Traduction de «Gross social product » (Anglais → Français) :

In order to better take into account the specific nature of natural disasters which, although having serious repercussions for the economic and social development of the regions concerned, do not reach the minimum scale required to benefit from a financial contribution from the Fund, the criteria for regional natural disasters should be determined based on the damage calculable by reference to regional gross domestic product (GDP), whereby the specific structural social and economic situation, compounded by the sp ...[+++]ecial features of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Martin, the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, as outermost regions within the meaning of Article 349 TFEU, justifies the establishment for them of a special threshold of 1 % of the GDP as a derogation.

The Union is committed to achieving the Europe 2020 strategy which set the objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, highlighting the role of research and innovation as key drivers of social and economic prosperity and of environmental sustainability and setting itself the goal of increasing spending on research and development in order to attract private investment of up to two thirds of total investments, thereby reaching an accumulative total of 3 % of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020 while dev ...[+++]eloping an innovation intensity indicator.

Unfortunately for these women, federal social spending as a share of gross domestic product is currently at the lowest level in 50 years. That is despite the fact that governments have enjoyed incredible surpluses over the last 10 years.

Pierre Fortin, a very well-known Quebec economist, has shown that the money given to these enterprises basically compensates for the loss of productivity linked to the handicapped, and that the cost of these people, who no other enterprise would be willing to hire and who would otherwise be on welfare, is much higher than the contribution to the social enterprises that are out on the market creating all kinds of employment and increasing the gross national ...[+++]product of Canada.

Among the problems of common interest in this field, the Commission has selected three which, it fells, are of particular signifiance for a new and more detailed phase of the exchange of views which has been going since 1983 in the wake of the initial communication on this topic which the Commission sent to the Council in 1982. They are the problems underlying the financing of current or projected needs in terms of social protection expenditure, the implication of demographic trends and the worsening problem of marginalization (the "new poor") which is affecting or threatening a considerable number of people in the Member States. 1. Fin ...[+++]ancing problems In spite of steps taken to curb the growth in social expenditure over the last few years, the public authorities were long unable to restore financial equilibrium and were thus obliged to impose new social charges or taxes. In 1984, the percentage of the gross domestic product accounted for by current public revenue -up to two thirds of which is destined for the financing of social protection - was close to 50% in most Member States.

Among the problems of common interest in this field, the Commission has selected three which, it fells, are of particular signifiance for a new and more detailed phase of the exchange of views which has been going since 1983 in the wake of the initial communication on this topic which the Commission sent to the Council in 1982. They are the problems underlying the financing of current or projected needs in terms of social protection expenditure, the implication of demographic trends and the worsening problem of marginalization (the "new poor") which is affecting or threatening a considerable number of people in the Member States. 1. Fin ...[+++]ancing problems In spite of steps taken to curb the growth in social expenditure over the last few years, the public authorities were long unable to restore financial equilibrium and were thus obliged to impose new social charges or taxes. In 1984, the percentage of the gross domestic product accounted for by current public revenue -up to two thirds of which is destined for the financing of social protection - was close to 50% in most Member States.