Sentences with phrase «poor governance»

I am wondering how many developing countries can adapt to climate change while they are still living in poverty and are characterized by poor governance and services.

One thing seems clear, that current models for climate finance mechanisms suffer from poor governance.

Many countries, which have poor governance systems, are also likely to have conflicts and poor laws protecting the environment.

After a stretch of poor governance in Nigeria for sixteen uninterrupted years, Nigerians home and abroad demanded for a «change».

A recent study from Singapore Management University (SMU) School of Accountancy found that firms with poor governance generally prefer to hold more cash.

Duncan notes that there are many examples of how poor governance in areas of CSR has served to wipe out share value of large companies.

Poverty is largely a result of poor governance as demonstrated by irrational controls on people and goods or the failure to provide for the protection of law (or both).

Too many multi-academy trusts are struggling under poor governance at trust level, says Michael Pain, but Forum Education has some suggestions for improvement Ask most academy trust leaders...

«Awakened Citizens who SPOKE today thru the #IStandWithNigeria marches are reducing the dominant incentive for Poor Governance by our Govts.

Too many multi-academy trusts are struggling under poor governance at trust level, says Michael Pain, but Forum Education has some suggestions for improvement

«Given the reemergence of poor governance practices coupled with new evidence of troubling decisions made by the school's board of trustees, placing the school on probation signals my deep concerns about the viability of the school under its current governing board,» Wulfson wrote.

Poor governance contributed to South Africa's fall from grace, though the global push toward electric vehicles may, according to Butterfill, «cause a constriction of supply of industrial metals, which could lead to a stronger rand.»

MDC Holdings faces all the problems plaguing the housing industry, but its «poor governance threatens to hobble its recovery even more than that of its peers,» according to GMI's report.

Cameron blames poor governance in Iraq for the crisis.

In my opinion, an opportunity for substantive policy reforms may have been lost - we refused to deregulate the downstream oil sector; we have not made new investments in our upstream more attractive to investors; we have not made any privatisations since 2015; NNPC remains opaque and indeed is now worse with evidently poor governance and low transparency!

Instead, Ojudu, who represented Ekiti Central Senatorial District from 2011 to 2015, said the party would rely on the people's might to win the election and rescue the state from past poor governance.

The buck being passed around today over poor governance will eventually stop at the President's table.

The statement read, «The President extols the legal luminary for the patriotism she has demonstrated over the years in speaking against poor governance, and always making herself available in times of need, like working variously as Commissioner in Western Nigeria and Chairperson of the first television network in Africa, Western Nigeria Television Broadcasting Corporation.

Meanwhile, state responses to the economic crisis are privileging private capital at the expense of citizens, and accordingly people around the world have risen up to resist poor governance, inequality and corruption, and to demand a change in the circumstances in which they live.

Unfortunately, I also see cases where poor governance acts as an active hindrance to the school's performance, in some instances leading to a breakdown in the relationship between trustees and school management.

The lessons of the Trojan Horse plot were not, therefore, about the rights and wrongs of faith schools, free schools or academies, but — as Peter Clarke made clear in his report — about poor governance, inadequate Ofsted inspections, and negligence by Birmingham City Council which «failed to intervene appropriately».

Poor governance rather than educational underperformance prompted intervention at Dundry Church of England primary academy and the Academy of Trinity in Radstock, Somerset.

The NAHT conference has also heard claims that some schools were being allowed to operate with very poor governance.

I worry that underlying that statistic is the easy acceptance by too many (though not all) Ofsted inspectors that poor performance data equals poor leadership and management equals poor governance.

Fulton school district staff cited poor governance that «resulted in the default on a $ 19 million bond, a self - perpetuating board membership structure that has been dominated by individuals who did not represent the community,» and a «general lack of transparency.»

Today these demographic patterns spark concerns, not of a single explosion, but of «cluster bombs» in rapidly growing countries such as Nigeria and Pakistan, which are hobbled by poor governance and limited schooling capacity and already have huge numbers of poorly educated young adults without job prospects.

The penalties for poor governance are high.

New Division 4 assists in improving the governance and capacity of Northern Territory Indigenous corporate associations that own community stores... Poor governance practices and resourcing issues have been a recurring problem in relation to community stores and corporate governance has been identified as a key area for improvement in Indigenous communities.

Instead, the Pakistan which remained tried to carry on, pretending that it was still the land of South Asia's Muslims, just smaller... It never figured out why it should exist as a nation - state, and that combined with poor governance and major geostrategic factors have brought the country to a pass where its further dissolution is now argued increasingly in terms of when and how, not if.

Poorer governance in India and Africa, the next two targets, means that China's experience is unlikely to be swiftly replicated there.

Results show clearly that forest elephants were increasingly uncommon in places with high human density, high infrastructure density such as roads, high hunting intensity, and poor governance as indicated by levels of corruption and absence of law enforcement.

«These were issues and challenges that were inflicted on this country in a decade and half of poor governance at the national level.

«One of the reasons those very solid, very well - run companies are trading at discounts is because there is a general perception the risks are higher because of poorer governance and lack of transparency.»

Unlike other activist investors, Icahn often focuses not just on market fundamentals but instead on the poor governance that so often affects those fundamentals.

Poor governance and few sponsors are hindrances, too.

However, it also highlights that extractives companies are particularly vulnerable to poor governance and ethical controversy, and harmful, long - lasting impacts on communities and the environment.

As the UN Special Rapporteur on Food recently acknowledged, hunger in the 21st Century is largely the outcome of poor governance and the influence of developed economies on food production in developing nations.

An investigation by the NAO last year found that the scheme suffered from «weak management, ineffective control and poor governance,» and had «not achieved value for money».

With the Trans - Pacific Partnership (TPP)[5] negotiations facilitating the US» economic counterbalancing of China amongst its regional trade partners, Kerry's retooled Marshall Plan lays the guidance for the US to now confront China's presence outside of Asia in many lucrative, resource - rich countries with poor governance and rule of law deficits.

The problem of not knowing why it exists, combined with poor governance, multiple ambitious regional powers, and a multitude of other people's wars, appears too lethal for this hapless country to overcome.

A damning report by the National Audit Office last year found «the programme suffered from weak management, ineffective control and poor governance,» and «has not achieved value for money.»

Sammy Awuku cast doubts about President Mahama's popularity with the NDC because to him, the party's Presidential elections result is a reflection of his poor governance.

Those who suffer bad policy and poor governance are planning ahead while the horse riders and their cronies think they can continue to ride the horse for life.

We encourage the Ghanaian public to continue to demand from the Akufo - Addo government, an improvement from the poor governance it is serving this country.

The claims by the two government - sponsored tabloids and the alleged Ministry of Education statement are nothing but part of the usual set of lies conveniently being told to sway the attention and interest of the Ghanaian people from the dangerous developments of corruption, insecurity, hardships and poor governance by President Nana Akufo - Addo.