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At the primary and secondary levels, charter schools (publicly funded independent schools) run by for-profit companies are 20% less likely than non-profit institutions to meet proficiency standards, with some of the weakest results coming from the largest for-profit institutions.
For example, with respect to sharks, existing sanctions against “finning” under Regional Fisheries Management Organizations should be enforced, backed up by an independent system of on-board observers to ensure that trawlers comply.
Sensible debt strategies, a professional and independent debt office, and a clear legal framework for public borrowing have become more important than ever.
The Leavers also comprise three groups: Thatcherites who view Brussels as a “super-state” bent on stifling free enterprise; a partly overlapping group that envisages Britain as an independent part of a global free-trade system; and the “left-behinds” who want to preserve Britain’s cultural identity and keep out foreigners.
At that point, the future of an independent Iraq itself will be called into question.
America needs allies, and is not preoccupied by their potential independent strength.
After all, the Iraqi Shia are Arabs, and if they are now willing to coordinate their activities with their Persian counterparts, their main goal will always be to secure an independent course as soon as possible, even while they carry on with their internecine disputes within Iraq.
There are no independent inspectorates monitoring these hospitals to protect patients’ rights, and there are no advocacy services on behalf of people with mental disabilities.
On taking office, Russia’s new president, Dmitry Medvedev, should order an independent review process to help end the country’s pattern of stigmatizing and discriminating against people with disabilities.
Elections are meaningful only if they are perceived to be free and fair, which requires independent referees.
We demanded an independent judiciary, because we believed that democracy and prosperity are impossible without the rule of law, and that the rule of law requires a judiciary that can act as a constraint on the government.
The problem has been that because we have lacked an independent judiciary, we have not had an independent election commission.
But in the last 16 years it has begun to reap the fruits of genuine democratic competition, because an independent judiciary and electoral commission gives people confidence that their vote can make a difference.
After all, it was out of their complicated marriage of ideas that independent India was born.
After the economic crisis of 2001, the authorities fixed the price of energy in nominal pesos and kept it there for years, even though inflation was running at 20% or more (according to independent estimates, that is; official figures are cooked to show lower inflation).
The OECD recommends placing firms at arms-length from politicians’ short-term interests, appointing independent boards, enhancing disclosure, monitoring conflicts of interests, and hiring professional managers.
If Russia fails in its attempt to become an independent center of power to rival the US (and eventually China), what role will it play?
France, uniquely in Western Europe, built its own independent nuclear deterrent, and has been a champion of creating a European military capacity outside NATO.
The Gaullist dream of creating an independent power center never succeeded, but the role of “awkward partner” has given a distinctive flavor to French diplomacy, and it may be equally viable for a shrunken, proud, but no longer hegemonic Russia.
Stalin’s decision in 1932 to force independent farmers – the kulaks – into large collectivized farms caused 3.3 million Ukrainians and ethnic Poles to starve to death the following year.
Last year, Putin reorganized the RIA Novosti news agency, firing 40% of its staff, including its relatively independent management.
He bought Thailand's only independent TV station and sacked 23 journalists for being too independent.
There was a vibrant multiparty parliamentary democracy, with an independent judiciary and one of the world’s earliest movements for female emancipation.
They are held accountable for their choices by voters, other elected officials (in the form of parliamentary scrutiny), and independent media.
Today, I write as a member of The Elders, a group of independent leaders founded by Nelson Mandela to work for peace, justice, and human rights.
National power utilities must become nimble – willing to work with independent and individual power producers – and enable smart grids that can better manage supply and demand.
The Commission was originally created as a technocratic body relatively independent of either national or supranational control - correctly so, given its mandate.
Adjustment to shocks is also independent of location in the US.
Both countries – indeed, the world – would be better served by a diplomatic outcome in which Iran accepted severe limits on any independent uranium enrichment activity it could undertake and agreed to place all of its nuclear-related facilities under highly intrusive international inspection in exchange for economic benefits and security assurances.
Using Boston as an example again, let’s cautiously assume that the city could earn a 3% yield on its commercial assets with more professional and politically independent management.
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