Sentences with phrase «significant social cost»

That result would preserve some autonomy for religious groups, but only in very reduced form, and with a significant social cost.

Unemployment also carries significant social costs.

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In addition to individual health benefits, breastfeeding provides significant social and economic benefits to the nation, including reduced health care costs and reduced employee absenteeism for care attributable to child illness.

Over the next four years many disabled people will see a reduction in the overall value of their benefits, as well as specific reductions in the levels of housing benefit; unemployment benefit; the loss of disability living allowance (DLA), which contributes towards the - often significant - extra costs of living as a disabled person; as well as reduced access to social care services as a consequence of local government funding cuts.

«[It has] a fundamental choice between a development path that triggers increasing social exclusion, environmental degradation and significant economic costs.

«Using Neo4j to handle SNAP's social network also provided significant reductions in development time and overall cost, compared to MySQL.»

This is a moment to chart a new course — to change practices and actions that favour development at a significant environmental and social cost, including pollution, deforestation, loss of biodiversity and growing urban deprivation.

Here's just one example: After almost a year in Head Start (with an average cost of about $ 7,700 in 2005), children were able to name only about two more letters than their non — Head Start counterparts, and they did not show any significant gains on much more important measures, such as early math learning, vocabulary, oral comprehension (more indicative of later reading comprehension), motivation to learn, or social competencies, including the ability to interact with peers and teachers.

Although these early tips of the hat were appropriate and timely, the decreased costs, increased functionality, increased usability, and almost ubiquitous access, along with immensely significant new potential to transform the social studies classroom, have changed the educational landscape.

Rocketship (see Barbara Miner's report from our new Save Our Schools issue) uses computer programs to teach children for a significant portion of the day, and eschews «extras» like school librarians, art, gym, and social studies, which further reduce staff costs.

Early childhood programs do pay off in social benefits, but they also require investments with some significant costs.

While claiming social security benefits right away does help cover immediate costs, there are significant benefits in waiting to enroll.

At the end of the blog, I started to discuss the social cost of taking the most common approach to resolving difficult debt issues: increasing income and decreasing expenses to allow a more significant pay - down of debt out of a person's monthly budget.

[ADDED 1/14] Finding renewable sources of energy that are cheap and do not come with significant environmental or security risks or social costs is a good thing, particularly in a world adding roughly 80 million people a year, and where two billion people today only have firewood or dried dung as an energy choice.

But it comes with significant environmental and social costs (scoured landscapes, carbon dioxide, around 4,000 deaths a year in Chinese mines, tens of thousands of premature deaths from respiratory ailments linked to sooty pollution).

Unlike other techniques of climate engineering, DAC has received significant attention from startups since its main issue is deemed to be the directimplementation cost (not side effects or social concerns), which could be significantly reduced with successful innovation.

A decade after the World Commission on Dams (WCD) issued its groundbreaking report, the evidence continues to mount that large dams — unless they are developed with the strictest environmental and social standards — bring significant costs to people and the planet: The UN's Third Global Biodiversity Outlook (May 201

The first two — agriculture and energy usage — represent, by far, the most significant areas in driving the social cost of carbon estimate (Anthoff & Tol, 2013c).

And if you believe, as do many conservatives, that government intervention in markets and in social arrangements should be kept to a minimum, you can find factual support for your views in the long - term unpredictability of regional climate behavior, the significant economic and social costs associated with shifting to more expensive energy sources, and the historical failure of government efforts to steer large - scale social and economic change.

In addition to the avoided social cost of carbon — at $ 23 per MWh, higher than the ZEC subsidy cap — the CES offers significant economic benefits.

Second, significant uncertainty underlies the «correct» monetization of the social cost of a ton of CO2 emissions (SCC), and the extent to which global benefits should motivate local policies is controversial.

Because of Asia's population and geography, the social and economic cost of global warming is likely to be significant.

As far as Web 2.0, while it costs little more than a person's time to blog and participate in various social networks, the «buzz» generated can be substantial (see case study of H&R Block's social media strategy involving Facebook and Twitter), while the positive impact on search engine visibility can be significant over time.

Canadian and UK findings also show a tendency for legal problems to cluster, often leading to additional health, economic and social problems that have significant costs for individuals, their families, businesses, and society as a whole.

I just wonder how all these technology companies and consultants making significant spends on people, booths and entertainment can miss so badly such time and cost effective ways to build a brand, establish trust and sell their products — blogging and ancillary social media.

As significant as the costs to the individual of the self - representation experience, the wider social impact is also immense.

The printing cost of the policy is estimated to be $ 0.05, based on data obtained from the Social Security Administration, which does a significant number of printings for distribution.

Storage costs being what they are, there can be compelling business reasons for social media platform providers to retain «deleted» content for significant periods of time in order to use it for various purposes other than public display.

Professional Duties & Responsibilities Designed and installed varied residential and commercial alternative energy technologies Developed wind, solar thermal, and photovoltaic energy - based systems for multiple uses and users Responsible for cold region engineering including ice breaker technology and the Alaskan Pipeline Created and implemented mechanical engineering projects in the field of aerospace technology Designed, constructed, and oversaw operations of 100 ton gold refinery Committed to alternative energy, ecology, and cost - saving energy efficiency Significant mediation and litigation experience focused on alternative energy issues Served as intellectual property, patent, trademark, and products liability attorney University - level lecturer in business, First Amendment law, social responsibility, and ethics

Unsurprisingly the courts and local authority social work teams are extremely stretched, the system is very expensive (care order applications cost the public purse well over # 25,000 a case on top of the child's care costs) and significant delays in finding a permanent placement for the child is a common occurrence.

Drawing on new and longitudinal research, Professor Heckman made the case for refocusing public policy on cost - efficient evidence - based investments in young children and families to reap significant social and economic benefits,...

While the cost of solving for inequality may seem daunting from an economic, social and political standpoint, keep in mind that the wisely targeted investments in proven supports and programs can deliver significant returns in individual flourishing and better economic and social outcomes for society.

PTSD is a severe psychiatric illness characterised by four core symptom clusters: re-experiencing, avoidance, negative cognition and mood and hyperarousal.1 With an estimated lifetime prevalence in community samples of up to 8 %, PTSD results in a great deal of personal suffering and escalating social and economic costs.2 Unfortunately, current evidence - based treatments for PTSD leave a high percentage with a significant symptom burden, highlighting the urgent need for novel treatments.

Attention - deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 3 % — 5 % of children and young people under 18 years old.1 The core symptoms include inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity leading to significant impairments in academic and social function and increased risk of substance misuse, unemployment, criminality and mental health problems.2 3 Early treatment is crucial to improve symptoms and reduce the burden on the family and wider social and healthcare systems.4 With the increasing rates of diagnosis of ADHD, spending on ADHD medication has increased sevenfold between 1998 and 2005,5 and expenditure on medication treatment costs in the UK is now estimated at # 78 million per year.5 6 This has placed increasing financial burden on health services and highlighted the need for more efficient and cost - effective services to diagnose and treat the condition.

While there was no statistically significant difference between the effectiveness of Sertraline alone and the combination proof Sertraline plus IPT, the additional treatment cost of providing IPT was offset by a lower utilization of other health and social services.

Drawing on new and longitudinal research, Professor Heckman made the case for refocusing public policy on cost - efficient evidence - based investments in young children and families to reap significant social and economic benefits, promote growth and...

The Department of Finance analyzed the bill in March and opposed it based on the «potentially significant» cost it would impose on the state if social workers were tasked with overseeing training plans.

The cultural, social and economic opportunity cost of not doing this for all our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, their families, communities and the nation, is very significant.