Danuta Hubner, the Polish government's representative at the convention, says her country regards the ability to set its own taxes as a necessary tool in its bid to close the economic gap with western Europe.
"Today's announcement isn't just about faster trains - high-speed rail will create up to 30, 000 station-supported jobs in Manchester and help to drive productivity in the region, bridging the economic gap between the North and the South, " he said.
Unleashing women's economic potential and closing the gender gap in economic participation is the best prescription for economic growth in the United States, in the Asia-Pacific region, and around the world because we know we cannot win the future unless our entire workforce is empowered.
Even so, according to the World Economic Forum the gap between male and female participation in the workforce in Japan remains larger than in any other developed country.
And perhaps it hasn't noticed that the closing of the gap in economic development and in GDP is hardly unique to Scotland.
Today the gap between economic giants has shrunk to less that 35%.
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The fiscal and economic challenges are conspicuous: a substantial and intractable gap between public spending and tax revenues in the US at a time of anaemic economic growth.
His words echoed those of the World Economic Forum in its annual Gender Gap Report.
That in a nutshell is the not-so-surprising conclusion of the World Economic Forum's Corporate Gender Gap Report issued today.
The gap between the relative economic performances of towns and cities across the UK is widening, a report has said.
Beginning in the 1970s, economic growth slowed and the income gap widened.
Closing the gap could be an economic boon for many countries.
All the eurozone ministers have to do is agree in principle to fill the funding gap in the Greek economic programme, which they will now do on Sunday.
Dr. Kozue Kay Nagata, UNESCO Representative to Pakistan, highlighted the role of good quality Early Childhood Education (ECE) in bridging the gap of socio-economic inequalities between rich and poor, and elimination of discrimination in the society.
Martin Barnes of Bank Credit Analyst, a research firm, points out that the direction of official policy (low rates, quantitative easing, big deficits) looks inflationary but the economic fundamentals (a big output gap, sluggish credit growth) look deflationary.
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The survey quotes research that says closing the male-female employment gap would have huge economic implications for developed economies, boosting U.S. GDP by as much as 9%, eurozone GDP by as much as 13% and Japanese GDP by as much as 16%.
The gap between Western and Eastern economic performance eventually became a political issue.
According to these data, the earnings gap between those with degrees and those with only GSCE or equivalent was 85% in 2010, indicating that there remains a significant economic return to advanced education, though the gap has substantially narrowed since 1993, when it was 95%.
In the 2011 Global Gender Gap Index Report compiled by the World Economic Forum, the Philippines ranked 8 out of nearly 180 countries indexed.
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What everyone hopes is that this gap can and will be met through economic growth-generated incremental income and other tax revenues (while some also secretly are counting on inflation).
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It came eighth in the world - higher than the US and UK - for its progress in bridging the gender gap between the sexes by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2011.
"If we close the achievement gap, then a big chunk of economic inequality in this society is diminished, " he said, arguing that getting our kids up to speed involves better teachers, greater accountability, and a combination of more resources and education reform.
The biggest economic problem the U.S. faces is the gap between the supply of workers and the number of jobs that companies are creating.
His hope is that she will continue to energize the GOP's economic and social conservative base while simultaneously closing the gender gap and buttressing his pro-reform image.
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Argentina still suffers from a yawning credibility gap with investors, due to its shortsighted economic policies in general, and its meddling with the inflation figures in particular.
The fact that the deficit commission is focused on federal deficits and not the long-term fiscal gap is indicative of how much damage the economic labeling problem is causing.
We discussed the pivotal role of education in ASEAN in promoting human resources development, bridging the development gap, enhancing regional competitiveness, promoting sustained economic development, and facilitating friendship and mutual understanding among people in the region.
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If the above is not enough, it must be remembered about Paulson that, if the markets had been allowed to work their magic, that his successful bet against housing would have very much reduced the lifestyle gap that is always the certain result of economic achievement.
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