With commodity prices in decline, they want to attract foreign investment by cutting their way to competitiveness: reducing public spending and shrinking government.
The first step is to define "merit" by adopting criteria — like enhancing economic competitiveness, reducing our dependence on foreign oil and cutting greenhouse gas emissions — that will guide spending decisions.
In recent years, concepts drawn from industrial ecology have been used to plan and develop eco-industrial parks (EIPs) that seek to increase business competitiveness, reduce waste and pollution, create jobs and improve working conditions.
According to the OECD, the only way for Portugal to improve competitiveness, reduce its debt burden and fulfil its growth potential is through structural reforms: tackling the inflexible labour market, improving the schools and boosting the efficiency of the legal system.
In general, most cohesion policy analyses have been performed at regional level, especially if we take into account what their main purposes are: improve productivity and competitiveness, reduce transport cost and reach socioeconomic convergence in all European regions.
We will create millions of middle-class jobs along the way, revitalize our manufacturing sector, increase American competitiveness, reduce our dependence on oil, and boost technological innovation.
"As soon as psychological treatment development comes into play my competitiveness gets reduced as it may not be seen as very evidence-based or very scientific.
We are moving quickly and decisively to reverse this by restoring British Columbia's competitive position and making the tough but necessary decisions needed to balance our budget by 2004-05.In order to restore competitiveness, we reduced the top marginal income-tax rate from the highest in North America to the second-lowest in Canada.
"If students in state schools are not offered those opportunities, then their competitiveness is reduced".
The IFC said its investments in Dafiti and Lamoda will go towards supporting business expansion and raising environmental, social, and corporate governance standards, and strengthening competitiveness through reduced operating costs and enhanced efficiency.
