Perhaps the greatest opportunity for improvement can be found in addressing the information asymmetry problem.

35. Given the asymmetry of information or the lack of information as observed in health services, some experts stressed the need for a better system of information, in particular for consumers.

But there is a curious asymmetry here.

Because there is this asymmetry, which creates, basically, failing governance.

The second is asymmetry in decision making and norm setting in international trade and finance.

This section deals with three related aspects of e business that are fundamental for ICT supported economic growth and development Internet security and risk management the treatment of illicit Internet activity and information asymmetry in developing economies.

If we add new permanent members, the asymmetry that affects the legal equality of States will only further increase.

The secretariat's findings suggest that an interesting avenue for improving developing countries' access to trade related finance and e finance could be the extensive use of the Internet to overcome information asymmetry between creditors and borrowers.

And, more important, they must overcome the asymmetry that currently prevails in relations between developed and developing countries.

Their consideration required focusing on the asymmetry in the current trade system between the rights of private operators and the obligations of Governments.

13. Considerable attention was given to the marginalization of countries and groups of people within countries and to the issues of asymmetry and inequity.

This was a previously unknown asymmetry and indicates the air sea heat exchange is much stronger in the Northern Hemisphere.

To what extent is this apparent asymmetry in terms of host countries commitments balanced by the potential benefits of increased investment flows arising from these commitments?

37. The globalization and liberalization processes of the 1990s have increased the number and types of such asymmetry, or they have generated more awareness of their existence.

If one of the parts of that link is consistently given preferential consideration, this will create an asymmetry that jeopardizes the very bases of the Vienna consensus.

That lack of progress and the lack of coherence in global policies, combined with the asymmetry of international economic relations, had hampered the development efforts of the least developed countries.

This asymmetry invites many individuals and corporations to seek the most convenient jurisdiction to engage in certain transactions, even if that constitutes a violation of domestic laws.

This asymmetry turns banking into a casino The house always wins. Banks choose particularly risky investment projects, which may be profitable but are economically damaging.

Indeed, general and complete disarmament is a crucial tool that should be used to reduce political asymmetry and bolster the international order on the basis of the principle of the sovereign equality of all States.

As such, until the international community accords equal treatment to the two states on the island, thus redressing the asymmetry between the two sides, there can be no prospect for a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus dispute.

The disturbances, tensions and low intensity conflicts which sometimes erupted into massive violence had an entirely different character, due partly to the asymmetry between the parties and partly to the lack of discipline and coherence within some of the parties.

The gender analysis of the textbooks for the primary grades of general education schools has been completed. It found gender asymmetry in them, which is rooted and reproduced in the consciousness of the children, and outdated stereotyped roles of boys and girls were identified.

The sofware offers nine visualizations that reflect behavior and trends over time, including quality time (a pie chart of whom you spend time with online and offline), pecking order (illustrated with chickens!), blow off scorecard (relationship asymmetry), and temperature gauge.

At the end of 2007, developing countries, excluding China, held reserves equivalent to 20.6 of their GDP, compared to just 3.7 in 1990. This generated a huge asymmetry in the world economy, as industrial countries, excluding Japan, hold only 2.6 of GDP in reserves.

Policy asymmetry is greatest for the countries most acutely affected by the sovereign debt crisis. There, the private sector has essentially been left to fend for itself and most households and companies are struggling, thus fueling continued economic implosion.

However, in a country with a large mass of effective savers, the savings rate can rise, rather than fall. This asymmetry in savings patterns might thus reflect the simple fact that credit constrained economies are less sensitive to drops in the cost of borrowing relative to less constrained economies.

However, because of the asymmetry of response by its trading partners to its earlier extensive trade liberalization, Poland introduced a higher tariff structure and this invariably led to price increases in markets where there was dominance. See Antimonopoly Office, Competition law and policy in Poland (1990 1993), Warsaw, 1994.

Information warfare and illicit use of information

(b) definition of the concepts information weapon , and information war , and other hostile or unsanctioned use of information and telecommunications systems and information resources

Now, the CDS market offers a convenient way of shorting bonds, but the risk reward asymmetry works in the opposite way. Shorting bonds by purchasing a CDS contract carries limited risk but almost unlimited profit potential, whereas selling a CDS contract offers limited profits but practically unlimited risks.

Now both these sources of information carry important information.

And the memex would link information, one piece of information to a related piece of information and so forth.

That is pretty much how most people reacted to the stories about bankers bonuses, when the great crash of 2007 2008 wiped out banks, businesses, shareholders savings, growth, and jobs. There was, as one banker charmingly conceded, a bit of asymmetry between what bankers were being paid and what their banks had lost.

Strategic analysis and information and the role of information technology

Disclosure of information

Exchange of information

Handling of information

Register of information

Summary of information

Examination of information

Type of information

Communication of information

Types of information

COMPILATION OF INFORMATION

IV. Ongoing public information activities V. Implementation of specific information programmes