Lord Howe said the strategy would cover the social and health impacts of alcohol misuse, and set out the future roles of central and local government and the third sector in tackling the problem.
For anyone doing business in China, understanding the relationship, differences and interplay between the central and local governments is critical.
To address issues related to environment, climate change and disaster risk management, the UN will support central and local authorities in the sustainable management of the environment and natural resources across all sectors, and better environmental education and awareness - ultimately contributing to sustainable economic growth and increased quality of life.
He said the issue raised a bigger question abut the relationship between central and local government in education, and warned that EIS support for the central role of councils is not unconditional.
He said every effort was being made by the Scottish Executive and central government to ensure the local economy remained strong.
There is some evidence that the usual pattern of these loans is they find their way to the central government and the debts get rolled over by the local municipal banking system.
The committee will hear from witnesses from local councils and central government - including Sir Bob Kerslake, the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Communities and Local Government.
The White Paper proposed a "welcome change" in the relationship between central and local government, he said.
Such essential questions as the proper relation between religion and the state, and between central and local government, remain to be resolved.
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Take it slow (if that is at all possible in the vehicular maelstrom of central Beirut) and try not to develop the local fondness for speeding around blind mountain bends.
Housing sales picked up in the second quarter, with first-time home buyers and those moving up accelerated purchases as the central bank eased policy and local governments lifted some restrictions.
Penelope Lacroix grew up in the St Henri neighbourhood of central Montreal, and says everyone knew where the local Hell's Angels "bunker" or headquarters was.
The bill hands powers from central government to local councils and neighbourhoods as part of the government's Big Society agenda.
Though the number of people working for the government fell by 6.4% between April 2010 and April 2012, the government public pay bill (central and local) actually rose by 2%.
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Under Cuomo, the department has taken much of the local control away from regional spokesmen and given it to the central office in Albany.
"Changes in the wider economy - including cuts by central and local government to things like concessionary fare reimbursement levels and the bus service operator's grant, have also taken their toll but despite this we do everything we can to keep fares as low as possible, " she added.
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Design and implementation has and will involve the participation and partnership of central and local government, demonstrated by their commitment to co-finance various activities.
The central government and the autonomous region may both be happy now with the idea of local people getting some much needed money from a multinational corporation.
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"Our targets are demanding and require innovative measures and effective partnerships, involving central and local government, the police and road safety organisations, " he said.
Under the scheme, powers such as the ability to set and spend budgets are devolved from central government to local authorities in a bid to increase growth.
Much of the increase came from the newer democracies of central and eastern Europe, where there was less trust in local judicial systems.
Nick Bourne (Leader of the Welsh Conservatives) asked about the impact of his policies on local government expenditure and accused central government of presiding over a fall in local authority spending, but an increase in council tax.
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After Obama met one-on-one Chinchilla, the first woman to head the Central American nation, the two leaders were serenaded by local schoolchildren waving U.S. and Costa Rican flags.
He noted that over the past half-century, the central organization of the Vatican had gotten too large, inefficient and lost focus on what is happening in local parishes.
The BBC's Andrew Hosken said few people appreciated the central vetting role played by the DoH, believing it was mainly an issue between local trusts and individual staff members.
Ten years ago branch networks were decided by the Bank of Italy, the central bank, lending was tightly regulated and two-thirds of the banking system was in the hands of central or local government.
Central government, the local community and environmentalists agreed to put land and forest of significance in the control of the Department of Conservation, with a small area of 50, 000 hectares made available for sustainable indigenous forest harvesting.
The Indonesian government announced on March 5, 2012, that all foreign mining companies in Indonesia have 10 years to transfer their ownership by at least 51% to the Indonesian central, state and local governments.
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In a book to be published in November, Wu Jinglian, China's most respected economist, notes that until a decade ago provincial branches of commercial banks borrowed funds directly from provincial offices of the central bank and lent them to local customers.
Mr Kneese gave credit to the work of Genossenschaften, co-operatives run by industry and local government with the lightest of controls from central government.
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