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To encourage the development of the American colonies as raw-material producers and consumers of English manufactured goods, the Cavalier parliament confirmed and reinforced the Navigation Act passed by the prior parliament in 1660, with the new Staple Act in 1663, requiring foreigners trading with the American colonies to transship their goods through English ports.
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To insist on a level of performance in programing and budgeting completely beyond the capabilities of the recipient country would result in the frustration of the basic objective of our development assistance to encourage more rapid growth.
In such a case, however, we would encourage the recipient country to get on with its programing task, supply it with substantial technical assistance in performing that task, and make it plain that an expansion or even a continuation of our assistance to the country's development was conditional upon programing progress being made.
It is vitally important that the new U.S. aid program should encourage all of them, since the main thrust for development must come from the less developed countries themselves.
* Tax holiday ( or tax abatement ) is used in the field of economic development to encourage businesses to relocate, expand, and more currently to retain facilities in a community
In addition to regional peace and stability, U. S. interests in Burkina are to promote continued democratization and greater respect for human rights and to encourage sustainable economic development.
It is hoped that this, combined with some tax reforms to encourage domestic and foreign investment in research and development, will bring in additional FDI to new parts of the economy.
In the struggle to become a technology hub, many cities and states used tax money to fund technology conference centers, advanced infrastructure, and created favorable business and tax law to encourage development of the dot com industry in their locale.
::-Euphoria is interpreted to encourage prototyping and incremental development.
The most important development in this area of special techniques occurred, arguably, in 1899, with the production of the short film Matches: An Appeal, a thirty-second long stop-motion animated piece intended to encourage the audience to send matches to British troops fighting the Boer War.
The second is to promote, as a deliberate act of Government policy, creativity and the dissemination and application of its results and to encourage fair trading which would contribute to economic and social development.
To acknowledge outstanding research contributions to mathematics, through the awarding of scientific prizes and to encourage and support other international mathematical activities, considered likely to contribute to the development of mathematical science in any of its aspects, whether pure, applied, or educational.
The International Tropical Timber Agreement ( ITTA, 1983 ) is an agreement to provide an effective framework for cooperation between tropical timber producers and consumers and to encourage the development of national policies aimed at sustainable utilization and conservation of tropical forests and their genetic resources.
The programs of the IAEA encourage the development of the peaceful applications of nuclear technology, provide international safeguards against misuse of nuclear technology and nuclear materials, and promote nuclear safety ( including radiation protection ) and nuclear security standards and their implementation.
" Its primary functions in this area, according to Article III, are to encourage research and development, to secure or provide materials, services, equipment and facilities for Member States, to foster exchange of scientific and technical information and training.
Rapid economic development was seen as necessary to make the railway pay, and since the African population was accustomed to subsistence rather than export agriculture, the government decided to encourage European settlement in the fertile highlands, which had small African populations.
The new codes are intended to encourage development through tax holidays, zero custom duties, reduced income taxes, and related measures.
Northern Michigan University's vision for education in the 21st century is a learning environment that embraces technology to enhance student access, promote the development of independent learners and encourage greater student-faculty communication and collaboration.
In addition to this he insisted on developing an all encompassing system of tariff protection that would encourage the development of those secondary industries that would " value add " Australia's primary produce.
It was decided that the opportunity should be seized to encourage the development of a national British school of History Painting, and that the paintings should be done in fresco.
It was hoped that this would encourage development of all the country lanes into proper roads ; in turn it was hoped that these would emulate Parisian boulevards — broad, straight and magnificent, but the main intention was to enable troops to be moved quickly.
In international public opinion surveys there is strong support for promoting renewable sources such as solar power and wind power, requiring utilities to use more renewable energy ( even if this increases the cost ), and providing tax incentives to encourage the development and use of such technologies.
Each of these three realms has a particular task: political institutions should establish political equality and protect human rights ; cultural institutions should cultivate the free and unhindered development of such realms as science, art, education and religion ; and economic institutions should encourage producers, distributors and consumers to cooperate to provide for society's needs.
The CGT was modelled on the development of the Bourse de Travail ( labour exchange ), a workers ' central organization which would encourage self-education and mutual aid, and facilitate communication with local workers ' syndicates.
In the last few years, sites have appeared such as Orion's Arm and Galaxiki, which encourage collaborative development of science fiction universes.
A campaign is currently underway ( reported on BBC Radio 4, Today programme, 10 July 2004 ) to encourage emigration from the UK to Saint Helena to aid development of the economy.
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It should be American policy not only to encourage effective land reform programs but also to underline the relation of such reforms to the economic growth and modernization of the society.
This American empire was at first a disappointment, as the natives had little to trade, though settlement did encourage trade.
According to the American Productivity & Quality Center (" APQC ") there are basic principles an organization can develop to encourage and reward innovation.
However, the agreement has caused accusations that these measures would encourage a pro-American bias within the service and would help American win the ' Information War '.
She encouraged other African Americans to learn their ancestry and join the lineage associations, to encourage a wider sense of American history.
Meant to encourage shy students to voice their opinions as well as to foster the development of critical thinking skills, Harkness is widespread at many American schools.
According to its website, Freedom House " emerged from an amalgamation of two groups that had been formed, with the quiet encouragement of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to encourage popular support for American involvement in World War II at a time when isolationist sentiments were running high in the United States.
Acheson believed the best way to contain Stalin's Communism and prevent future European conflict was to restore economic prosperity to Western Europe, to encourage interstate cooperation there, and to help the American economy by making its trading partners richer.
In 1979 Monsanto established the Edgar Monsanto Queeny safety award in honor of its former CEO ( 1928 &# 8209 ; 1960 ), an annual $ 2, 000 prize given to a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers to encourage accident prevention.
Disney made this film primarily to persuade and encourage American industry and various corporations to opt in and help Walt Disney Productions in the creation and running of EPCOT.
Efforts to encourage the American Emigrant Company to provide funds of $ 2, 000 to start a school lost out to a rival project in Belvidere.
Federalist Society members helped to encourage President George W. Bush ’ s decision to terminate the American Bar Association ’ s nearly half-century-old monopoly on rating judicial nominees ' qualifications for office.
They wanted to avoid the taxes the US put on their operations, in its effort to encourage American traders instead.
Through media relations, lobbying, and education, CAIR presents an Islamic perspective on issues of importance to the American public, and seeks to empower the American Muslim community and encourage its social and political activism.
CAIR's mission statement is " to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding ".
CAIR also held its first voter registration drive in 1996 ; CAIR continues to encourage active political participation by American Muslims, for them to address political candidates and elected representatives with greater frequency.
With association football ( or soccer ) being the traditionally popular sport in Europe and American football being a relative newcomer, the rules were changed slightly to encourage a greater element of kicking which was intended to make the game more enjoyable for soccer and rugby fans.
Programs of this nature inspire and honor community responsibility, contribute to the future of American volunteerism and encourage a sense of caring for others.
This campaign will encourage the North American Jewish community to examine the risks and rewards of peace for Israel and the Palestinians, and to undertake critical, constructive public dialogue on the most pressing social issues facing Israel today — including the status of Arab citizens of Israel and other minorities, as well as other issues of inequality and discrimination.
Mitchel resigned from the paper and toured as a spokesman for the South / In 1857 in Knoxville, Tennessee, he founded a new paper, the Southern Citizen to promote " the value and virtue of slavery, both for negroes and white men ", advocate the reopening of the African slave trade and encourage the spread of slavery into the American West.
Jackson elected to stay at MIT for her doctoral work, in part to encourage more African American students to attend the institution.
Hence, they devised the Scientific American Aeronautic Trophy in order to encourage the development of a heavier-than-air flying machine.
SMARxT Disposal is a joint program run by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the American Pharmacists Association, and PhRMA to encourage consumers to properly dispose of unused medicines in order to avoid harm to the environment.
The National Forensic League is a non-partisan, non-profit educational honor society established to encourage and motivate American high school students to participate in and become proficient in the forensic arts: debate, public speaking and interpretation.
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