Sentences with phrase «policy in a particular direction»

According to Mote, DOD and its contractors account for about 2 % of the nation's STEM workers — a lot, but not enough to swing national education or hiring policy in any particular direction.

When a permanent court has jurisdiction over an issue, it can use its discretion to push policy in a particular direction.

Not exact matches

Both remember times when the church has sanctioned particular governments and policies, and both are reluctant to move in that direction again.

These non-business value factors include all technical - chartist considerations, predictions about the direction of the general stock market, gauging investor psychology, looking at corporate dividend policy, and studying the supply - demand calculus inherent in figuring out who is buying a particular security and who is selling.

In particular, it presents four key messages, namely that: biodiversity is key to climate change adaptation; a different set of policy directions, changed incentive structures, reduced or phased - out perverse subsidies, and increased engagement of business leaders is required to work towards «holistic economics»; environmental limits need to be established to ensure society remains within them in order to achieve sustainability; and ecosystem - based adaptation (EBA) is an emerging approach that works with nature to help vulnerable communities and build resilience to climate changIn particular, it presents four key messages, namely that: biodiversity is key to climate change adaptation; a different set of policy directions, changed incentive structures, reduced or phased - out perverse subsidies, and increased engagement of business leaders is required to work towards «holistic economics»; environmental limits need to be established to ensure society remains within them in order to achieve sustainability; and ecosystem - based adaptation (EBA) is an emerging approach that works with nature to help vulnerable communities and build resilience to climate changin order to achieve sustainability; and ecosystem - based adaptation (EBA) is an emerging approach that works with nature to help vulnerable communities and build resilience to climate change.

Its only value was to expedite policy - making in a particular direction.

The Australian Health Care Reform Alliance (AHCRA)-- an alliance of 37 member organisations — has issued a communique expressing concern over the Government's health policy direction, in particular the threat of a two - tier health system and what they say is a weakening of primary care, in the face of evidence that primary care is part of the solution not the problem.

In particular, the Commissioner agrees with the Review Team's view that «ATSIC should be the peak State / Territory and National body, which advocates for the development of Indigenous communities» and that the «National Body should provide the policy interface for the Commonwealth Government setting and advocating a national strategic direction» (key principles for «a new ATSIC», pp6 - 7 of the Discussion Paper).