v) providing local assessments and action programs to influence higher level (e.g. national) assessments and action programs

This can be done by making raters profits depend not on satisfying the issuers that select them, but on performing well for investors. If raters profits depend on such performance on the accuracy of their ratings the profit motive would turn from a source of perverse incentives to a provider of beneficial incentives.

One delegation asked specifically how and for what purpose consultants were graded.

Comments have been provided by UNCTAD.

Take stock and provide additional guidance

As private rating agencies live on the fees they collect from rated companies, they cannot easily downgrade important clients or the assets they sell. The big American investment banks received excellent ratings up to the last moment, and so did the CDOs with which they betrayed the world.

5. How would you rate the materials made available ?

39. Also requests the Secretary General to provide information, upon request by Member States, about the methodology used for determining phases of threat and risk assessment

A request for review shall provide reasons for the request for review and any supporting documentation.

The evaluation should identify gaps in the services provided.

It distributed the maps to USDA decisionmakers and to various NASS state statistical offices to aid in assessments of crop conditions.

These final audit reports provide senior management with an objective assessment of the audited area and inform them about major findings and recommendations.

(c) Regional delivery of technical assistance

C. Regional delivery of technical assistance

Issues arising out of the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties

The evaluation should identify gaps in the services provided.

and for the middle class.

Questions for the ministerial consultations

FOR 1998 1st meeting

Technical assistance was needed at the country level.

The moderator posed a number of questions for future reflection.

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The credit rating agencies would probably evaluate the United Nations for credit rating purposes based on various criteria, including

UNFPA also seconded a senior adviser on sexual and reproductive health to the Millennium Project and provided technical inputs in the area of needs assessments.

The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale Revised Edition, Infant Toddler Environment Rating Scale, and Family Day Care Rating Scale were initiated as performance measures.

In December 2002 the map was sent to the Parties for their comments.

Essential medical supplies, supplementary feeding for vulnerable groups and rehabilitation of physical disabilities were also provided within the framework of the primary health care programme.

Rating agencies have been and should remain an important aspect of modern capital markets. But to make ratings work, the raters need to be rated.

The first draft evaluation report will be presented to the Czech Republic for comments before the end of January 2005.

The PDF A and PDF B phases have resulted in the development and refinement of a land degradation assessment methodological framework with a set of tools for assessment at different scales.

Provided case assessments for the consideration of the Minister as to possible prosecutions under relevant legislation

Steps will also be taken to carry out evaluation and impact assessment of the technical assistance provided, as well as to mobilize the necessary donor support and voluntary contributions.

Proposals for the ministerial level consultation

Proposals for the ministerial consultation

E. Proposals for the ministerial consultation

Based on the findings of the evaluation, the recommendations set out below are presented for consideration.

Mr. Ahmed Chowdhury (Bangladesh) said that the current policy review provided an opportunity to assess the overall activities of the United Nations system at the country level.

Internal audit ratings

To date the LEG has reviewed the draft NAPAs of Bhutan, Cambodia, Malawi and Samoa, with the aim of providing comments and suggestions for further improvement, especially on the prioritization and ranking aspects of the NAPA process.

The Programme expected to provide its Professional staff with training at three levels basic, intermediate and advanced.

It was found that the information provided by Governments to IDAAS was generally not of a high quality.

A targeted and detailed response with respect to the quality of performance and the results would be required from the evaluating officer.

The United Nations goal with respect to the credit rating would be to convince the credit rating agencies to treat the borrowing as quasi sovereign for credit rating purposes.

8. Gratis personnel should not occupy senior posts, especially at the policy making levels.

He thanked the Government of Norway for its financial support for the evaluation.