Cost increases were limited by technological advances leading to productivity gains.

Well, Mr. Stevenson, the high cost of living.

A dissemination strategy has been developed to save costs and maximize effectiveness.

(b) Cost effective delivery of services

A. Enhancing the cost effectiveness of space technology applications 16 18 4

C. Savings resulting from improved overall cost

1) There is clear evidence that well planned crime prevention strategies not only prevent crime and victimization, but also promote community safety and contribute to the sustainable development of countries. They enhance the quality of life and bring long term benefits in terms of reducing the costs associated with the criminal justice system, as well as other social costs resulting from crime.

This sharp devaluation increased further the cost of debt servicing and the debt to GDP ratio.

But it'd be a very expensive picture.

Currently, distance learning offers enormous cost effective opportunities for continuous education.

The efficiency of financial intermediation is increasing, and as a result borrowing costs are slowly being lowered and deposit rates are being raised.

Adjustment loans in Armenia and Georgia have protected expenditure in the social sectors while increasing cost effectiveness.

Decision 448 (EX 16) Savings resulting from improved overall cost effectiveness 21

119. National experts of a good quality are a prerequisite for a successful implementation of programmes.

Your 15 seems high to me.

Remote sensing data in combination with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) offered a cost effective solution.

GM crops also have significant economic benefits. Higher yields and lower production costs have reduced global commodity prices (corn, soybeans, and derivatives), resulting in higher farm income, enhanced supplies of food and feed products, and more readily available high quality calories.

It will also increase the delivery capacity and cost efficiency of UNDCP.

It will also increase the UNDCP apos s delivery capacity and cost efficiency. quot

But even so, as you go out into those future years, various pension costs, health costs go up enough, and the revenue does not go up enough.

In addition, he has provided leadership for various initiatives and managed high level consultations and negotiations with Member States of the Organization.

14. Innovative and cost effective modalities for the delivery of technical cooperation will continue to be explored and introduced.

They want to raise the cost of copyright compliance to the point where people simply get out of the business of offering it as a capability to amateurs.

Adult Literacy Schools exist in rural and urban areas for women as well as men to promote functional literacy.

The Committee encourages further measures to achieve cost effectiveness and productivity gains.

Savings resulting from the improved overall cost effectiveness achieved pursuant to the ninth session of the conference

Liberalization gives rise to competition and, with it, efficiency and quality service at lower cost.

With its high fixed cost structure, UNOPS has found it difficult to operate smaller, transaction intensive services on the basis of full cost recovery.

As enterprises seek to reduce operational costs, they have the option to outsource non core activities to countries that can provide a high level of service with much lower labour costs.

Exporters therefore had, for instance, to differentiate packaging materials by importing countries or by individual importing firms, which entailed high costs.

It was noted that their participation reduced corruption, lowered costs, and improved access among low income communities.

In response to the request for a cost benefit analysis of the operation of the Logistics Base at Brindisi, this annex provides a cost analysis of the operation of the Base using both cost benefit and cost utility techniques.

An agreement has been made between UNDCP and the Centre to strengthen the coordination between them with a view to enhancing the cost effectiveness of data collection and improving comparability between the data collected by the two bodies.

Increased costs, as described above, cannot be offset completely by raising retail prices of cards and gift products.

Services cost too much for the poor.

The High Cost of Cheap Fashion

Asia s resurgence began with Japan s economic success. By the end of the century, Japan s remarkable performance not only made the Japanese wealthy, but also enhanced the country s soft power.

Noting the possible benefits of the cost accounting system for the financial efficiency of the United Nations,

These measures are expected to increase the efficiency and cost effectiveness of procurement for all organizations.

5. In their report, the Inspectors refer to the major peace keeping operations of recent years and contrast the high cost of deploying troops, providing emergency relief and financing post conflict peace building with the comparatively low cost of preventive diplomacy.

b. Increasing the UMR (regional minimum wage) which had also succeeded in improving the purchasing power of workers and strengthening the domestic market

It was pleased that the Study Group intended to present the final outcome of its work by the end of the current quinquennium.

A network of organizations for the advancement of women has been established.

Thanks to various efficiency measures, including the introduction of activity based costing and an e procurement platform, it reduced its staff strength by 25 per cent and slashed transaction costs as process automation replaced manual paperwork.

Substantive content of strategic framework for the biennium 2008