Standard of living is lower.

The relatively low level of real house prices may also have had a curbing effect on consumption.

Effective protection remains relatively high at the first entry level to industry.

Supporters of the traditional view were somewhat more prevalent among women with lower level of education.

The average number of State reports examined each year by the treaty bodies is relatively low.

Hence, the higher the level of development, the lesser the amount of crime, while the lower the level of development, as is the case in Africa, the higher the level of crime.

As a result of the Uruguay Round and national tariff reforms, average tariff levels of many countries have now been reduced to relatively low levels.

Rainwater harvesting is also widely employed as a relatively low cost option, both for household use and for small scale irrigation.

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Also, the current, relatively low poverty rate among the population is a result of spending, which significantly exceeds current production levels. This spending has

While the Group supported approval of the revised programme and budgets for 2006 2007, it was concerned at the low level of implementation of the 2005 regular budget, particularly in the area of staff costs.

(v) Teacher training and qualifications, which are of a low academic level, unrelated to classroom practice and totally lacking as an institutional project

So lower levels of social expenditure could involve only a relatively small increase in inequality and social conflict. Moreover, if Europeans target social expenditure better, they might achieve a greater reduction in inequality with a lower level of social transfers.

However, the amount of compensation for successful claimants in categories A and B was fixed by the Governing Council at a relatively low level, while the electronic compensation formulae developed by the category C Panel of Commissioners took into account the possibility of fraud and resulted in the Panel recommending modest amounts of compensation.

(b) To ensure that the net income at lower levels would not be adversely affected

Middle and lower skill workers tend to remit a higher proportion of their income.

ERPs for the weaving stage are relatively lower and fairly similar in the EU, Japan and the Republic of Korea (13 15 per cent), about half that level in the US (8 per cent ) and substantially higher in Malaysia.

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At the same time, non urban sites (localities with less than 5,000 inhabitants) remained relatively below the national averages.

Although the government s stimulus policies have increased the national debt, the debt GDP ratio remains relatively low, at roughly 37 . Public debt in Japan, by contrast, exceeds 220 of GDP.

Their comparatively lower level of development may require more targeted government policies to overcome supply side constraints, promote new industries and strengthen export capabilities.

We are once again down to levels of access that are comparable to those we started with in 2004.

As a result of the lower deployment level and the reduced daily allowance, expenditures amounted to 267,800.

I). The investment rate of 18.6 per cent in 1997 for Africa remained well below the level necessary to sustain satisfactory growth.

Their proportion is relatively low in Brazil and Malaysia.

The documents that the Special Rapporteur consulted also show that public spending on education for indigenous children is generally lower than for other sectors of the population, that teachers of indigenous children tend to receive lower pay and incentives than do other teachers and that their level of preparation is also below average.

292. The Committee is concerned that the information provided demonstrates that women are still employed in lower paid and lower skilled work.

This situation constitutes a particular problem with regard to the care needs of women and for the less developed municipalities.

40. The issue of setting up a global framework for electronic commerce is of specific importance to the players with relatively low levels of information infrastructure, such as the LDCs and the African continent in general.

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However, due to low level of development in rural areas, practical measures have been taken by relevant agencies to ensure the effectiveness of this policy.

Turning to depletion of the soil through the use of chemical fertilizers, she wondered whether the fifth report was correct in stating that municipalities which used fewer chemical fertilizers on average had a relatively lower standard of living (p. 39).

For this approach, the relatively low level and declining share of FDI flows to Africa are taken as symptomatic of the region's weak investment climate, and as a principal reason why its growth performance labours under a narrow export base and low productivity levels.

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The Committee remains concerned about the low level of awareness of the general public in HKSAR of sexual and reproductive health issues.

Some experts pointed out that China's nuclear power leads the world in technical level, safety performance, operating experience and all other aspects, as well as has relatively low costs.

If, however, respondents find it possible to supply data only on higher but not on lower levels of aggregation, they are urged not to refrain from participating in the test but to present their figures on the level of aggregation that they find appropriate (document A 35 479, p. 40).

In any event, despite the relative progress made, in general terms the educational standards of women remain lower than those of men.

As a result of a deep and persistent deficiency in aggregate demand, the US economy has been operating far below its potential output level. Real GDP fell by 8 relative to its noninflationary potential in 2008 2009, and has remained about 8 below its previous growth path ever since.

Domestic workers from other countries, owing to their level of education and to the language barrier, are less likely to complain.

The relatively low deposit GDP ratio was, at the end of 1996, about 57.5 per cent.

Because there is a relatively low level of ownership at the national level, the sustainability of many of the results beyond the life of the projects may also be in question.

It can be concluded that, with the exception of Caprivi, the regions with relatively high levels of fertility in 2001 were the same ones in 1991.

This situation affects the specific care required by women and the cover provided by the less developed municipalities.

This allows easier applicability to diverse activities and relatively easy entry into new areas at comparable skill levels.