Sentences with phrase «political policy infrastructure»

Doing so means making religious agenda (s) part of the political policy infrastructure, which brings a new set of problems.

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«Among the characteristics needed to join the elite group are stable macroeconomic policies,» says Kate Phylaktis, director of the Emerging Markets Group at Cass Business School, City University of London, adding «prudent fiscal policy, low inflation and a stable currency, political stability, good - quality institutions, good infrastructure (especially transport) and above all, education.»

Driven by top - down as well bottom - up initiatives, Mississippi's policy infrastructure involved deep coordination and collaboration by districts and universities, and it required a sustained commitment of political will and financial resources.

And as the post points out, some are pure policy questions where the engineering has already been done (urban infrastructure, clean water) but the funding and political support are simply lacking.

Infrastructure as a political football is symptomatic of competing visions for the nation's energy — a divergence that makes energy policy a key issue for U.S. voters this year.

Readers who actually want a thorough and careful account of the pros and cons of I - 732 from a policy point of view should read the three detailed articles by the Sightline Institute here: http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/01/pros-cons-carbonwa-carbon-tax-swap-ballot-initiative-732/ http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/02/does-initiative-732-carbon-tax-have-a-budget-hole/ http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/03/weighing-critiques-of-carbonwa-i-732/ Readers who are interested in the messy political conflict over the initiative might start with a couple of Patrick Mazza's articles: http://cascadiaplanet.blogspot.com/2015/11/can-wa-state-climate-policy-train-wreck.html http://cascadiaplanet.blogspot.com/2015/12/wa-climate-initiative-conflict-on-road.html If you want to know why the Alliance's proposal won't do much for low - income families facing higher energy costs as a result of a carbon fee (though it would produce a lot of union trade jobs by funding State infrastructure spending) start here: http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/16/green-stamps-a-climate-equity-proposal-for-the-pacific-northwest/

Extreme weather, climate change, environmental degradation, related rising demand for food and water, poor policy responses, and inadequate critical infrastructure will probably exacerbate — and potentially spark — political instability, adverse health conditions, and humanitarian crises in 2016.