Sentences with phrase «targeted policy goals»
Several gaps remain even under more targeted policy goals, especially for the younger children.
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The report's justification for the 60 % target is that it is a current policy goal in Europe and matches the minimum wages in ``
For the past quarter century, the Bank of Canada has had the responsibility of using monetary policy to achieve low, stable and predictable inflation, a goal cemented in our 2 per cent inflation target.
Stevens GR and G Debelle (1995), «Monetary Policy Goals for Inflation in Australia», in AG Haldane (ed), Inflation Targeting, Bank of England, London, pp 81 — 100.
This Statement on the Conduct of Monetary Policy reiterated the Reserve Bank's broad goals stipulated in the Reserve Bank Act, and endorsed the inflation target as the practical interpretation of the medium - term goal of price stability.
To achieve our monetary policy goal of low, stable and predictable inflation at the 2 per cent target rate, our economy should operate at, or close to, its productive capacity.
The fiscal balance should never be a policy target â $ «whether it be an immediate aim or some stretched goal into the future.
Dunkin' Brands is working with its suppliers and The HSUS to update its animal welfare policy and meet its target goals.
There is a broad consensus that agroecology can be instrumental in achieving a wide range of policy, environmental and food security targets, from sustainability related goals to the reduction of rural poverty.The 2nd International... more
The Government has put in place legislation which requires any future Government to reach this first goal however this analysis and subsequent figures from Policy Exchange's report: Warmer Homes — Improving fuel poverty and energy efficiency policy in the UK highlights current resources are less than half of what is required to meet this target, let alone a more ambitious timePolicy Exchange's report: Warmer Homes — Improving fuel poverty and energy efficiency policy in the UK highlights current resources are less than half of what is required to meet this target, let alone a more ambitious timepolicy in the UK highlights current resources are less than half of what is required to meet this target, let alone a more ambitious timeframe.
Undeterred Davies pointed out that violence against women and girls could never be entirely eradicated, said he doesn't understand the difference between a goal and a target and demanded a list of concrete policies that the panel would like to see implemented that would help achieve the goal of equality.
The statement added that «based on the above efforts by all concerned parties, all industrial actions by members of the NLC and TUC shall be stayed in order to provide a conducive industrial relations atmosphere for the effective and efficient implementation of the Federal Government's policies to realise the targeted goals and objectives.
The implementation of the Free SHS policy, President Akufo - Addo, added would mean that Sustainable Development Goal 4, which aims at ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, will be within Ghana's reach by the target date of 2030.
Even if it doesn't get scuppered by officials in Europe, the policy's ultimate goal - finally achieving the Tory target of cutting immigration below 100,000 - seems to be as dogmatic as it is vulnerable.
«Perfect economic efficiency is a moving target, and as such an entirely waste - free program is likely an impractical and cost - prohibitive policy goal,» the report states.
Just because a state has a target doesn't mean the regulatory and policy framework exists to enforce state goals.
As state - owned energy enterprises in China continue to have a big say in policy matters, the country's goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions may not necessarily hit Beijing's desired statistical target.
One of the things that is likely to be discussed is whether the 2 °C target — the threshold between «acceptable» and «dangerous» climate change — should remain the world's linchpin climate policy goal.
Some of the world's most impoverished countries have made dramatic progress in their quest to ensure that all children get a basic education, but political indifference, failed domestic policies, and broken financial promises have pushed the international goal of universal schooling off target, according to UNESCO.
If the policy goal were to equalize educational opportunity and / or to narrow achievement gaps, in retrospect America would have been better served by intensive kindergarten targeted on particularly needy kids.
The Diplomás team has identified four key policy areas to target as they work towards the attainment goal: counseling and advising, dual credit, student support pathways, and college affordability.13 P16Plus supports these policy areas using data to help inform those efforts that are most successful for students.
In particular, this history demonstrates that while these data provided only mixed progress towards the stated goal of greater educational equity, they proved «useful» in other ways: providing researchers and policymakers with an array of possible research and policy targets and sustaining the belief that the education system, if properly tweaked and optimized, could ultimately secure educational equity.
After an initial audit of a school's math environment, practices, resources and policies, our consultant will work with school administrators to create a targeted action plan focused on the school's current needs and goals.
They will explore eliminating breed - related stigmas and abolishing outdated policies with a goal of improving the chances for targeted breeds to find homes while providing their new families access to resources.
Climate change policy aspects can also be linked to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) that were adopted as major policy targets by the WSSD.
Such ambitions are lofty but not the first time water efficiency goals has been made official policy; in 2007, it set the target of reducing «water intensity» by 20 % for the five year period ending 2010.
National governments need to promise greater emissions cuts and enact policies to keep global warming to the more ambitious target of 1.5 C or at most 2C, which they set as the goal of the Paris climate agreement.
It presents the results of spatial analyses that can assist decision - makers in planning for REDD + in a way that generates multiple benefits, and explores the possible contributions that REDD + can make to the achievement of other policy goals such as the Aichi Biodiversity Targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the objectives of Peru's National Climate Change Strategy.
Governments who endorse the goal show leadership by establishing policies to reach the target and engage through EVI to report progress and share best practices.
State law incorporates a number of additional energy policy goals aimed largely at supporting these greenhouse gas reduction targets.
The CARB is also collaborating with both the CPUC and the Energy Commission to establish greenhouse gas emission targets, identify and adopt appropriate policies, rules, or regulations to achieve SB 350 goals, and make recommendations on how to make zero - emission and near - zero emission transportation options accessible to low - income customers.
The Planetary Boundaries framework can help in formulating policies and targets to operationalize the global environmental dimension of the 7th Environment Action Programme and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the EU.
As Pielke, a professor of environmental studies at the Centre for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado, points out, no one knows how fast a major economy can decarbonise and policy therefore needs to focus less on targets and timetables that no one can be sure of reaching, and more on the tangible process for achieving goals such as the development of clean technologies that will be crucial in the decarbonising prPolicy Research at the University of Colorado, points out, no one knows how fast a major economy can decarbonise and policy therefore needs to focus less on targets and timetables that no one can be sure of reaching, and more on the tangible process for achieving goals such as the development of clean technologies that will be crucial in the decarbonising prpolicy therefore needs to focus less on targets and timetables that no one can be sure of reaching, and more on the tangible process for achieving goals such as the development of clean technologies that will be crucial in the decarbonising process.
More than half of Indian companies have a water policy, strategy or management plan in place, but only half of these policies include concrete quantitative goals or targets for water resource management, says a report [continue reading...]
Although economic analyses can provide policy - makers with valuable information such as which technologies will achieve ethically determined goals at lowest cost, thereby providing criteria for making remedies cost - effective, there are serious ethical problems with cost - benefit analyses used prescriptively to set emissions reductions targets.
A carbon intensity policy would thus not only encourage more efficient use of fossil fuels, as the current energy intensity goal does, but also amplify China's already ambitious targets on renewable energy deployment.
Companies that set ambitious greenhouse gas reduction efforts today will gain a competitive advantage in the years to come, for a few reasons: Gains in efficiency lead to cost savings; credible targets bolster a company's reputation; ambitious goals spur innovation and transformational change, which can unlock opportunities for growth; and science - based targets will help companies stay ahead of shifting public policies.
Whilst there is increasing acknowledgement of the links between climate change, development and security within policy circles, beyond the rhetoric, practical measures to address these linked goals remain superficial, off - target and isolated.
Influential elite individuals should be targeted if large - scale policy changes are the goal, as they can reach wider audiences.
100 percent renewable energy targets are gaining momentum as an important pathway for achieving the 1.5 - degree target, but further supporting mechanisms and innovative policies must be put in place to effectively mainstream this goal.
By adjusting the values of those parameters found to be influential through numerical experiments and simulations, short - term and long - term policy recommendations that can keep the system within optimum levels or sustainable development targets (e.g., Millennium Development Goals or the Post-2015 Development Agenda) can be designed and tested.
* In June 2013, a German research institute which advises Angela Merkel's government concluded that «policy makers must come up with a new global target to cap temperature gains because the current goal... limiting the increase in temperature to 2 °C since industrialization is unrealistic».
Mitigation scenarios (also known as climate intervention or climate policy scenarios) are defined in the TAR (Morita et al., 2001), as scenarios that «(1) include explicit policies and / or measures, the primary goal of which is to reduce GHG emissions (e.g., carbon taxes) and / or (2) mention no climate policies and / or measures, but assume temporal changes in GHG emission sources or drivers required to achieve particular climate targets (e.g., GHG emission levels, GHG concentration levels, radiative forcing levels, temperature increase or sea level rise limits).»
Specifically, the board gender diversity policy should contain measurable goals and targets to increase board gender diversity within a reasonable period of time as well as a description of the processes used to monitor the issuer's progress in meeting its goals and targets.
As was the case with the regulatory scheme at issue in the Federation of Law Societies case which targeted money laundering and terrorist financing, the public protection goals behind the OSC's whistleblowing policy should be lauded.
Apart from this, the operations executive work in compliance with company policies and procedures to achieve desired business targets and organization goals.
Conducted meetings with senior management or staff to develop and implement new policies, work procedures, target goal and other objectives.
Coordinated reorganization of purchasing department and materials section to improve efficiency and focus on completing policy deployment goals and targets.
• Generate sales leads through telephone and email contact and direct them to appropriate sales team members • Respond to inquiries regarding the company's services and products according to company policy and protocol • Take orders over the telephone and in person and punch them into the sales system / database • Provide customers with information on the statuses of their orders and inquire into their preferred methods of payment • Assist sales teams in achieving sales outcomes and goals by providing logistical and administrative support • Provide support in carrying out dedicated sales activities and promotions to help meet sales targets • Organize and make arrangements for sales meetings, conferences and seminars • Create and maintain a clear channel / liaison between sales and production departments • Develop correspondence for both in - house and customer communication purposes • Receive, sort and distribute incoming mail to intended recipients • Create and maintain accurate records of customers and ensure that all records are backed up on a regular basis • Assist administrators in preparing and distributing schedules for staff members and oversee them to ensure that they are performing accordingly
Having an experience as an HR person, the post of the HR Director would give me the opportunity to make recruitment plans and policies keeping in mind the target of the company's projects and ultimately focus on effectiveness and efficiency of the employees of the various department to work together for the final goal of the company.