THE USE OF FISCAL INSTRUMENTS IN SUSTAINABLE BUILDING POLICIES M.M. Sunikka1 Abstract Although progressive government guidelines and knowledge about sustainable building exist‚ sustainability measures are not adopted in large scale. Several barriers have been identified‚ especially the perceived costs of implementing environmental management and the lack of market demand. The choice of fiscal instruments is an important issue in sustainable building policies. This paper presents an analysis
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Reagan’s fiscal policies Many believe that Ronald Reagan is one of the best conservative presidents in United States history. Reagan (February 6‚ 1911-June 5‚ 2004) was the 40th president of the United States from 1981-1989. He originally was a member of the Democratic Party‚ but due to the parties’ shifting platforms during the 1950’s‚ switched to the Republican Party in 1962. Out of the many things Reagan was famous for‚ he was notorious for his implementation of supply-side fiscal policy. Ronald
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ONE 1. INTRODUCTION Housing is one of the necessities of life like food and clothing. Shelter has been universally accepted as the second most important essential human need after food. Housing in its entire ramification is more than mere shelter since it embraces all the social services and utilities that go to make a community a neighborhood and habitable. The problem is not only restricted to quantity but also to the poor quality of available housing unit and the environment. The result
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Pakistan’s socio-political front has always been a cause of limelight‚ be it due to changing political scenarios or implementation‚ enactment or revival of new economic policies. This report is an overview of the fiscal policy of Pakistan from the years 2000 to 20007. It focuses fiscal policy trends in the past few years from policy changes such as introduction of new taxes‚ abolition of a few‚ change in the ratio of direct and indirect tax‚ the number of people falling under tax brackets‚ data documentation
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NATIONAL POLICY FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN (2001) | IntroductionThe principle of gender equality is enshrined in the Indian Constitution in its Preamble‚ Fundamental Rights‚ Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles. The Constitution not only grants equality to women‚ but also empowers the State to adopt measures of positive discrimination in favour of women.Within the framework of a democratic polity‚ our laws‚ development policies‚ Plans and programmes have aimed at women’s advancement in
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NATIONAL LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT POLICY 1. Introduction Livestock plays an important role in the national economy of Bangladesh with a direct contribution of 2.95% percent to the agricultural GDP (Bangladesh Economic Review‚ 2006) and providing 15 percent of total employment in the economy. The livestock sub-sector that includes poultry offers important employment and livelihood opportunities particularly for the rural poor‚ including the functionally landless‚ many of whom regard livestock
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1) Describe the general policy objectives for monetary policy As a member of the Eurosystem‚ the Bank of Greece does not retain control of its policy objectives. Monetary policy is set by the European Central Bank In following the policy objectives of the European Central Bank‚ Greece’s monetary policy maintains the primary objective of achieving price stability. This general objective has been quantified as achieving an inflation rate below‚ but close to‚ to 2% on the medium term. 2) Operating
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trade‚ hotel and restaurants‚ transport and communication sector is strongly supported by the agriculture sector. Besides‚ about 43.6 percent of the total labour forces of the country are engaged in agriculture sector (MES‚ 2009‚ BBS). In the current fiscal year (FY 2009-10)‚ Bangladesh earned US$ 687.53 million by exporting agricultural products which is 4.24 percent of total export earnings (US$16‚204.65 million). In addition to the exports of main agricultural commodities such as‚ raw jute‚ jute goods
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Fiscal policy is the change in taxes and spending that affect the level of GDP (O’Sullivan‚ p.212‚ 2008). When fiscal policies are put into place‚ the goal is to see the economy grow to healthy levels. Other reasons for fiscal policies could include stabilizing the economy. These policies are supposed to help the economy run at its full potential. Congress and the President are supposed to be constantly working to maintain a healthy economy. There are times however‚ that a poorly timed move
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causes………………………………………………………………5 3.The impacts on China’s trade policy…………………………………..6 3.1 European sovereign debt crisis led to the RMB was appreciated……………….6 3.2 Affect China’s exports to European countries……………………………………7 3.3 With the RMB appreciation of non-US currencies‚ speculative capital inflows may increase…………………………………………………………………………..7 3.4 The shrink issue of foreign exchange reserves…………………………………..8 3.5 European debt crisis affect the process of global economic recovery…………...8 Conclusion………………………………………………………………
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