Among them: euro-zone-wide unemployment insurance to supplement national benefits when economic shocks hit some countries harder than others.
On April 18th it also called for exportability of national unemployment benefits.
While these benefits do not necessarily translate into direct economic advantages for the local communities where materials are collected there are significant national and global benefits, both environmental and economic, from recycling.
The trouble for them, however, is that every reputable study -- headed by the most exhaustive of them all, the 1997 National Academy of Science study -- finds that the economic benefits of immigration are very small, fractions of a penny for each dollar of national income, with the largest share of those benefits captured by the immigrants themselves.
To do so, Rizk and Machol gathered data based on state electricity profiles, fuel type, and national averages for the benefits per ton of emissions.
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And it will not affect national security, including benefits for veterans.
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Meanwhile, the overwhelming majority of people still live in specific places and depend on local and national governments for social benefits, beginning with items as basic as stable currencies.
Currently he said, local authorities were reimbursed for any unforeseen expenditure and government grant met the full cost of the benefit scheme, as part of the overall national scheme of welfare benefits, which was the responsibility of the Department for Work and Pensions.
We know the folks we met with this week understand the economic benefits of the national outdoor recreation system.
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Under current law, a person who this year is 76 years old will receive cash benefits under the national pension system 8.3 times the amount that he paid into the system.
No 10 stressed, an hour before Mr Cameron's speech, that no decision had been taken but the PM wanted to look at whether "it makes sense if you set all benefits at the national level or whether there should be some local or regional element".
The bills include funds to administer unemployment benefits, for foster care and adoption help, to keep national parks and museums open, for many veterans benefits, and for Meals on Wheels, which provides dinners for needy senior citizens.
The Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration, and National Cemetery Administration homepages have also been revamped.
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The proportion of people on state benefits is twice the national average, as is the proportion of Liverpudlians who lack formal qualifications.
But in these other areas, international law is more akin to contractual agreements, in which benefits are reciprocal and national sovereignty remains largely unaffected.
Lady Pitkeathley, vice president of the Carers National Association, argued that the benefits of delivering more effective and efficient care were obvious to patients and the wider community.
Development and assembly of the International Space Station now culminates the largest, most complex initiative in human history, a testament to great potentials and peaceful benefits of multi-national collaboration.
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Big national infrastructure projects do not spread benefits equally.
If we can improve our systems, we may be able to reap many of the benefits of having a national identity card without the burden or cost of actually having to implement one.
This suggests that a better way to deal with enlargement fatigue might be to keep advertising the benefits of expansion (national governments must do this, as well as the commission), and guard the credibility of the process more carefully.
The Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS), a UN system-wide initiative, will amplify the benefits from global to national levels of efforts to adapt to climate variability and change for improved health, water management, disaster risk reduction, agriculture and food security from 2013.
Energy efficiency can save trillions in national costs, but its side benefits are often even more valuable: 6% to 16% higher labor productivity in efficient offices, 20% to 26% faster learning in well-day-lit schools, 40% higher sales in well-day-lit shops, faster healing in efficient hospitals.
Say we were examining the costs and benefits of a 20 mph national speed limit.
Ms. Scheiner espouses the economic benefits to the large, national employers she is looking to target: She says individuals with Asperger's tend to be loyal employees and focused.
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And it won't affect national security spending, including veterans' benefits.
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They think this may be a once in a lifetime opportunity to change the paradigm, '' says Joseph Martingale , national leader for health care strategy at benefits consultants Watson Wyatt (nyse: WW - news - people ).
Second, Kerry should take this opportunity to strengthen cooperation over issues that can provide mutual benefits in the areas of national security and the economy, such as counternarcotics, counterterrorism, as well as sustaining oil trade: the United States currently imports just under 1 million barrels a day from Venezuela.
In December 2009, President Barack Obama directed the department to examine four specific areas: combat pay, benefits and pay for the National Guard and Reserve, compensation for wounded service members and their survivors and pay incentives for key defense jobs, such as drone operators, special operations forces, linguists and mental health professionals.
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