…Many welfare programs undermine the institution of the family — and the benefits brought by stable two-parent households — by including marriage penalties. …The principle of subsidiarity dictates that the independent sector, communities, and local and state governments should be empowered rather ...
2. the territory occupied by such a community 3. the sphere of power in such a community 4. one of a number of areas or communities having their own governments and forming a federation under a sovereign government, as in the US 5. the body politic of a particular sovereign power,...
The NPC Standing Committee has made and adopted the Yangtze River conservation law; governments at all levels have been implementing a 10-year fishing ban on the Yangtze River; procuratorial and judicial organs have launched a severe crackdown on illegal sand mining and fishing in accordance with ...
In other cases, by contrast, governments and bureaucrats have looted the economic wealth of their own societies, impeding economic progress and ensuring the transfer of this wealth to incompetent and ineffective leaders. In yet, other cases, state –led development has yielded mixed results; the ...
1990, Thatcher's Conservative governments were vigorously committed to neoliberal ideas which had been spreading internationally through the 1970s, promot- ing unfettered free enterprise and a small state, cutting back and privatizing state welfare, arguing that this would stimu- late economic growth....
One way that governments can influence the price of alcohol is by taxing its producers or sellers, who pass the cost on to consumers. This is comparable to taxes on tobacco, which scores of studies show to be a powerful tool for reducing smoking. A large body of evidence shows that ...
The Central and State Governments initiated process of disinvestment and decontrol in various PSUs. Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GSFC) was one of such PSUs. It was promoted in 1962 by the State Government of Gujarat (GoG) with its 49% equity share, as a joint sector ...
as today, with post-COVID recovery and green transition plans being put in place by national governments across the world: some $3 billion worldwide has been allocated to ‘building back better’ and making the economic growth necessarily more green, more inclusive and just, and more resilient...
However, China’s SOE reforms are promoted from the top down, which inevitably leads to a lack of motivation for reform at lower levels or from the bottom up. This is evident from the dilatory implementation of the reform policies by local governments and the resistance of local SOE incumbents...
d also like to say thank-you to all the governments and nations who have given understanding, care and assistance to China in its COVID-19 response. The virus cannot defeat humanity; we will eventually prevail. The darkest hour will pass. Looking ahead, we can see light and hope. With ...