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New London County School Case Study

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The state of New London County School maintenance is a serious concern due to budget constraints. The city’s public works have been notoriously underfunded for years, which without funds to fix the schools can shut them down. Public works Director Brian Sear stated, “Whatever we build we have to make sure we put in an honest maintenance budget.” This is a definite concern because if too much is requested, it gets denied with a lower amount than necessary given, and if too low is requested, then the school is stuck with insufficient funds for serious maintenance and mechanical issues that may arise. City Councilor Martha Marx agreed but noted that funding for the school maintenance for the new schools would be a major issue in the coming years. The district has more than tripled its proposed budget in the next year. When School …show more content…

International trade and subdued investment combined conspired to the slowest world growth since 2009. World bank economic growth is expected to rise to 2.7% in 2017 from 2.3% last year. Throughout Europe and Japan, monetary support and fiscal policies should help support economy activity this year. In China, growth is projected around 6.5% which reflects certain factors like uncertainty about global trade, and private investments. China accounts for about one-tenth of all global imports and exports, and roughly one fifth of investment accounts but has slowed from 21% to 10% in the last few years. With the recovery in certain commodity prices, like oil, the divergence is expected to narrow heavily. The environment the world is in right is a difficult one, negative interest rates constrict monetary policies and may warrant more fiscal policies. What needs to be done is to initiate more useful policies to include human capital, investment, global technology transfer, and heavily promoting trade in order to obtain at least some level of positive

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