Sentences with phrase «state in the region»

Per capita income is increasing rapidly but remains low in comparison with other states in the region.

• What if each state instead meets the achievement level of the best state in its region?

The state does impose higher sales tax than some other states in the region, with some areas charging as much as 9.5 percent.

We find somewhat smaller gains from having each state meet the achievement level of the best state in its region (Scenario 2).

And finally, heads of states in the region are also seeking third terms and Nkurunziza» success will legitimize and enforce their bid among their electorates.

On his part, Governor Ambode said there was no better time for states in the region to pull together to fathom ways of tackling social and economic challenges facing the people individually and collectively.

Proactive measures were enacted in states in all regions of the country.

This program includes Regional Centers that work closely with states in their regions on implementation of critical reforms in elementary and secondary education, as well as Content Centers that provide high - quality materials and services for use by states and districts across the country.

It's the only state in the region which has both the resources and the will to keep factions like ISIS or Al - Quaeda in check.

The lack of incentives, together with strategic considerations of the United States in the region and perceived negative consequences of tough economic action all serve to constrain China today.

The region also experienced the highest rates of sea - level rise over the world, indicating large increases in ocean heat content and leading to substantial impacts on small island states in the region.

Michigan and Ohio were the coldest states in the region this past winter.

States in the region likely will bind together to express their opposition to such protectionism via the G7, G20 and other regional fora such as APEC and the East Asia Summit.

His talk of «unions» with Iran [6], done so in order to create a strategic balance in the region, is surely giving them jitters — remembering that Iran is considered a pariah state in the region and is the predominant reason for a massive arms build - up by GCC countries.

Sunni and secular states in the region fear increasing Iranian power, and their willingness to intervene in other countries as they have in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen, and do not want to be at a nuclear disadvantage.

Europe's citizens need effective means for coping with challenges generated in other states in the region such as migration, pollution or contamination of food.

One of the key matters of contention in Turkey is the assertion that Kurds are determined to divide that country by establishing an independent Kurdish state in the region.

Gordon Brown is in talks with business leaders in the Middle East as he continues to encourage oil - rich states in the region to contribute further to global financial stability.

«Aside from that, the Lagos - Calabar rail line passing through states in this region, the president also, personally, went to negotiate the loan.

«What happened today shows that we have the capacity to resolve issues as states in the region without any external intervention.

Meanwhile, in order to increase the fortunes of the APC in the South - East, Okorocha said on Thursday that Buhari would soon visit states in the region to shore up the population of party members.

Malloy is also to call for a higher levy on cigarettes and for Connecticut to be the first state in the region to require a 25 cent per bottle deposit on wine and liquor.

«people who care about the rights of»... blah blah blah, tell them to take a look in the mirror and look at the rest of the 22 arab muslim states in the region — almost every one of them except the gulf states has a worse human rights record than Israel, and is more tyrannical, fascist, and oppressive in every aspect of their society, as well as in the general islamic «civilization».

«The project will benefit commerce in several states in the region,» Federal Highway Administrator Gregory Nadeau said.

In addition, we can service VW Golf family cars from multiple states in the region.

The term denotes a strategy whereby nation states in the region, no longer content with cultivating local heritage, use internationally visible cultural institutions to deflect attention from their internal political and social affairs.

• Climate models indicate that Gulf Coast states will tend to have less rainfall in winter and spring in relation to the more northern states in the region, and that droughts are likely to continue to increase in frequency, intensity, and duration.

With states in the region increasingly looking to tackle emissions from the transportation sector next, RGGI provides a powerful example of what they could accomplish by working together.

Several hundred miles to the north east in Massachusetts, the Beacon Hill Institute requested $ 38,825 from Searle to weaken or roll back a five - year effort by states in the region to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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In the South, housing tops all other indicators in 70.6 percent of states in the region.

As one of the largest states in New England, Maine serves as an example for other states in this region.

International migration has slowed, and Illinois has actually declined in total population over the past three years — the only state in the region to do so.

As noted in the presentation text of the gallery, there are two lines of inquiry that have predominated in the work of Carlos Motta: the first one refers to political and social issues in Latin America and Colombia, particularly the depletion of civil rights, the assassination of radical or left - wing liberal politicians, or the political, military and economic interventions of the United States in the region.

The region has also experienced the world's highest rates of sea - level rise in recent decades, indicating large increases in ocean heat content and leading to substantial impacts on small island states in the region.

• If each state instead meets the achievement level of the best state in its region, gains would still amount to roughly $ 35 trillion, more than twice the nation's current GDP.

Maine, the coldest state in the region, has already shown this conversion rate is possible, converting 3 % of its residential heating stock to heat pumps in just three years.

The presidency said in a statement that long - standing grievances were being addressed, including the opening of the maritime university by next year and approval of two modular refineries for each of the states in the region.

• Eight of the ten states in the region are currently ballot qualified for 2014.

«This sends a clear message that there is no state in this region that will tolerate this,» he said.

At the congress, chaired by former Governor of Rivers State, Celestine Omehia, the offices were zoned to the various six states in the region.

For instance, we must ensure cooperation among security chain to ascertain that if a car is stolen in Ekiti, it would not be allowed to scape through the border of any state in the region.

As far as I can tell, NY seems to slip farther behind other states in our region.

All the Governors of the States in the region — Mr Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos), Senator Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (Osun), Senator Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo) and Mr Ayodele Fayose (Ekiti) were present at the meeting conveyed at the instance of Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission.

«We have in the pipeline an Agric Summit that we are planning in conjunction with all the south west States and the idea is for us to create a master plan that allows other States in the region to partner with us.

While declaring that the artificial boundaries, religion and political affiliation would no longer constitute barrier to the region's development, the Governors also directed DAWN Commission to develop a 25 - year Western Nigeria Development Master Plan, while all the States in the regions were encouraged to significantly improve bi-lateral and multi-lateral cooperation to foster regional development.