Sentences with phrase «rather than the private sector»

Elected on the back of a pledge to build 300,000 new homes each year, housing minister Harold Macmillan soon met and exceeded these targets, largely as the result of public sector rather than private sector construction.

However, given that they are an investment plan that relies on the government rather than the private sector, there are many special rules and regulations that only apply to bonds.

If graduates work in the public or non-profit sectors rather than the private sector, debt forgiveness kicks in at 10 years instead.

I like to see things like unemployment assistance as just a form of insurance, except it's typically provided by the state, rather than the private sector.

The case was subject to a judicial review, notably because the scheme was a public, rather than private sector one.

Not exact matches

To meet the competition, we need to operate in private sector timeframes rather than those of public sector processes.

Rather than follow the Stalin model of turning an agrarian society of Russia into a state - owned industrial superpower like the USSR - killing millions of your own people in the process, incidentally - Myerson suggests that the government own all businesses by buying the stocks and bonds of all businesses as an «investment» in the private sector.

It's a bunch of tax incentives meant to get the private sector to invest in infrastructure, rather than a more traditional program of direct government spending.

Responding to a question on whether Trump, who comes from the private sector, felt comfortable with his proposal that the government should punish or reward companies based on where they choose to locate their factories, rather than let the free market pick winners and losers, the president responded:

As we have argued before (Time to Make the Budget Planning Process More Accountable, Transparent and Prudent — November 2010 www.3dpolicy.ca), we would strongly recommend that you use the Department of Finance's economic forecast rather than average of private sector forecasts, arguing that the Department's economic forecasts provide the most accurate basis for budget forecasting.

A stronger stimulus program would have propelled recovery — and federal purchases could have been made through the private sector rather than through WPA - type programs.

Mr. Mulvaney, the congressman from South Carolina, said G.E. should have been able to get a line of credit from private - sector banks rather than the French government.

The Update incorporates the October average private sector economic forecasts and an increased «adjustment for risk» for 2011 - 12 to 2013 - 14, as well as an increase in employment insurance rates of only 5 cents (employee rate) for 2012, rather than the 10 cents set in legislation As a result, the balanced budget target is delayed from 2014 - 15 to 2016 - 17, prior to the inclusion of the Targeted Strategic and Operating Review Savings (now called «Deficit Reduction Action Plan Saving Target»).

First, the each of the private sector organizations used their own forecasts of economic growth rather than the average of the private sector economic forecasts.

We have strongly recommended in the past that the Government use the Department of Finance's economic forecast rather than the average of the private sector economic forecasts (see «Time to Make the Budget Planning Process More Accountable, Transparent and Prudent» November 2010: www.3dpolicy.ca).

One wonders why then they do not use their own forecast rather than adjusting the private sector average forecast.

An average of private sector economic forecasts for a number of selected economic variables was used for budget planning purposes rather than the Department of Finance's economic forecast.

Imagine what would happen if a trillion - dollar private sector entity operated without a CEO because its board of directors squabbled over unrelated matters, rather than approving the appointment of the top executive.

It also allows the Minister of Finance to hide behind the private sector forecasts rather than taking responsibility for the economic and fiscal forecasts.

The Department of Finance's detailed economic forecasts should be used to prepare the fiscal forecasts, rather than using the average of private sector forecasts for a selected number of major aggregate.

Instead, the government at that time decided to use the average of private sector economic forecasts rather than those produced by the Department of Finance even though E&Y had concluded that the Department's economic forecasts were consistently better than those in the private sector.

But rather than supporting the idea that all Canadians should have comfortable retirements — say, by reforming CPP, and protecting private sector employees against company bankruptcy — the authors see public sector pensions as just more «premium.»

However, following protests by a number of private sector economists, it was included as a separate adjustment to the revenue and expense forecasts rather than as an adjustment to the economic forecasts.

«Yet, it's a challenge that can be prevented with a blend of existing solutions, from technologies that help farmers keep more of what they grow to models for private sector engagement that ensures those crops will be bought, rather than left to rot,» she continues.

Public and private sector entities and individuals who wish to support infants and young children and their mothers and caregivers in this emergency should donate funds rather than send goods.

It is because he was willing to control the private sector so it would benefit the poor, rather than international investors.

Rather than private companies getting these brand spanking new prisons and letting us down we want to make sure that they're treated the same as the public sector and sharing best practices.

Some countries have policies that promote reductions in income inequality within the private sector, rather than through direct government redistribution.

We have found that rather than targeting undocumented migrants, most of whom are not in the normal private rented sector, it in fact causes discrimination against anyone who is not British, or can't show they have a British passport.

Diplomatically, rather than issuing empty rhetorical threats, the U.S. must engage with China, including its private sector, much of which desires stronger legislation firming up intellectual property rights, as US Ambassador to China, Gary Locke, recently remarked.

Additionally, Cuomo says his budget has a $ 25 billion economic development agenda, funded largely by leveraging billions in private sector investment rather than by taxpayer dollars.

His claim that unemployment will fall rather than rise in the course of this Parliament is based on the OBR assessment, rapidly rushed out to give ammunition to contest the anticipated Harman attack (incidentally providing the first suspicions about the OBR's objectivity), that whilst 600,000 public sector jobs will be lost by 2015 - 6 and a similar figure (though unspecified) in the private sector as a result of the public spending cuts, some 2.5 m jobs will be created over the same period in the private sector.

«We will listen to everybody but we are averse to economic team whose private sector members frequently steer government policy to suit their own narrow interests rather than the over-all national interest.»

In essence, this involves two things: growing the private sector, and reforming the public sector so that what the Government does — and the money it spends — boosts, rather than undermines, Britain's competitiveness.

MPs and public sector staff have a moral duty to educate their own children in state rather than private schools, a senior Labour MP has declared.

But in the Ambassador's view, President Akufo - Addo's decision to «make the private sector the engine of growth rather than government being the driving force is how I see the difference between the two of them.

«The so - called living and prevailing wage bills are a throwback to the era when government viewed the private sector as a cash cow to be milked, rather than a garden to be cultivated,» said Bloomberg, in what aides said was his first public veto address.

Even fewer want to carry on studying rather than get a job in the private sector, which pays even better, obviously.

She says she was drawn toward bench work in industry rather than at a university because the private sector work seemed more directly transferrable to creating medicine and helping human health.

We hope the FAA Acquisition System Toolset [FAST] rather than NASA takes jurisdiction over the execution of spaceflights for the private sector.

Their six simple «guiding principles» also include the need to channel innovation into the private sector through formal tech transfer programs, and to think in terms of lasting knowledge creation rather than «quick win» potential when funding new projects.

Rather than pursuing the centralized power systems favored by big utilities and international lending agencies, the initiative encourages the private sector to develop small independent grids in remote regions.

Much of the focus of these side events has been on ways to ratchet up ambition, either through more private - sector engagement or through an emphasis on gaining more traction for a long - term goal of containing warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius below preindustrial levels, rather than the «well below 2» threshold enshrined in Paris.

«The Facility will not be restricted to least developed countries... it targets mostly private sector project owners or aggregators rather than governments,» said Quesnel.

Private sector contributions to the education sector should aim to reinforce the need for greater public investment in education and research rather than to replace the role of national governments.

Parents have exercised choice in selecting a charter or private - sector school rather than a district school, making it impossible to say whether parental perceptions of the school are caused by actual school characteristics in each sector or some other factor.

Harris instead offers two potential alternatives: 1) the improved public / charter school performance in New Orleans made the performance of the private sector look relatively worse; and 2) the curriculum at most private schools may not have been aligned to the state test, so the poor performance merely reflects that lack of alignment rather than poor performance.

The charity delivers private sector funding via # 10,000 to # 20,000 grants for the purchase of musical instruments and tuition, thereby reestablishing music as a birthright for every child, rather than an option for the privileged few.

Our ultimate goal is to infuse a prevention mentality into the public and private sectors, where the emphasis is more on proactively preventing problems rather than reactively responding to them.

Ultimately, Arum concluded that it was increased funding at the school level that led to better student outcomes, rather than a direct effect of competition from the private school sector.