Sentence examples for significant spur from inspiring English sources

A value-added tax that doesn't fall most heavily on lower-income Americans could be a significant spur to growth, because it doesn't tax savings.

In an echo of the conclusion of Amartya Sen and others that democracy reduces the likelihood of famine due to improved information flows and pressure on government, our 116-country study finds that improved governance is a significant spur to improved water and sanitation coverage.

Despite newspaper stories reporting panic, stigmatizing reactions and a mix of likely effective and ineffective responses to the risk posed by the outbreak, Kinsman's [ 25] account of the media's coverage does not suggest that the media was itself a significant spur to these reactions.

This will bring significant savings, spur innovative cost reductions in private insurance -- and most importantly, help people get healthier and stay healthier.

In Turker and Selcuk's (2008) study, similar to Wu and Wu's (2008) and Lee and Wong's (2004), educational setting is seen as a significant factor spurring entrepreneurship.

That can help spur significant shareholder interest out of the gate.

The project will also create jobs and spur significant economic development.

The Bank of Japan tried it from 2001 to 2006, but didn't end deflation or spur significant loan growth.

The emissions trading system is now the bloc's most meaningful market driver, but it would need to rise - perhaps by a factor of 10 - to spur significant fuel-switching.

The current rate of growth in the economy is 2.4percentt, and many economists say that in order to spur significant new job growth, the economy must expand at the rate of 4percentt.

Unfortunately, it will take far greater monthly growth than the 200,000 jobs created in December — and higher quality jobs — to spur significant consumer spending and a self-reinforcing recovery.