Sentences with phrase «public expenditure which»

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ISS tracked 1,042 shareholder proposals at public corporations during the 2003 proxy season, which gives us total corporate expenditures on shareholder proposals of $ 90,654,000.

The problem is that the central bank has to keep following through, which effectively means buying assets at prices that ensure central bank balance - sheet losses - these would essentially be government expenditures of funds that could otherwise be used to benefit the public.

But overall demand growth has remained quite strong, boosted to some extent by temporary pre-GST spending, and by public - sector expenditure which, at least as recorded in the national accounts, has also expanded quite quickly.

The expenditures upon which we seek a report are those that Congress has said to not warrant a deduction as an ordinary and necessary business expense, namely, lobbying, participation in the political system by supporting or opposing candidates for office, and trying to influence the general public or segment thereof as to elections, legislative matters or referenda.

The difference is in the public expenditures, which can create what Sen calls the freedom of social opportunity.

This is a fragile thread on which to hang the future of wheelchair accessibility, special education and other public expenditures, but Reinders argues persuasively that it is the only plausible way.

More than thirty states have passed community mental health service acts or other legislation which makes funds available on a continuing basis to match local public or private nonprofit expenditures for mental health services.

However, at a glance, the consultants recorded a 42 % level of implementation across the 36 states, other percentages are 60 % for Public expenditure reforms as against 69 % from the NGF, 56 % for PFM which is the same with what the Forum recorded and 35 % level of implementation for public debt as against 54 % recorded by thPublic expenditure reforms as against 69 % from the NGF, 56 % for PFM which is the same with what the Forum recorded and 35 % level of implementation for public debt as against 54 % recorded by thpublic debt as against 54 % recorded by the NGF.

«According to the NGFS findings, «the action point with the highest percentage of implementation is that of Public Expenditure Reform, which recorded 69 % success, the NGFS Economist, Nabena disclosed.

Little is known about the processes by which resources are allocated within the police and generalised public expenditure procedures aren't specific enough to allow us to understand financial decision - making within police forces.

To ensure irreversibility, we are implementing the following measures to tackle some of the long - term structural issues: a. capping of the statutory funds at 25 percent of government tax revenues b. operationalization of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) to consolidate all government funds at the Bank of Ghana c. tightening of expenditure controls in GIFMIS to minimize inefficiencies and budget overruns d. strict enforcement of the PFM Act, as well as the Public Procurement Act, to ensure efficiency in public procurement, and e. adoption of the competitive tender process, which is eliminating wastage and giving Ghanaian taxpayers real value for their Public Procurement Act, to ensure efficiency in public procurement, and e. adoption of the competitive tender process, which is eliminating wastage and giving Ghanaian taxpayers real value for their public procurement, and e. adoption of the competitive tender process, which is eliminating wastage and giving Ghanaian taxpayers real value for their money.

For a start, the next Labour leader will have only 13 days to agree a policy on spending cuts: the new shadow cabinet won't be announced until 7 October, while the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review, which will reveal the biggest cuts to public expenditure since the 1930s, is scheduled for 20 October.

Its role is to examine public expenditure not on the merits of any policy but «on value - for - money criteria which are based on economy, effectiveness and efficiency».

They wanted increased public expenditure without the taxes which would subsidise it.

The total sum, which exceeded by tens of thousands of dollars the amount of unspecified expenditures by each of the other lawmakers flagged, is broken down in depth within the documents and includes details not included in the senator's public campaign filings.

The Strategic Thinkers Network - Africa (STRANEK) is of the strong view that the list of staffers at the Presidency as submitted to Parliament in accordance with section 11 of the Presidential Office Act, 1993 (Act 463) results in a wasteful expenditure which is not in tandem with President Akufo Addo's policy of protecting and saving the public purse from profligate expenditure and wanton abuse.

Documents relating to the receipt or expenditure on recovered stolen funds since return of democracy in 1999 constitute part of the information which a public institution and authority is obligated to publish, disseminate and make available to members of the public.

The growing role of independent expenditure groups, which live outside the rules that apply to candidates and their campaigns, is especially sensitive in Connecticut, a state that created a voluntary public financing program to restrict the influence of state contractors and other interests on elections after scandal forced the resignation of Gov. John G. Rowland.

His run for speaker began two years ago and the Manhattan Democrat even eschewed the Campaign Finance Board's public matching funds program, which would have limited his expenditures.

(b) Each Democratic organization shall have a written constitution which provides among other things (i) that the annual election of officers be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization; (ii) that membership in the organization be open to all enrolled Democrats residing in the political subdivision for which the organization is to function; (iii) that there be periodic financial reports to the membership, with at least one report each year and that the receipts and expenditures of the organization may be reviewed upon the written request of any member of the organization at a reasonable time and place fixed by an officer of the organization designated for that purpose; (iv) that endorsement of all candidates for party position or public office in the party primary be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization.

In particular how is the diproportionate benefit of public services to lower income groups which is indicated by your point i) reflected in either the impact to net income or net expenditure?

It could be recalled that the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun introduced the FSP for Sub-National Governments in 2016 to which State Governments acceded, with the view to enhancing fiscal prudence and transparency in public expenditure.

Jobs for New York, which retained the lobbying and consulting firm Mercury Public Affairs to assist in its independent expenditure efforts, is heavily focused on GOTV, according to a source familiar with its plans.

«We must replace the public embarrassment of existing campaign financing laws, which allow enormous contributions and unlimited expenditures, with a system of reasonable limits that levels the playing field and ensures that meritorious candidates are not discouraged by the costs of running for public office.»

Total public expenditure, which includes debt interest payments, will be # 702bn next year, then # 713bn, # 724bn and # 740bn, bringing real terms public spending to the same level as 2008.

However, despite growing, ICT R&D public funding falls short 700 million euros of the target in 2011 with regards to Digital Agenda targets which aim at doubling ICT R&D public expenditure by the year 2020 from 2007.

Lennox - Boyd warns that such plans are subject to the outcome of this year's Public Expenditure Survey which promises to be very tough.

«There is a constitutional requirement that bills proposing the expenditure of public funds must be accompanied by a royal recommendation, which can be obtained only by the government and introduced by a Minister.

If you attend Incline High School in the upscale town of Incline Village, for instance, you in effect «receive» more than $ 13,248 in public funds — that is, the per - pupil expenditure in that community, which is far above the state average of $ 8,274 per pupil.

The reason why apprenticeships have their budget safeguarded and increasing when most areas of public expenditure are under severe pressure is because the government has introduced the apprenticeship levy which effectively taxes large employers to pay for the programme.

Had the government paid for the voucher, the expenditure could have taken the form of a simple transfer from the public sector to the private sector, which in the long run need not add to the per - pupil cost of education.

The Republican presidential nominee and founder of Trump University accused Democrats of trapping black and Hispanic youth in failing public schools and offered the postern door of school choice through a proposed block grant, voucher - like program in which per pupil expenditures would follow students to the school of their parents» liking.

The University of Pennsylvania's Center for High Impact Philanthropy suggests that these outcomes translate to significant cost savings to DC Public Schools, which is burdened by special education expenditures.

The big money from billionaires was mostly funneled through Great Oakland Public Schools which is GO's independent expenditure committee registered under tax code 501 C4.

Despite the massive expenditure of public dollars, including more than $ 20 million a year in Connecticut state funds, the SBAC test and its sister version which is called the PARCC test, fail to adequately measure student achievement and have no appropriate role in the teacher evaluation process.

Annual expenditure per one high school pupil in public school at Texas is $ 5,400 compared with the expenditures per prisoner which are over $ 13,000.

What I am saying is that these expenditures don't matter (they are more than countered by expenditures of the enviro advocacy groups), and have become increasingly irrelevant with the ascendancy of the auditor group, which is motived by a desire for public accountability and genuine scientific interest in the subject.

In the case of oil companies, one would have to argue that they profited by successfully duping the public about climate change, which would be like «The Mouse that Roared» given the size of their expenditures on this issue.

In many cases, those core public authorities are the ones which must ultimately be responsible to the public for the provision of services and the expenditure of public money.

According to the World Bank, as of 2014, the expenditure on public healthcare in India was below 1.5 percent of its GDP (gross domestic product), which is much less than the global average of 5.95 percent.

The examples of the Public Accounts and Audit Committee and the Public Works Expenditure Committee, which reviews proposed infrastructure expenditure over $ 10 million, could be exploredExpenditure Committee, which reviews proposed infrastructure expenditure over $ 10 million, could be exploredexpenditure over $ 10 million, could be explored as models.

Public assistance funding under Title IV - A of the Social Security Act in which custodial parent applicants are automatically referred to their state IV - D agency in order to identify and locate the non-custodial parent, establish parentage (paternity) and / or enforce a child support order for the purpose of assisting the state to recoup or defray some of its public assistance expenditures with funds from the non-custodial pPublic assistance funding under Title IV - A of the Social Security Act in which custodial parent applicants are automatically referred to their state IV - D agency in order to identify and locate the non-custodial parent, establish parentage (paternity) and / or enforce a child support order for the purpose of assisting the state to recoup or defray some of its public assistance expenditures with funds from the non-custodial ppublic assistance expenditures with funds from the non-custodial parent.