Sentences with phrase «problems in the public sector»

Moreover, the report's descriptions about teacher pension plans are wildly out of touch with reality and attempt to paper over real problems in the public sector.

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The pair's solutions to the alleged problems of CEO - speak are greater government control of markets, more bureaucracy in the private and public sectors, an end to CEOs» duty of care to shareholders and — get this — more snore - inducing courses on critical textual analysis in business schools so students can know exactly how many times a CEO says «our company» versus «the company.»

The fellows serve 12 - month terms as entrepreneurs - in - residence, applying their problem - solving chops to public sector challenges.

Portugal has addressed its public debt problem — the deficit was 9.3 % of GDP in 2009 — with a 5 % pay cut for public sector workers earning more than $ 1,500 a month and an increase in VAT.

«Before the crisis, public debt was fairly low, and while private debt — and in particular mortgage debt — was a problem, private sector deleveraging is happening quickly.»

Funding for the renovation — an almost 50 - 50 split between public and private sectors — has been a problem since the project was announced in July 2008.

It is striking that, although public sector corruption is generally seen as a greater problem in the developing world, there are some significant exceptions - this year, Hong Kong, Barbados, Bahamas, Chile and Qatar are ranked higher than the US and France.

Public opinion is likely to be split, but any suspicion that teachers are ignoring the plight of those in the private sector who don't have any pension scheme at all could pose problems for the NUT.

In its submission to the government's open public services white paper, the union identifies major problems with Mr Duncan Smith's work programme, where 33 of the 34 contracts went to large private sector providers.

Democratic problems have no problem with the private sector or voluntary sector being sub-contracted to deliver public services, but are strongly against individual vouchers / budgets in almost every area of welfare, except for areas of luxury or where the individual is in control of the demand factors for the services (adult education, luxurious top - ups for social care for the elderly).

American's have been brainwashed to think public sector unions are a problem... in reality — facing greater income inequality it is time for private sector employees to fully understand the benefits of collective bargaining!

«Of course, we appreciate we are dealing with a long - term problem about how you rebalance the British economy... away from an over-reliance on financial services, away from an over-reliance on public sector employment in parts of the country.

Its research estimated salaries were on average 30 % better in the public sector, leading to calls for the government to take steps to address the problem.

However, throughout the second half of the 20th Century, national debt and public sector borrowing emerged as a structural problem in most developed economies, with large deficits being run year after year, as the role and «size» of the state has grown.

Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Andrew Cuomo has made it clear he believes the public sector unions are part of the problem, and has called for them to make «shared sacrifices» — much like they did in the 1970s.

Report author James Gregory said by the ago of 30 public sector tenants born in 1970 are twice as likely as the population at large to suffer from mental health problems and 11 times more likely not to be in employment, education or training.

The report says Corruption is a serious problem in Ghana because, like two thirds of the rest of the 168 countries or territories ranked by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, Ghana scored below the 50 pass mark.

Labour will lift the cap, but the Conservatives will instead cut public sector pay to «a level not seen in (at least) the last 20 years», which is «likely to exacerbate current recruitment and retention problems», warned the IFS.

«However, recent experience suggests that «temporary» problems in the financial sector can have a bigger and more persistent effect on the public finances than the Treasury initially expects.»

«Collaboration between public, private and nonprofit sectors is essential in addressing our societal needs and solving community problems,» the One Brooklyn form said.

Wabba stressed that the problem with Nigeria was corruption, which had become endemic in both the private and public sectors, and not the economic model to use.

«Dr. Sachs» three - plus decades of creativity and problem solving relating to health care issues in the public and private sector makes him a sought - after expert in the health field in New York and nationally,» Derris said.

We also nurture start - ups for scientists so that they can bring medical inventions to market, and we've partnered with leading biotechnology and technology companies such as Genentech, Pfizer, GE and Samsung to leverage the best public and private sector expertise to solve the biggest problems in health.

The GWI's mission: to shape and grow the vast $ 2 trillion, multi-sector wellness industry; provide an international forum for dialogue and problem - solving among public and private sector leaders in the wellness space; and underwrite needed research that benchmarks and analyzes this complex industry, and that can quantify both its economic and human impact.

Another concern raised by the leading whistleblowing charity, Public Concern at Work (PCaW), is that the lack of clarity in the education sector is also causing practical problems for whistleblowers.

They show that most public parents, 52 percent, would be interested in going private if money were not a problem, compared with 43 percent who say they would stay in the public sector.

It strives to suggest an approach informed by the experiences of democratic societies with different norms and legal cultures; one that harnesses the strengths and capabilities of the public and the private sectors in offering practical solutions to pressing problems.

DB plans remain the norm in the public education sector, however, despite the fiscal problems and the weak economic rationale for mobile professionals like teachers, many of whom move out of state or out of the profession and lose much of their accumulated benefits.

But she then attempts to persuade readers not to worry about public sector pensions and instead focus on the retirement savings problems in the private sector.

«The public is losing confidence in the ability of the higher - education sector in particular to control costs,» note the authors, adding that «all of higher education has a stake in addressing this problem, including the elite institutions that are under less immediate pressure than others to alter their teaching methods.»

Asked by Education Week to comment on our findings, the lead author of the NCES report freely acknowledged the problems with some of the variables used in the NCES analysis, but asserted that our alternative models may be «underadjusting for the disadvantage in the public sector» because we do not control separately for mothers» and fathers» education.

While disproportionate discipline of students with disabilities remains a pervasive problem in all public schools, the charter sector in particular should hold itself to a higher standard and not recreate the problems that have disillusioned so many parents of students with disabilities about public schools» commitment to their student's success.»

Teacher pay growth has lagged behind that of the wider public sector in most years over the last decade, and there are concerns that it has contributed to current recruitment and retention problems.

Taxpayers and lawmakers should recognize the problems barreling in their direction from the overlap of the minimum wage and public sector unions.

Texans are all too familiar with public sector pension problems (along with taxpayers in Illinois, Michigan, and a slew of other states).

But three groups last year — the Center for Reinventing Public Education, Mathematica Policy Research and the Center for Research on Education Outcomes — laid bare in different reports the problems plaguing the sector.

While explicitly avoiding the debate over the existence of charters and carefully noting that he was looking at the problems associated with a poorly regulated sector taking public funds, Mr. Oliver looked at financial scandals and fraud in charter schools across the country:

The problem there is that people would accrue all this debt, then find they couldn't stay in these public sector careers because they didn't pay well.»

Anyway, most of the private / public interference the media highlights is in the resource & other politically sensitive sectors — in all my reading, I've never noticed any great problems in the property or consumer sectors (which are both v promising from a growth potential perspective).

By reaching across the aisle, taking an aggressive, pro-growth, bipartisan approach to this problem, and drawing on resources from both the public and private sectors, we believe that Congress and the Obama administration can begin to effectively tackle the economic crisis and national energy insecurity in tandem.

The problem as I see it is that there are many more pressing needs in most developing countries: water and sanitation, (which are probably the foremost welfare sectors); and infrastructure for primary education and highway building, (which are probably the highest public - sector income - generating investments).

Specializing in battery technologies, their green mission to «solve the whole problem» has made them industry pioneers and leaders in several High - tech sectors including High - efficiency Automobiles, Electrified Public Transportation, Environmentally - Friendly Energy Storage, Affordable Solar Power and Information Technology and Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) services.

And it is likewise crucial that they «keep a cool head» as they continue to carefully, methodically and dispassionately study the climate system and the effects of AGW with ever - greater understanding, in ever more refined detail, because that's the only way that we — ordinary citizens as well as policy - makers in both the public and private sectors — are going to become aware of the rapidly increasing seriousness and urgency of the problem.

As a result, many people (and this includes many in the public sector) would rather solve their own legal problems by using Google in a haphazard and dangerous way.

Shifting culture in the public sector and the justice sector to accepting a «learn as we go» approach will take time but it is time to recognize that the potential benefits of this approach do outweigh the short term costs on these critical social problems.

Lord Justice Pill based this primarily on the view that these procedures (good in aim but a serious problem in practice) were not meant to act as traps for unwary claimants in an area as important as equal pay claims in the public sector.

As per the chairman of a mid-sized public sector bank, Connectivity is the biggest problem faced by banks as the correspondents are unable to reach villages in a time - bound manner nor they are able to use the sales machines.

It is obviously a positive thing to see financial investment in socially beneficial enterprises and there is definitely a need for innovation in the public sector as the scale of the problems they face get ever larger and more complex.

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