(a) Reforms of energy markets directed at increasing efficiency including by increasing competition

(a) Where appropriate, reforms of energy markets directed at increasing efficiency including by increasing competition

The retailing sector has been witnessing increasing competition and concentration, mainly through the establishment and expansion of chain stores emphasis on large stores the increasing use of technology and growing internationalization of the whole supply chain.

Allowing private sector participation in a country's important sectors is creating increasing opportunities and promoting competition.

Increasing capacity through training, education and research

And all through the week my competition gets the praise

Increasing competition puts pressure on large telecommunications companies, and the prices of some services tend to decrease.

While the market potential for UNOPS services is growing, competition from alternative ODA delivery channels is also increasing.

Through these campaigns, competition authorities stimulate a culture of competition and make the public realize how harmful anti competitive practices are.

The fact that FDI had taken place in increasing amounts in countries with no competition policy and laws suggested, moreover, that competition policy was not an important factor for investors.

With increasing competition for FDIs, it is important to develop an attractive package to match the needs of investors.

We are increasing national investments and introducing structural changes with value added, while our market is based on competition.

At the same time, inasmuch as laws and regulations often fail to meet the intended social objectives, they may harm the business environment through imposing unnecessary costs, increasing uncertainty and risks and erecting barriers to competition.

The amount of energy is increasing through this little sequence.

This can be done through advocacy programmes designed and implemented by competition authorities.

The increasing concentration has generated strong competition among retail establishments, which has translated into lower retailing margins and benefits to consumers.

The number of service providers is increasing through recruitment and training.

Adjustments to competition policy were needed in developing countries to allow enterprises to prepare for the rigours of full competition through such means as flexibility or exemptions.

The APEC training programme on competition policy, which also aims at supporting the implementation of those Principles especially focusing on competition policy, has contributed to the encouragement of competition culture and the effective enforcement of competition law in the region through exchange of views and information.

Competition from foreign firms is everywhere through imports, inward FDI and non equity forms of participation.

There is an increasing number of ways through which this can be done.

The merger was approved on the ground that it raised no serious competition concerns through the substantial lessening of competition in Zimbabwe or the creation of a monopoly situation.

The project was implemented through an international competition, for which there were 592 entries from 32 countries.

Experts noted that the internationalization of developing country firms through OFDI has been increasing.

6. Several arguments were also made against the proposition, supporting the view that whether competition policy in itself was important or not, liberalization (or increasing liberalization) of FDI policy need not be linked to a greater need for competition policy.

Only through demonstrable success in enforcement will the public come to understand how it can benefit from competition.

Increasing global competition and the need to establish a firm global position have encouraged Indian enterprises to invest abroad to acquire brand names and production facilities.

Emphasis will be placed on increasing national execution through governmental entities and non governmental organizations.

100. Countries may further reduce vulnerability by increasing awareness, participation and solidarity through various means.

Global competition and the integration of labor markets through trade and outsourcing, which have eliminated jobs and depressed wages.

Consultations may be held directly between competition authorities, occur through diplomatic channels or the institutional machinery of a FTA.

At the same time, it is well known that laws and regulations sometimes fail to meet the intended social objectives in many countries, including developing countries, and harm the business environment through imposing unnecessary costs, increasing uncertainty and risks and by maintaining or erecting barriers to competition.

Three fertilizer manufacturers were found by the Competition Commission to have conspired through trade committees to which they belonged to limit competition among them, which resulted in higher prices and stable market shares.

In advancing implementation, an increasing number of Governments are tapping into private sector resources through partnerships.

Internally, UNCTAD envisages increasing resources allocated to NTB related work, including through mobilization of extrabudgetary funds.

89. Countries may further reduce vulnerability by increasing awareness, participation and solidarity through such means as

Even though the share of internationally active SMEs was increasing, the majority of firms were not prepared to cope with the heightened international competition on the global market.

Its merger with the institution responsible for tariffs had provided synergies through the interaction between competition policy and trade policy.

UNICEF will adopt a systems based approach aimed at securing more sustainable outcomes by working with partners to avoid competition between disease specific interventions focusing on synergistic packages delivered through a proper mix of country specific, household and community care and increasing support for outreach and facility based networks.

Increasing access to space technology for such uses could be promoted through appropriate international coordination and cooperation.

In the US China relationship, the RMB exchange rate has become a touchstone for broader anxieties about competition from China. As globalization advances and economies become more tightly integrated, worries about the effects of foreign competition through trade or through foreign investment have fueled economic nationalism and protectionist sentiments.

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Many of them are deliberately encouraging competition in the transit transport sector particularly with regard to the road transit subsector where the role of private sector operators is increasing.

Asian policymakers must remember how they successfully developed their manufacturing sector through competition. The same logic should be applied to services.

We must do so through a collaborative strategy, not one of conflict and competition, based upon a firm human rights foundation.