decision-making authority
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authority
noun
uk/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Women from non-participating households had lowerdecision-makingauthorityin the choice of variety and in selling seeds for the next season.
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These four concepts specify the degree of independentdecision-makingauthoritythat non-national levels of governance exercise.
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As expected, women from nuclear families with younger household heads have greaterdecision-makingauthoritythan those in joint families.
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With intergovernmental economic decentralization, the center decentralized economicdecision-makingauthorityto local governments.
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Instead, we view the state as an aggregation of actors with varying preferences who sharedecision-makingauthority.
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They claimed that theirdecision-makingauthorityis better than before.
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Physician-owners are presumably motivated by greater opportunities fordecision-makingauthoritywithin health care delivery organizations and increasing personal income.
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We are examining institutions that have been set up, but which vary in the degree ofdecision-makingauthoritythat has been granted to them.
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Economists thus emphasize decentralizing economicdecision-makingauthorityfrom state organizations to individual enterprises.
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The definition of issues often determines the location ofdecision-makingauthorityand with it the scope of conflict over policy alternatives.
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These paralegals gain theirdecision-makingauthoritythrough their years of experience in interviewing protective order applicants.
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By contrast, if economicdecision-makingauthorityis decentralized to local units, each unit can adapt its economic policies to the preferences of its local residents.
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The simple hierarchy endows a single apex member with thedecision-makingauthorityin the system.
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What factors influence women'sdecision-makingauthorityor empowerment?
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This means that decision-making takes place in arenas that are situated at several levels and thatdecision-makingauthorityis dispersed across these various arenas.
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The greater the number of economic units to which economicdecision-makingauthorityis decentralized, the lower will be the average divergence of individual preference for economic policies.
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Industrial engineers assumed thedecision-makingauthorityonce exercised by skilled craftsmen.
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In strong integration, environmental, social and economic assessments are fully integrated with each other, and thedecision-makingauthorityis explicitly required to use the recommendations of the overall appraisal.
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Harmonisation takes thedecision-makingauthorityeven further away from the ultimate consumer.
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