Sentences with phrase «weak governance»

The advantage of carbon taxes relative to binding emissions reductions is particularly applicable to countries with weak governance structures.

Doing so will require significant efforts to address historical forest sector challenges, including weak governance.

«In fact,» Russell notes, «both the Inquisition and the Parlement or supreme court of France, where you have some strong central authority, were very effective in restraining the convictions for witchcraft — most of which come out of isolated areas of weak governance.

A flawed democracy is a country with free elections but weighed down by weak governance, an underdeveloped political culture and low levels of political participation, according to the EIU.

He said if weak governance and weak teaching was not tackled, «just [by] changing the name badge we can't expect to get the same increase in standards.»

I haven't yet decided which way I'll vote at the upcoming annual meeting, but I have to say that Michael Smith has kind of done this to himself through weak governance and poor shareholder communication.

We are concerned about the Company's strategic direction, approach to capital allocation, and weak governance oversight.

As climate change impacts interact with features of the social, economic and political landscape, countries with weak governance systems will become overwhelmed, and face a high risk of falling into political instability and violent conflict.

And finally, to deal with the issue of weak governance and accountability — according to the paper, the single biggest impediment to a holistic approach to health governance in the country is the lack of convergence between ministries related to health, water, sanitation, and national vertical targeted programmes.

Years of declining trust in public institutions well before President Donald Trump took power led the EIU to demote the U.S. from a full democracy to a flawed democracy — a nation it defines as having free elections but weighed down by weak governance — for the first time in 2016.

With its warnings of depleted bank reserves, weak governance, and political uncertainty, the IMF's account reads more like the analysis of a war - ravaged economic basket - case than the prospects for a developed economy in one of the richest economic zones in the world.

It did, however, «raise a concern that the weak governance structure at the company undermined the credibility of the claim by Tesla that the acquisition of SolarCity made sense,» he said.

In a country the size of Europe with some of the weakest governance structures in the world and divided by a history of violence and conflict, it is not enough to help with the logistics of ordering ballot boxes.

Weak governance, gross insensitivity and unacceptable levels of incompetence have been compounded by battles of attrition in which northerners have sapped each other's» strength.

Some of the lowest - ranking nations face broader challenges, such as civil unrest, but the low scores for others can be attributed to weak governance, they note.

Even so, weak governance and poor performance in places like Ohio and among virtual charters in several states created headwinds for the whole enterprise.

In secondary schools where improvement has stalled, or standards have declined, inspectors identified the common characteristics: poor and inconsistent leadership; ineffective middle management; too much low - level disruption; the most able not being challenged; a failure to narrow the gap for disadvantaged pupils, and; weak governance and oversight.

Weak governance was also flagged with four trusts exposed as lacking in these areas - namely Theale Green Academy Trust, Durham Free School Limited, the Business Academy Bexley, and the Bishop of Rochester Academy Trust.

Weak governance in any one of these areas is a recipe for disaster.

Nber Working Paper Series the Fiscal Cost of Weak Governance: Evidence from Teacher Absence in India

Strengthening governance and enforcement mechanisms has helped establish effective management, transparency, and the rule of law in central Africa and Brazil in the face of weak governance, corruption, complex political structures, and long - prevalent dominance of rural areas by entrenched elites.

However, as the original article puts it, its not just ideal growing conditions which are attracting foreign investment, its weak governance and rule of law.

3) Corruption and weak governance.