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Another delegate requested UNCTAD to undertake analytical work on the methodologies for assessing and benchmarking competitiveness in order to develop a framework to better assess competitiveness of developing countries and their enterprises.

So had they contested a larger number of the seats, they would have done even better.

In this context, countries might need to understand better the modalities of international cooperation between national competition agencies.

Likewise, it seeks to increase the competitiveness of enterprises and promote better integration into the market and the development process.

First is the development of a competition culture an understanding by the public of the benefits of competition and broad based support for a strong competition policy.

The linkages between globalization, competitiveness, competition and development were better understood as a result of the deliberations of the high level segment of the session.

the newspaper that ran that story... happens to be a rival of my father's paper.

Is such competition a fact of life or would countries be better off competing on fundamentals?

Competition is very tough, even for small contracts, and countries are much more careful than they used to be to obtain advantages and contracts for their own industries.

It's like a managed competition of sleep.

Since competition laws and policy represented an extremely multidimensional and complicated issue, more international organizations would be involved in its consideration in the years to come.

New actors mean stiffer competition.

Cycling breeds camaraderie, and the only competition is with the terrain, which is to say ourselves.

Some 41 per cent of respondents cited better reputation as an outcome of increased competitiveness in relation to OFDI.

It seeks to promote the fulfilment of the individual and thereby improves the competitiveness of enterprises and makes for better integration into the market and inclusion in the development process.

The programme is promoting the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to make enterprises, in particular SMEs, better fit for the e economy and increase their competitiveness.

In the course of this meeting, a firm political commitment was made by the Government to adopt a competition law and to strengthen and better implement consumer protection legislation.

What we are demanding is a more level playing field.

Moreover, it would no doubt put the United Nations as an employer at a further competitive disadvantage.

Competition law and policy have also been linked more directly to trade issues.

The Norwegian Competition Authority successfully used this procedure to ensure that the market remained competitive.

GLOBALIZATION, COMPETITION, COMPETITIVENESS AND DEVELOPMENT

PPAF also supports smaller NGOs with a view to create more outlets at the grassroots level and to increase competition for better delivery of services to the target clients.

Government policy framework supportive of international M A could further help facilitate OFDI as a means to enhance enterprise competitiveness.

Children became more competent, and less helpless.

Competition between sectors can be expected to become more intense.

It turns out that competition and winning is a universal human value.

Now with anger, you've got two people on an even playing field.

Geographical delimitation, measuring the degree of competition over a given area.

(a) A meeting on competition law and policy, as called for in the report of the Expert Meeting on Competition Law and Policy

programmes on competition law and policy

There is a trade off between competition and stability. Indeed, greater competitive pressure may increase the fragility of banks balance sheets and make investors more prone to panics.

Their citizens do not have experience with competition law and policy they may be unfamiliar with the benefits that competitive markets provide for them.

Meeting of Experts on Competition Law and Policy 13 15 November

Competition law and policy formulation in Malawi

Expert Meeting on Competition Law and Policy 24 26 November

My country, which believes deeply in the virtues of dialogue and consultation, is happy to see the idea of peace gradually replacing competitiveness and the escalation of the arms race.

Recently, it has been suggested that innovation based competitiveness, at the level of the enterprise, will yield more long term sustainable competitiveness than traditional cost based competitiveness.

The Italian Competition Authority believes in this respect that it would be necessary to study in more detail the procedural aspects and the institutional framework which could ensure efficient implementation of competition rules.

It is a free competition, but is it also fair?

So we wanted to try to find a way to make a stronger briquette so that we could compete with wood charcoal in the markets in Haiti.

The only way Western economies will be able to compete and improve their standard of living is by seeing themselves as being involved in a race to the top. That is, firms must improve their value added through innovation in existing industries, and by developing the capability to compete in new and more sophisticated industries, where value added is generally higher.

There is more competition for Government backed money.

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