Sentences with phrase «policy questions of»

What I believe makes our evaluation work different than a consulting firm or a typical academic is that we strive to both advance the field of knowledge as well as work with key decision makers to answer the pressing social policy questions of our day.

«I look forward to continuing my work with my colleagues as we aim to answer the pressing social policy questions of our day and improve the wellbeing of the poor and vulnerable through effective policy research.

If you own a dog, make sure to ask these policy questions of your homeowners or renters insurance provider.

Nurse wants the society to have a stronger voice on the big policy questions of the day.

Whether we're talking about free speech on Usenet, the policy questions of legitimate marketing and com - mercial activity conducted over email, or the desirable but spam - ish mes - sages that trip the filters and disappear, there is always friction not around the most egregious case (no one argues for Leo Kuvayev's «\ / 1@gR / - \» messages) but at the blurry places where spam threatens to blend into acceptable use, and fighting one might have a deleterious effect on the other.

But what I liked best about the book is how it engages with what I see as one of the most important and difficult social - policy questions of our time: How do we unstack the deck and, at the same time, get people to take ownership over improving their own lives and communities even when they reasonably believe that the deck is stacked against them?

If you own a dog, make sure to ask these policy questions of your homeowners or renters insurance provider.

The important role that the District government plays in directly or indirectly funding many OST programs raises the policy question of what to subsidize, by how much, and how to distribute these subsidies.

So we asked our practitioner panel, so I think it's only fair that we ask a policy question of our two individuals here.

This paper shows that it is quite possible, and even numerically plausible, that the answers to the big policy question of what to do about climate change stand or fall to a large extent on the issue of how the high - temperature damages and tail probabilities are conceptualized and modeled.

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The question that should be on the mind of every political leader and policy - maker in the country is: how do we prepare for this evolutionary change to the global economy?

The question now is, what will the Trump administration — famously critical of companies moving overseas — do about the ruling and general policy?

For those seeking a discussion of taxes and trade policy, hope vanished with a question from John Cruickshank, publisher of the Toronto Star, who interviewed Trudeau onstage.

The 25 - question, multiple choice quiz produces a «gratitude score» for your business, giving you a baseline from which to improve and flagging up the kind of experiences and policies that encourage — or discourage — on the job thanksgiving.

For controlling inflation, the key question is whether the Federal Reserve has the policy tools to tighten monetary conditions at the appropriate time so as to prevent the emergence of inflationary pressures down the road.

Hence the question: Is it reasonable to expect that marginally looser policies would now lead to more than tripling of the growth rate (to 1.5 - 2 percent) over the next two years, while raising the inflation rate from -0.3 percent to 2 percent — as the Bank of Japan is promising?

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.

There have been just two questions on income inequality asked so far during the debates — one of which was directed at Sen. Rand Paul right before a commercial break (he focused on Federal Reserve policy), and the other which was for Gov. Mike Huckabee (who bemoaned general government incompetence).

United will adopt a «no questions asked» policy on permanently lost baggage, paying customers $ 1,500 for the value of the bag and its contents, beginning in June.

Izumi Devalier of Bank of America Merrill Lynch says continued growth in Japan is a positive, but questions swirl around monetary policy.

The incidents reflect mounting competition for areas of Syria where Islamic State (IS) insurgents are in retreat, leaving swathes of territory up for grabs and posing the question of what comes next for U.S. policy that is shaped first and foremost by the priority of vanquishing the jihadists.

«I am asking when you knew that you'd be asked these questions and would be relying on that policy, did you not ask your staff to show you the policy that would be the basis for you refusing to answer the majority of the questions that have been asked of you?»

Yellen turned the question around: «When you say that central banks kill them, the usual reason that that has been true, when that has been true, is that central banks have been too late to tighten policy and they have allowed inflation to get out of control and at that point they have had to tighten policy very abruptly and very substantially and it's caused a downturn.»

One of the questions on the minds of Canadian officials and policy - makers is whether the overreaching aspects of the Volcker rule were intentional or just merely an oversight.

Michael Smith and Rahul Telang — two professors at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Public Policy and Management — explore these questions in their new book, Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data and the Future of Entertainment, published by MIT Press last month.

The question came as a response to Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson announcement of three big policy changes that effect sellers.

Maybe everyone just assumes there have been lots of economic policy questions because... well, because there are supposed to be a lot of economic policy questions.

We've been talking about our open - ended PTO policy for a while, and whenever we do, the same questions arise: Don't employees take advantage of the company by taking too much time off, damaging business results?

This weekend when Liberals are voting on policy resolutions, delegates should ask themselves a series of questions:

Understandably, in the wake of revelations that a shady firm working for Donald Trump's presidential campaign got backdoor access to as many as 87 million Facebook profiles, much of the questioning focused on Facebook's privacy policies.

I would frame the policy question as «What mix of policies can we use to ensure economic growth and the benefits of that growth are shared by all».

Questions swirled around Wheeler's lobbying past when he was first given the job last year; will anyone trust him now after his wrong - headed (and bull - headed) championing of a potentially devastating policy?

When it came to Trump's military policies specifically, 55 % of those questioned viewed them favorably; only 26 % saw them unfavorably.

Your colleagues are the people you turn to when you've got questions about how things work, how best to navigate a particular company policy or procedure, how to make a connection with a member of their business or other networks, and much more.

«There's a technical question, which is, could you comply if you wanted to, and then the bigger meta question is why would you want to cooperate with this politicized drive to suppress freedom of expression,» said Andrew McLaughlin, Google's former director of global policy and now leading content organization at Medium.

But there no question of any EU «boots on the ground» in Libya, which has become a main launching point for people traffickers since being plunged into chaos with two rival governments and a significant number of Islamic State militants, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said last week.

But anyone I've seen who pushes back or questions the policy is told some variation of «someone checked with a lawyer when they came up with this, so don't even worry about it.»

A seemingly endless number of these «policy» questions will arise when you enter the apparel business, among them issues surrounding pricing, consignment, purchasing unsolicited products, credit, cash layaway, returns, special orders, damage, children in the store, credit cards, gift wrapping, gift registry and hours of operation.

«There's no question that the maternity or paternity policies of this country, in my opinion, are backwards.

In an e-mail message Scott Sinclair, a director at the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives, wrote that he suspects «these revelations call into question the validity of the distinction between foreign state - owned enterprises and private corporations underlying the recent changes to the Investment Canada Act.

That gloomy question was behind Thinking the Unthinkable, a study of British public policy options by noted British financial firm Tullett Prebon — which was brave enough to ask the question that U.K. politicians have been avoiding like the plague: «Might there be no way out for Britain?»

But the controversy over policies which May is closely associated with has raised awkward questions about how the pursuit of lower immigration after Brexit sits alongside the desire to be an outward - looking global economy.

There's no question about it,» recalls Chris Ragan, an associate professor of economic policy at McGill University who agrees with the current austerity push.

The only misstep comes in the 4th paragraph, where the apology turns to the question of changes in policy: «We will... enact heightened security measures and alcohol policies that will ensure the fan experience and safety of everybody involved.»

Said Drummond: «You hear the question posed: «Should happiness be an objective of public policy?»

It has, in fact, been heartening to see how much of the campaign has focused on legitimate questions of policy.

Separately, some Republican senators were questioning the repeal of a 40 percent inheritance tax levied on estates worth more than $ 5.5 million, or $ 11 million for married couples — a tax paid only by the wealthiest American taxpayers, or about 0.2 percent of Americans, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a research and policy instPolicy Priorities, a research and policy instpolicy institute.

«In addition to my well known differences with Donald Trump on public policy issues, I have raised questions about his character after his comments on Prisoners of War, the Khan Gold Star family, Judge Curiel and earlier inappropriate comments about women.

Leaving aside any potential issues with our hiring policies or company culture, what sort of questions / puzzles / brainteasers can I ask in our online application form or phone interview that can potentially screen those candidates who are motivated by providing great work and service, rather than those who want a «cool» name on their resume?

As with other high - profile Chinese deals (such as Shuanhui's acquisition of Smithfield Foods for $ 4.7 billion in May 2013), the Waldorf Astoria transaction raises important business and policy questions: what is driving Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) and what is the best response to this important development?