Sentences with phrase «portfolio of public policies»

In a recent review paper, the Nobel Laureate James Heckman and the economist Tim Kautz summarize the evidence: «The larger message of this paper is that soft skills [e.g, non-cognitive skills] predict success in life, that they causally produce that success, and that programs that enhance soft skills have an important place in an effective portfolio of public policies.»

This comes a year after a shareholder proposal seeking an assessment of the long term impacts on the company's portfolio of public policies received near - majority support.

Not exact matches

If Donald Trump becomes the President of the United States and recognizing your public criticism of him and your public support for Hillary Clinton, what specific risks, regulatory policy or otherwise, do you foresee for Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio of businesses?

Through its dedicated disability employment portfolio, the Center conducts research and performs evaluation activities that seeks to generate new knowledge about the impact of public policies and programs on the inclusion of people with disabilities into the workforce, and identify, through rigorous research and evaluation, promising «to work» strategies and practices in the field that are showing success in helping people with disabilities to seek and retain competitive employment.

But as that system is slowly replaced by one marked by an array of nongovernmental school providers, parental choice, and the «portfolio management» mindset, new policies (undergirded by a new understanding of the government's role in public schooling) are needed.

The foundation is also working much more aggressively to change public policy concerning key elements of the portfolio approach: transparency in school finance, multiple independent school providers, and performance - based accountability.

Interest in portfolios and policy stemmed from an attempt to join the advantages of classroom - embedded assessment with the need for large - scale public accountability.

She also served as the Deputy Commissioner of Innovation for the state of New Jersey, where she oversaw all things school choice for the Department of Education: charter schools, interdistrict public school choice, non-public schools, portfolio districts, and all related practices and policies.

Her portfolio also includes donations to anti-gay organizations4 and a worrisome tendency to merge her personal evangelical Christian faith with the functions of government — having once asserted that she believed public policy should «advance God's kingdom.»

After this review, we will explain how IFA has used such research to formulate its investment policy, and used it to create low - cost portfolios that deliver the highest expected return for the risk taken; then why it is our advice that those responsible for investing public funds should make it a cornerstone of the investment plans.

Public policy supports the use of biomass for energy production as reflected in the state's Renewable Portfolio Standards.

That's why a broad and diverse coalition of environmentalists, public health officials, business leaders, labor leaders, faith leaders, academics, low - income advocates, and social justice advocates has come together to call on Maryland's leaders to significantly expand the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) policy.

Recommended policies and strategies include: (1) establishment of clear energy and climate change adaptation / mitigation policies in Africa; (2) implementation of renewable energy development - inducing policies; (3) creating conducive environments for private - public partnerships in clean energy development; (4) enhancement of broader regional and continental collaboration in energy and climate change policies; (5) accessing existing international funding sources for promoting less carbon - intensive energy technologies; and (6) implementation of energy portfolio diversification.

Despite established theory and proven practice regarding public participation and engagement, citizen consultation, and related fields, their application to climate change management, and in particular to assessing geoengineering as part of the portfolio of policy options, remains nascent.

For instance, many renewable portfolio standards (RPS policies) includes one or more «cost containment» provisions limiting the ultimate cost of compliance to ensure they do not expend the limited public tolerance for higher energy prices.

The fusion of the two roles has often been defended as ensuring that the Attorney General has a voice at the cabinet table in discussions of public policy but that seems to support the cabinet status of the Attorney General rather than its combination with another ministerial portfolio such as Justice.

Regardless of compulsion, however, most organizations include public liability insurance in their insurance portfolio even though the conditions, exclusions, and warranties included within the standard policies can be a burden.

Chancellor Capital Management / Invesco, Inc. (City, ST) 1995 — 2000 Partner and Managing Director — Institutional Fixed Income • Manage in excess of $ 44 billion, approximately $ 20 billion of which were managed with a total rate of return objective • Focus in mortgage - backed and asset - backed securities • Create and implement strategy for all MBS and ABS investments for total rate of return portfolios • Responsible for risk management including establishing and monitoring appropriate risk levels • Collaborate with CIO in management of all core portfolios benchmarked against the Lehman Aggregate Index • Run weekly strategy meetings defining portfolio construction in conjunction with Investment Policy Committee guidelines • Oversee assets in excess of $ 10 billion including pension funds, public funds, and insurance funds • Conduct client reviews and new business presentations on a regular basis • Serve as point person for key strategic partnerships based out of New York

A policy framework («Māori Potential») was developed by the TPK which informs and coordinates the Māori Affairs portfolio and the development and implementation of Māori public policy.

As Deputy Executive Director, her portfolio includes public policy and advocacy, accreditation of early learning programs, higher education accreditation and the new Power to the Profession initiative.

Teams of CoStar economists pore through the data to chart trends that investors, brokers, lenders and even government agencies can use to understand patterns that affect portfolios, marketing campaigns and public policy.