Sentences with phrase «state policy mechanisms»

It is therefore important to study «political cultures... [that] can roughly distinguish which state policy mechanisms and program approaches are selected» (Marshall et al. 1989, p. 159).

Not exact matches

However, other factors played a role, including reactions to the non-transparent, lobby - driven trade negotiation process to develop policy for behind - the - border governance issues, the flawed investor - state dispute mechanism, and the controversial intellectual property and cross-border data flow provisions, which promised to raise health - care costs, dampen innovation, and raise privacy concerns.

Dairy farmers have insisted that their sector remains in a chronic poor state because the Common Agricultural Policy lacks a mechanism to prevent damaging market breakdowns.

IN SPITE of the current high butter prices, European dairy farmers insist that their sector remains in a chronic poor state because the Common Agricultural Policy lacks a mechanism to prevent damaging market breakdowns.

The CIP includes action areas for Member States, WHO and other actors and recommends «to create a supportive environment for the implementation of comprehensive food and nutrition policies» and calls for Member States to «establish a dialogue with relevant national and international parties and form alliances and partnerships to expand nutrition actions with the establishment of adequate mechanisms to safeguard against potential conflicts of interest».

«We don't have tolls on any of our state highways, so we don't have revenue generating mechanisms for many of the projects,» said Robert Zerrillo, the acting director of policy and planning for the state Department of Transportation.

Especially at this point, when virtually all European states are carrying out budget cuts, the EU could (and should) provide for an important mechanism to set up a coordinated policy to spur growth.

Ahmed, who addressed the correspondents alongside the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige and Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, said the policy aimed at using a transformative mechanism for mitigating poverty and unemployment across the country.

The policy group highlighted North Carolina's state community college system as having established a new mechanism to place students in courses based in part on high school performance, rather than just through testing.

This week the State legislature passed and the governor signed into law a far - reaching set of prohibitions, restrictions, and tracking mechanisms regarding guns, making New York the first state to change its policies in reaction to the Sandy Hook school shootState legislature passed and the governor signed into law a far - reaching set of prohibitions, restrictions, and tracking mechanisms regarding guns, making New York the first state to change its policies in reaction to the Sandy Hook school shootstate to change its policies in reaction to the Sandy Hook school shootings.

Robert Stavins, an economist at Harvard University who has written extensively on carbon markets, noted that during the creation of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the United States insisted, over European objections, on inserting market mechanisms into global climate policy.

Government is the means by which state policy is enforced, as well as the mechanism for determining the policy of the state.

The British coined the phrase «quasi-market mechanism» to describe policies that replace state service monopolies with a roster of independent providers who compete for business.

The periodic review mechanism, followed by general comments adopted by the ESCR Committee, has not proved effective in checking regressive policies imposed by states in response to the global economic crisis, and neither have the ad hoc statements on specific circumstances that significantly affect ESCR (42).

Policy Recommendations: Effective Accountability Mechanisms for New York State's English Language Learners On October 1, 2012, AFC and The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) jointly released this policy paper, which sets forth key principles for a sound ELL accountability framework in New York Policy Recommendations: Effective Accountability Mechanisms for New York State's English Language Learners On October 1, 2012, AFC and The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) jointly released this policy paper, which sets forth key principles for a sound ELL accountability framework in New York policy paper, which sets forth key principles for a sound ELL accountability framework in New York State.

The appellate court again rather summarily concluded that the parents had not met this criterion, observing that the parents had the right to challenge the state education department's nonrule policy regarding the prerequisites for the portfolio option via the impartial hearing mechanism of the state's Administrative Procedures Act.

Although his statewide marathon of appearances has proven less than fun when addressing crowds of individuals who seek to improve his reform proposals, he's repeatedly acknowledged how imperative it is for this state's future that the ravages of poverty be overcome within our public schools and that policies and state funding mechanisms be devised to ensure equal educational opportunity for all children.

Zinth has presented and written extensively on dual enrollment and other mechanisms to improve transitions from high school to postsecondary, and her work has been cited in state dual enrollment policy changes.

In the book Conant called for a kind of counterbalance — a mechanism for improving and strengthening education policy and policymaking at the state level.

In 2009, the Justice Policy Institute noted that some states have begun to decrease the size of the prison population — thereby reducing spending — by providing community - based substance - abuse treatment programs, increasing rehabilitation efforts, improving parole mechanisms and services, and decriminalizing nonviolent offenses.105 States that intentionally decreased their prison populations saw crime decrease even faster than national averages.106 Other states should consider such restates have begun to decrease the size of the prison population — thereby reducing spending — by providing community - based substance - abuse treatment programs, increasing rehabilitation efforts, improving parole mechanisms and services, and decriminalizing nonviolent offenses.105 States that intentionally decreased their prison populations saw crime decrease even faster than national averages.106 Other states should consider such reStates that intentionally decreased their prison populations saw crime decrease even faster than national averages.106 Other states should consider such restates should consider such reforms.

Paper promises in the form of policy and legislative mechanisms are good and well; but as experience has taught us, paper promises are 90 % of the time just that, lovely forms of references when monitoring a state's adherence to international agreements or even local law, but the lack of monitoring and enforcement barely happens and if at all with «sweetheart - slap - on - the - wrist» penalisation of polluters.

A number of jurisdictions have carbon pricing mechanisms that complement their RPS (or similar policies), including the state of California, Chile, and many European countries.

Ultimately, the findings result in four key recommendations: (1) Advance stronger state laws and policies that discourage coastal armoring, (2) Ensure local coastal planning mechanisms are used to incorporate sustainable adaptation strategies and to discourage armoring, (3) Promote insurance policies and post-disaster redevelopment policies that do not promote risky development, and (4) Pursue relocation and retreat on public and private lands.

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, 12 California, 7, 68, 102, 128, 169 - 170, 187, 196, 232 - 234, 245 California Energy Commission, 232 Cambridge Media Environment Programme (CMEP), 167 - 168 Cambridge University, 102 Cameron, David, 11, 24, 218 Cameroon, 25 Campbell, Philip, 165 Canada, 22, 32, 64, 111, 115, 130, 134, 137, 156 - 157, 166, 169, 177, 211, 222, 224 - 226, 230, 236, 243 Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS), 15 Cap - and - trade, 20, 28, 40 - 41, 44, 170, 175 allowances (permits), 41 - 42, 176, 243 Capitalism, 34 - 35, 45 Capps, Lois, 135 Car (see vehicle) Carbon, 98, 130 Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), 192 Carbon Capture and Storage Association, 164 Carbon credits (offsets), 28 - 29, 42 - 43, 45 Carbon Cycle, 80 - 82 Carbon dioxide (CO2), 9, 18, 23, 49 - 51, 53, 55, 66 - 67, 72 - 89, 91, 98 - 99, 110, 112, 115, 118, 128 - 132, 137, 139, 141 - 144, 152, 240 emissions, 12, 18 - 25, 28 - 30, 32 - 33, 36 - 38, 41 - 44, 47, 49, 53, 55, 71 - 72, 74, 77 - 78, 81 - 82, 108 - 109, 115, 132, 139, 169, 186, 199 - 201, 203 - 204, 209 - 211, 214, 217, 219, 224, 230 - 231, 238, 241, 243 - 244 Carbon Dioxide Analysis Center, 19 Carbon Expo, 42 Carbon, footprint, 3, 13, 29, 35, 41, 45, 110, 132 tax, 20, 44, 170 trading, 13, 20, 40, 43, 44, 176, 182 Carbon monoxide (CO), 120 Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), 44 Carlin, George, 17 Carter, Bob, 63 Carter, Jimmy, 186, 188 Cato Institute, 179 CBS, 141, 146 Center for Disease Control, 174 Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, 62, 139 Centre for Policy Studies, 219 CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), 96 Chavez, Hugo, 34 Chicago Tribune, 146 China, 29, 32 - 33, 60 - 62, 120, 169, 176, 187 - 188, 211, 216, 225 - 226, 242 - 243 China's National Population and Planning Commission, 33 Chinese Academy of Sciences, 60 Chirac, Jacques, 36 Chlorofluorocarbons, 42 - 43, 50 Choi, Yong - Sang, 88 Christy, John, 105 Churchill, Winston, 214, 220 Chu, Steven, 187 Citibank (Citigroup), 40, 176 Clean Air Act, 85, 128 - 129 Clean Development Mechanism, 42 Climate Action Partnership, 14 Climate alarm, 4, 13, 21, 32, 35, 38, 56, 102 - 103, 115 - 117, 120, 137, 156, 168, 173, 182 Climate Audit, 66 Climate change, adaptation, 39, 110, 112 mitigation, 16, 39, 110 Climate Change and the Failure of Democracy, 34 Climate Change: Picturing the Science, 121 Climate Change Reconsidered, 242 Climate conference, 38 Cancun, 18, 29, 36 - 37, 124 - 125, 242 Copenhagen, 33, 36, 109, 125, 156, 158, 175, 241 - 242 Durban, 13, 36 - 37, 166, 242 - 243 Climategate, 2, 67, 152, 158 - 170, 180, 182, 242 Climate Protection Agreement, 12 Climate Research Unit (CRU), 48, 67, 120, 147, 152 - 153, 158 - 160, 162 - 163, 165 - 167, 169 Climate Science Register, 142 Climatism, definition, 2, 7 Clinton, Bill, 176, 178 Clinton Global Initiative, 176 CLOUD project, 96 Club of Rome, 21, 186 CO2Science, 59, 61 - 62, 66, 131 Coal, 19 - 20, 39 - 41, 80, 126, 128 - 129, 175, 185 - 186, 188 - 190, 192 - 196, 199 - 201, 209, 214, 217, 219, 222, 229 Coase, Ronald, 145 Coca - Cola, 138 Cogley, Graham, 156 Cohen, David, 220 Colorado State University, 117, 181 Columbia University, 7 Columbus, Christopher, 58 Computer models, 16, 51 - 53, 56, 67, 72, 74,77 - 79, 82, 87, 89 - 91, 94, 105, 110 - 111, 120, 124, 138 - 140, 168, 171,173, 181, 238, 240, 246 Conference on the Changing Atmosphere, 15 Consensus, scientific, 12 Copenhagen Business School, 134 Coral, 53 Corporate Average Fuel Economy, 22 - 23 Cosmic Rays, 72, 93 - 99, 180 Credit Suisse, 176 Crow, Cheryl, 30 Crowley, Tom, 167 Cuadrilla Resources, 224 - 225 Curry, Judith, 164, 167 Cycles, natural, 3, 16, 57, 62 - 63, 66 - 69, 72, 80, 99, 103, 138, 238, 240 Milankovich, 62, 67, 80 Cyprus, 134 Czech Republic, 12, 37

Policy recommendations through multi-criteria evaluation and feedback mechanisms with policy makers and market stakeholders from EU (member states, Covenant of Mayors) and neighbouring countries (Business Council ofPolicy recommendations through multi-criteria evaluation and feedback mechanisms with policy makers and market stakeholders from EU (member states, Covenant of Mayors) and neighbouring countries (Business Council ofpolicy makers and market stakeholders from EU (member states, Covenant of Mayors) and neighbouring countries (Business Council of BSEC)

Call on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to employ all available trade policy mechanisms to protect intellectual property including ensuring that any trade agreement into which the United States enters protects innovation and intellectual property rights.

It is odd that political parties talk very little about the TPP's investor - state dispute settlement mechanism, which could enable global business enterprises to supersede decisions taken by Japanese central and local governments regarding environmental protection and social policy.

Carbon taxes are now getting attention as a policy mechanism for reducing CO2 emissions on the national, state, and local levels.

Using states to test policy approaches and mechanism results in smaller negative impacts overall and easier - to - correct standards and regulations

The CES employs the same legal policy mechanisms that states have been using for years to support investment in other sources of clean energy, such as wind and solar.

As stated by Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, the objective of OMTs is to safeguard the monetary policy transmission mechanism in the euro area.

(at 129) He elaborates on the objectives of the OMT programme as monetary policy measures, which trigger the transmission mechanism and have an impact on interest rates on government bonds of specific countries, and states that all these objectives were, with regard to the deterioration of the sovereign debt market for several states in summer 2012 legitimate.

Additionally, the Supreme Court stated «The question is not whether the challenged conduct is efficient, well - functioning, or wise... [t] he question is whether the State's review mechanisms provide «realistic assurance» that a [private party]'s anticompetitive conduct «promotes state policy, rather than merely the party's individual interState's review mechanisms provide «realistic assurance» that a [private party]'s anticompetitive conduct «promotes state policy, rather than merely the party's individual interstate policy, rather than merely the party's individual interests.

The challenge, which was dismissed on 23 October, (Friends of the Earth and Help the Aged v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Aff airs [2008] EWHC 2518 (Admin)-RRB-, interestingly illuminates both the possibilities and the limitations of judicial review as a mechanism for holding the government to particular policy aims.

The mechanism can now directly verify the policies of 12 general insurers and the policies that are not part of this platform would be rejected by the European states.

In the wake of our 2014 reporting, we also sent an August 2014 open letter to Hacking Team, which inquired, inter alia, about investigation by the company into the reported misuse of the software against Ethiopian journalists in the United States.62 We posed further questions about their due diligence and accountability mechanisms, while applauding their efforts to incorporate human rights considerations into their customer policy.

Already in the United States, the Defense Department has established a clear policy: It reserves the use of lethal force for human operators, and requires safety mechanisms to be built into autonomous systems to keep them from selecting and targeting humans independently.

It should have regional mechanisms to provide the State / Territory policy interface with the governments co-coordinating regional activities;

The Committee urges the State party to reconsider its policy of mandatory detention of «unlawful non-citizens» with a view to instituting alternative mechanisms of maintaining an orderly immigration process.

Formal mechanisms — where the national body draws its members from national, state / territory or regional representative bodies, holds regular state - wide policy forums or develops other regional - level mechanisms

formal mechanisms, where the national body draws its members from national, state / territory or regional representative bodies, holds regular state - wide policy forums or develops other regional - level mechanisms based on boundaries used by the previous ATSIC Regional Councils or based on Indigenous geographic regions

This policy statement builds on previous policies related to child health equity, 26 housing insecurity, 27 and early childhood adversity.3 The accompanying technical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), «Mediators and Adverse Effects of Child Poverty in the United States,» 28 supports this statement by describing current knowledge on childhood poverty and the mechanisms by which poverty influences the health and well - being of children.

The efforts in the United Kingdom are part of a broader endeavor across developed nations, including the United States, to increase the evidence base and sharpen the focus of parenting programs and to develop specific public policies targeting improved parenting beyond the traditional mechanisms of child welfare services and income support programs.92

Fostering Court Improvement Children and Family Resource Center, Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic, Fostering Results, & National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues Gives States an efficient mechanism for sharing data between dependency courts and child welfare agencies so they can more effectively manage systems.

Medicaid Financing of Home Visiting Services for Women, Children, and Their Families, National Academy For State Healthy Policy, August 2017 — This brief highlights the Medicaid financing authorities and mechanisms available to support home visiting services and explores how states are currently using them to finance home visiting.