As a major donor, my Government is currently working on means to increase the flexibility of our funding response mechanism.

The impact of an increase in the retirement age on unemployment could be offset to some extent by implementing pension reforms along with labour market reforms to increase the flexibility of the labour market.

And so we're proposing a different kind of flexibility, something that we call compartmentalized flexibility.

Evidence exists that stability of employment (tenure) is positively related to productivity gains it can increase the gains of learning by doing, as well as increase the incentives for firms to invest in training.8 Thus, a balance needs to be struck between flexibility and stability.

Adaptation measures include increasing robustness of infrastructural designs and long term investments, increasing flexibility of vulnerable managed systems, enhancing adaptability of vulnerable natural systems, reversing trends that increase vulnerability, and improving societal awareness and preparedness.

I call it sort of shotgun flexibility.

Early on, the government proposed legislation to increase labor market flexibility and relax constraints on firing rules. But its strategy of dividing the trade unions failed and some of the proposed legislation was eventually withdrawn.

Secondly, peacebuilding requires flexibility.

But one should not expect too much from a tough ECB stance. Think of the limited success of the ECB s advocacy of greater labor market flexibility there has been no dramatic increase in the pace of reforms.

Last but not least, there are longer term structural reforms, such as labor market reforms that increase flexibility without leading to large scale lay offs (a model rather successfully implemented by Germany). Similarly, retirement and pension reforms can increase long term fiscal sustainability without generating social conflict.

Under current conditions of limited fiscal flexibility, the FTC's ability to demonstrate that competition enforcement resulted in tangible benefits for the economy would be a key element in convincing the Government to increase its resource allocation.

Because it just creates more flexibility.

There should be further reflection on ways to increase the flexibility of current assessment mechanisms in several organizations, for example through alternative modalities inspired by the indicative scale of voluntary contributions or the replenishment type of negotiations applied by UNEP and IFAD.

Its flexibility had not, however, been reciprocated.

Her delegation appreciated the flexibility shown by the delegation of Japan.

Flexibility has been an important feature of the regional programme design.

A couple of reforms were belatedly enacted timid intervention on pensions and a further increase in labor market flexibility. But nothing was done to deregulate product markets or to give proper incentives to restructuring, while privatization came to a halt.

A wide range of official measures could be employed to support domestic demand while protecting medium term fiscal sustainability. And, to address volatile capital flows, countries should increase exchange rate flexibility, maintain adequate international reserves, and implement carefully designed capital controls.

While the effects of the Act cannot be isolated, an analysis of women's participation in the labour force since 1996 indicates that there has been an increase in labour force participation and an improvement in workplace flexibility for women. The data show that

With high modernist flexibility, that doesn't really work.

We appreciate the flexibility shown by all parties.

I will depend heavily upon the Committee's spirit of cooperation and flexibility.

He commended UNICEF for its increasing flexibility and speedy implementation of programmes.

And so while planning is important, so is flexibility.

The international financial institutions should show some operational flexibility.

Flexibility will be essential, within the defined budgetary parameters.

There was also a need for flexibility in implementation.

There was consensus that no leniency and flexibility towards the use of force is acceptable, as ambiguity creates flexibility of interpretation and provides a justification for multiple interpretations, and consequently justification for unilateral action.

Moreover, even if prices on average exhibit some downward flexibility, deflation necessarily increases the real rate of interest, given that nominal interest rates cannot fall below zero. The result is an increase in the cost of capital to firms, which lowers investment and exacerbates the crisis.

Such flexibility was not easy to offer when domestic legislation was already in force, and for that reason, the flexibility and the concessions had to be mentioned particularly.

We call upon the members of the Conference on Disarmament to demonstrate similar flexibility.

But there is another aspect of this draft resolution's flexibility that should be stressed.

The speed of structural adjustment is also strongly influenced by how easily employment can shift from an economy s non tradable to its tradable side and across segments of global supply chains. Countries degree of labor market flexibility varies considerably, and the reforms that increase it are critically important.

Dealing with other people demands a kind of flexibility that no set of rules can encompass.

Perhaps the single greatest virtue of the Uniting for Consensus proposal is its inherent flexibility.

The Institute's success was due to its precise methodology and the flexibility of its action.

Usually, regulations provide flexibility to procuring entities with respect to the closure of the auction.

Re hatting regional troops will require more flexibility in the composition and utilization of SDS.

He has also given the schools flexibility concerning when and perhaps how to introduce it. Since nearly all schools are dependent on government subsidies, the grant of flexibility is widely perceived to be a tactical delay.

Even structural reforms that will eventually increase productivity growth can be recessionary in the short run. Increasing labor market flexibility by reducing the costs of shedding workers will lead in the short run to more layoffs in the public and private sector, exacerbating the fall in incomes and demand.

The plan should also have flexibility for addressing regional and subregional issues.

The Study Group highlighted the flexibility built into article 31 (3) (c).

It was a good example of the potential benefits to programmes when the Administration had greater flexibility.

The Non Aligned Movement was grateful to the European Union for its flexibility and spirit of cooperation.

In an effort to reach consensus, formulas allowing States some flexibility were proposed.