Sentences with phrase «standard economic measure»

Such comprehensive improvements would cost an estimated $ 96 billion, according to the model, but could reduce HIV incidence in the U.S. by 54 percent and the mortality rate by 64 percent, at a cost - effectiveness ratio of $ 45,300 per quality - adjusted life year, or QALY, a standard economic measure of the value of a medical intervention.

According to standard economic measures, the success of a few Third World countries, especially in East and Southeast Asia, has been remarkable.

Not exact matches

We measure the economic, social and environmental impact of our investments using industry - standard metrics, including the Impact Reporting and Investment Standards.

It's important to understand that the USCI isn't a random concoction of data, but rather the gold standard for measuring current economic growth, as it summarizes the key coincident economic indicators used to determine the official start and end dates of U.S. recessions; namely, the broad measures of output, employment, income and sales.

We also measured market concentration using a standard economic metric called the Herfindahl - Hirschman Index (HHI).

On the basis of this initial idolatry it develops a morality in which economic worth becomes the standard by which to measure all other values and the economic virtues take precedence over courage, temperance, wisdom and justice, over charity, humility and fidelity.

On the other hand, there are many countries, especially in Africa, whose condition, even as measured by narrowly economic standards, is declining.

• «The ferocity about economic competitiveness, its promotion into a standard by which to measure things it can not measure... is resulting in a loss of respect for ordinary work and a soft contempt for ordinary people,» Wieseltier continues.

Supported by industry leaders and prominent environmental conservation groups such as The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the AWS Standard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimStandard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimstandard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimensions.

Created by industry leaders and prominent environmental conservation groups such as The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the AWS Standard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimStandard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimstandard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimensions.

The PRC government repeats the often ambiguously and confusingly stated opinion that human rights should encompass what its officials have labelled as «economic standards of living and measures of health and economic prosperity».

Between 2010 and 2015, Syracuse ranked 100th in economic growth, 80th in prosperity and 83rd in inclusion, a measure indicating whether economic growth raises standards of living for all people, according to the report.

Looking through the rest of the poll, the Conservatives & Theresa May have a lead over Labour & Jeremy Corbyn on almost every economic measure YouGov asked about (36 on cutting the deficit, 32 points on managing the economy, 15 on providing jobs, 11 on keeping prices down, 11 on improving living standards, 6 on getting people on the housing ladder), the only exception was reducing the number of people in poverty, where Corbyn & Labour had a 7 point lead.

According to the standard measure of economic development, the US wins hands down: its GDP is more than $ 45,000 per person, compared to Costa Rica's $ 10,000.

With $ 610 million in economic stimulus money added to his budget, Patrick Gallagher is preparing the nation's standards and measures agency for prime time

«The standard serves as an accurate and robust cost - of - living benchmark that supports good career planning and allows us to measure the extent to which our programs help customers progress toward economic self - sufficiency,» said Marléna Sessions, the council's chief executive officer.

At its peak in 1932, unemployment hit 22.9 % and U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), a standard measure of economic performance, had shrunk by 14 %.

Keywords: Risk management, measuring uncertainty, failure of models that predict failure, complexity theory, standard out of equilibrium level, irrational expectations on economic rational actor model.

For Term 2, 2018, it covers resource allocation, production possibility curves, market and mixed economic systems • demand and supply analysis • price elasticity • market failure • social and private costs and benefits, business organization, costs and revenue •, costs and revenue, competition, inflation and deflation • employment and unemployment • GDP, economic growth and recession • GDP and other measures of living standards etc..

The standard of political and moral performance required to consider should be the following: 1) increase of solidarity among the inhabitants of the country; 2) increase in the practice of social justice by organs of government and civil society; 3) increase in the distribution of income and wealth among the population; 4) increase of measures to preserve and care for nature; 5) increase in policies for integral development of education in accordance with the highest human values; 6) advances in the realization of the collective will of the citizens; 7) improvement of political institutions; 8) success in combating corruption measured by its reduction; 9) increase in the exercise of citizenship with the effective participation of citizens in government decisions and fight for expansion of their rights; and 10) increase of contribution of public and private organizations to the political, economic, social and environmental development of the country.

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Even if we take the smallest impact estimate from our analysis (a 1.72 percentile improvement in reading scores, which corresponds to a 0.06 standard deviation increase), the economic benefits measure in the range of # 1,375 to # 3,581 over the course of a recipient's lifetime.

Spurred by concerns about international competition, economic troubles, and a perceived stagnation or regression in student performance outlined by the now famous 1983 report, A Nation at Risk, the standards debate gained new life as politicians looked for ways to clarify goals, measure progress, and hold schools accountable.

«Need» should be a measure of educational achievement and the gap between it and a standard, rather than wealth or socio - economic data.

An enhanced educational experience could lead to enriched cognitive abilities, as measured by test scores, and higher standards of living, as measured by political and economic freedom indices.

The Programme for International Student Assessment tests run by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development have been seen as driving education policy and stirring education ministers to measure themselves against international standards.

This report investigates and measures the economic impacts of the City of Austin Resolution 20091105 - 040, commonly referred to as the «No Kill» resolution, utilizing standard impact assessment methodology.

But the difference also suggests that the economic gap between developed and developing countries — one measured as much by greenhouse - gas emissions as by standard economic statistics — has narrowed significantly.

The measures announced by Obama, including vehicle emissions standards and restrictions on coal - fired power stations appear set to achieve further substantial reductions, again while yielding net economic benefits.

Its history repeating itself, as the Chamber has made false claims about economic costs on everything from acid rain protections in 1990, to smog reduction measures of 1997, to mercury standards of 2011.

To help meet that goal, California is implementing numerous measures, including standards for renewable energy, a policy to scale up the use of clean fuels, requirements and incentives to increase the use of electric vehicles, and a flexible market - based cap on carbon emissions that creates economic incentives for major carbon polluters to cut their emissions.

«Given the harmful economic effects, we ask that you consider measures to change the ozone standard and reform the rulemaking process,» the letter reads.

176.1 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations establishing programs and other measures for the use of economic and financial instruments and market - based approaches, including without being limited to emissions trading, for the purposes of maintaining or improving existing environmental standards, protecting the environment and achieving environmental quality goals in a cost effective manner.

Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the Omnibus Rule and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), lawyers may qualify as business associates, which carries a whole host of obligations and compliance measures — and serious penalties for failing to meet those standards.

The NIC Principles are of concern when measured against international human rights standards and strategies for economic and social development.

These headline indicators are measures of the major social and economic factors that need to be improved if COAG's vision of an improved standard of living for Indigenous peoples is to become reality.

Finally, the degree of suitability of the instruments for economic evaluations in the palliative care setting will be assessed by scoring whether the domains or dimensions were developed using input from informal caregivers of people receiving palliative care and whether items from the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) 43 minimum standards for patient - reported outcome measures and the checklist for reporting valuation studies of multiattribute utility - based instruments (CREATE) 44 have been evaluated in this population.