"It makes much more sense for an authority to impose structural measures, " said Hofstetter.
Ashraf al-Araby, the planning minister, played down the idea on Sunday, adding that broad structural measures were needed.
Understand the full range of flood management measures (structural and non structural measures).
The participants of the workshop were oriented with global best practices, structural and non-structural measures including appropriate preparedness measures at school level in the context of school safety.
The participants observed that there is need to have significant investment in the structural measures for flood management, for example, the government of Japan spends at least one percent of the GDP on flood management activities on a yearly basis.
As part of its mid-term strategic initiatives announced in April 2012, Sony identified resource optimization as one of the key initiatives for transforming its electronics business and Sony has since been progressively implementing various structural reform measures to optimize costs, streamline its overall organization, accelerate decision-making processes and establish firm foundations for sustainable future growth.
ENGADGET: Sony restructuring in Japan: camera lens plant to close with loss of 2,000 jobs
In its prior corporate strategy announcement, Sony stated that through the combination of these structural reform measures and business portfolio realignment it expected to reduce headcount across the entire Sony Group, primarily in the electronics business, by approximately 10, 000 in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 ("FY12"), including approximately 3, 000 to 4, 000 in Japan.
ENGADGET: Sony restructuring in Japan: camera lens plant to close with loss of 2,000 jobs
While the markets rallied on the increased liquidity measures, the structural problems of the European Union have not just gone away.
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They will insist on the structural processes for effective austerity measures and oversight with the goal being to gain supranational authority in Brussels.
The list of work includes fire precaution measures, some structural repairs, making sure asbestos is sealed off and contained and refurbishing the kitchens.
Like its sister socialist economies, Poland has previously experimented unsuccessfully with austerity measures unaccompanied by profound structural change.
The biggest criticism of Mr Tremonti has nothing to do with tax cuts, and everything to do with a failure to push through measures to tackle the structural weaknesses of the Italian economy.
For the next 20 years, using flashy names like Fiscal Structural Reform Act, Emergency Employment Measures and Policy Measures of Economic Rebirth, the government cut taxes, increased spending and borrowed money to finance itself.
Almost any significant progress Italy has made in recent decades toward overhauling its economy has been achieved despite its politicians, whether structural adjustments required under EU obligations or measures introduced by technocratic governments in response to specific crises.
But if a chunk of America's unemployment is structural, its policymakers need urgently to think beyond stimulus measures, and also to adopt more targeted policies to help the millions stuck in the wrong place with the wrong skills.
Under pressure from the European Commission, which frowns upon one-off measures, Mr Papaconstantinou says he will immediately tackle the structural reforms that his ineffectual predecessor, Yiannis Papathanassiou, had postponed.
Slower economy growth will make it harder for the administration of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to implement austerity measures, rein in deficits, and move forward with structural reform. (Read As Europe And The U.S. March Toward Recession, Markets Are Waiting For Godot).
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But the financial measures are designed to restore stability so that the longer term structural issues can be resolved.
It has put off needed structural reforms of provincial finance and the state, although it does plan measures to slim the cost of politics.
Politicians, having been unwilling to push through painful structural reforms in relatively good times, are even more reluctant to put forward tough measures when times are bad.
They include measures to re-target pay to reward contribution, increase local flexibility and make important structural changes to enable further reform.
Some countries are introducing structural reforms - like making it easier to hire and fire workers - but such growth-boosting measures will take time.
It also meant the government would get through the rest of the measures in its Local Government Bill, which includes plans for more directly-elected mayors and structural reforms to councils.
October 19, 2012 - Sony Corporation ("Sony" or "the Company") today announced additional steps it is taking to accelerate structural reforms of its headquarters and electronics business operations in Japan, including consolidating certain manufacturing operations and expediting measures to reduce its headcount.
ENGADGET: Sony restructuring in Japan: camera lens plant to close with loss of 2,000 jobs
Accordingly, this week's measures look like the kind of one-off devices that are snortingly dismissed as failing to tackle structural problems when countries like Italy try them.
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