fiscal responsibility

collocation in English

meaningsoffiscalandresponsibility

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fiscal
adjective
uk
/ˈfɪs.kəl/us
/ˈfɪs.kəl/
connected with ...
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responsibility
noun
uk
/rɪˌspɒn.sɪˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/rɪˌspɑːn.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
something that it is your job or duty to ...
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(Definition offiscalandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffiscal responsibility

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Morefiscalresponsibilityunderpins most decisions on health spending, and the regional health authorities are controlled by different political ideologies.
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Therefore,fiscalresponsibilitydemands a good tax administration.
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This arrangement underpinsfiscalresponsibility, providing no incentives for the constituent parts to overuse the common pool of federal economic resources.
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The other implication - thatfiscalresponsibilityis higher in a low-n regime - is supported by our case study.
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Second, while the policy did lead to a certain decentralisation of political power, its transfer offiscalresponsibilityand real resources to the states has been much more limited.
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The logical implication is that the national government reaps the blame or credit for provincial fiscal performance, creating incentives for opposition governors to abandonfiscalresponsibility.
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In other words, as the invention of stock-market villains participated in discourses on evolving financial systems, it also singled out rich sources of a new moral,fiscalresponsibility.
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This relieved the ratepayers of anyfiscalresponsibilityand almost guaranteed a positive response to applicants, no matter how long they had resided in the parish.
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In some areas, we strongly endorse their actions; the first of those endorsements is for the adoption offiscalresponsibilitytargets.
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There is an erosion of standards offiscalresponsibilitywhich seems to be pervasive.
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Now thatfiscalresponsibilityis being given to it, it objects again.
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I hope that such an attitude offiscalresponsibilitywill continue.
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Clearly there is a requirement offiscalresponsibilityin all this.
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My message is thatfiscalresponsibilityis the key component in meeting those needs.
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First, in today's global economy, any country that ignores the need forfiscalresponsibilitywill soon be punished.
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I shall not repeat myself, other than to say thatfiscalresponsibilityis essential.
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Therefore, as regardsfiscalresponsibility, we are on fairly good ground.
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However, in the long run, we needfiscalresponsibilityto go with political devolution.
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Is it not, for instance, feasible that more power could be devolved to our local government, which already hasfiscalresponsibilityin running our towns and cities?
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Fiscalresponsibilityproduces a matching political responsibility.
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