measures might not cause even more harm to a battered manufacturing sector in Canada.

The Environment for Policy - Making in Canada and the United States, Canada-U.S. Prospects 9, by Mildred A. Schwartz.

While reaching for yield has been successful in the past, we suggest increasing credit quality, increasing liquidity and reducing risk in an environment where the Fed's policy changes introduce a very different forward - looking outlook.

While markets adjust to a new monetary policy environment, the underlying fundamentals of corporate earnings and stock valuations look supportive for European stocks.

Be it resolved that the Legislative Assembly urge the Government to introduce legislation, like Manitoba's and Ontario's, requiring all school boards to develop policies to support students who want to lead and establish gay - straight alliance activities and organizations, using any name that is consistent with the promotion of a positive school environment that is inclusive, welcoming, and respectful for all students regardless of sexuality, sexual orientation, or gender identity.