OFDI has desirable and undesirable effects.

This is having a direct impact on the effort to improve the health indicators.

Indirect measures of impact are often as useful as direct measures.

The direct effects of radiation include cancer.

(a) Legislation directly or indirectly affecting religious rights

But we also have a straightforward political impact.

Besides direct environmental impacts, economic and social implications are enormous.

The establishment of such a zone in the Middle East would have a direct bearing on peace and stability in that region and was long overdue.

The impact of FDI on development

The immediate impact of the disaster was felt by millions of people.

This kind of market risk is mind boggling, and has direct implications for not only the incentives of farmers to invest in higher productivity technology, such as modern seeds and fertilizers, but also direct implications for food security.

His influence on the world stage was almost immediate.

A typical hierarchy for impact analysis ( impact hierarchy ) consists of several levels, including the one distinguishing the direct and indirect effects of sanctions.

The widespread violence in the country, which affects women both directly and indirectly.

In this submission, Saudi Arabia states that, in addition to the approximately 39 square kilometres of near shore subtidal benthos that was identified in its fourth F4 instalment claim as having oil contaminated sediments, a further unspecified area of sea grass benthos was also impacted by oil.

The date of image acquisition had a direct bearing on the various uses to which it could eventually be put.

Over 250 million people are directly affected by desertification.

In fact, no crisis is limited to just one country, there are direct or indirect effects on neighbours.

This is an example of how the situation created by an armed conflict can sometimes affect treaties, even though the armed conflict itself may have no direct effect.

22. In discussing the impacts of the testing on the health of the population in the Semipalatinsk region, a distinction must be made between direct and indirect effects.

In fact, civil aviation is having a most significant impact on the economies of most developing States and is affecting, both directly and indirectly, the standard of living of the citizens of those States.

The Committee points out that much of the impact of efficiency measures is cost avoidance rather than direct savings, although some measures would have a direct impact on staff costs and other resource requirements.

NTB specific methods use direct information on NTBs to define their possible impact.

And that must be in everybody apos s interest in particular of those that would be most directly affected.

Impact of OFDI on competitiveness of Singapore enterprises

Each of these factors directly affect the cost of options.Preliminary information on user needs was provided in the initial survey of technology information needs conducted by the secretariat.

The process of globalization has direct and indirect effects on the empowerment of rural women.

Although only two of the eight MDGs are directly linked with women advancement, all of them have a direct impact on the lives of women.

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The new policy could in fact have a direct influence on the execution of programmes.

So, that has always influenced me.

They pointed out that the decisions of those bodies affected directly or indirectly all countries, yet they had no representation of developing countries.

Experts also discussed the impact of OFDI on firms' competitiveness and how it could be measured.

Reduced foreign direct investment flows from the affected Asian economies is expected to have a negative effect.

In particular, the secretariat apos s work should focus on (i) empirical studies on the effect of FDI on development as a whole (ii) steps that could be taken by home countries to promote FDI and (iii) studies on the impact of FDI liberalization measures on FDI flows and their consequent effects on trade and development.

Furthermore, UNDP apos s mandate and activities have a direct bearing on the mission of the Global Mechanism.

In addition, the interrelationship between FDI and development was not always positive and the effects of FDI on development, including the negative effects, needed to be studied further.

report of the expert meeting on the impact of fdi on development

Forests have a direct bearing on many of the clusters of threats to collective security.

These budgetary constraints have direct political repercussions on human rights mechanisms.

Those remaining elements, such as printing, public information services, or translation, that have a direct impact on the relevant programmes have been tabulated as operating costs.

The international community, which stands to be affected by the situation in the region, either directly or indirectly, must hold the defiant accountable.

2. Much of this change would directly or indirectly impact on the promotion and protection of human rights.

This weak investment and diversification dynamic has had a direct bearing on the kind of FDI attracted to the region, as well as its impact.

The active participation of women in this process had a direct impact on women's increased participation in policymaking.