16.14 The subprogramme will continue to improve the comparability of official statistics in the ECE region.

The objectives of the 2007 revision of the Central Product Classification were formulated in terms of relevance, comparability and continuity.

It is therefore particularly important to ensure methodological consistency and financial comparability between the initial calculation and the midterm recalculation.

The diversity of surveys conducted in developing countries affects the comparability between countries and makes it difficult to draw conclusions.

For full comparability, UNICEF would then need to include the portion of Cash Assistance to Governments used to procure goods.

The international comparability of databases maintained by international organizations is hampered because different revisions versions and levels of classification are applied.

However, the pursuit of current figures should not have a negative impact on the equally important considerations of comprehensiveness and comparability.

With the Framework Law on Primary and Secondary Education in BiH, a framework has been created for the legitimate procedures of all actors in education, which allows for a better quality, a more harmonized approach, comparability and a closer approach to the practices of European and other countries in the world.

Moreover, there are concerns regarding comparability of the national data and the need to harmonize relevant methodologies is becoming more and more apparent.

As a consequence, it was determined that changes should be made only where the benefits in terms of relevance or comparability outweighed the costs.

For the purposes of transparency and comparability, budgeted expenditure for the liaison offices will be presented with the Commissioner General's Office in Chapter 7.

19 For example, the Paris Club agreement for the Dominican Republic in April 2004 was made contingent on the implementation of the comparability of treatment.

Most importantly, it allowed the Global Office and the regional coordinators to identify areas where each region needed to make adjustments for comparability purposes across regions.

That achievement in comparability was realized through the discussion and evaluation of new concepts and their respective adoption in the ISIC, but also in the other classifications.

Since geographical distribution of staff is fluid throughout the year, the progress in this area is recorded traditionally as of 30 June, thus allowing comparability of data.

The purpose of the compendium is to standardize conference servicing procedures and practices across the duty stations with a view to promoting comparability and strengthening planning and coordination.

They also should ensure the quality and the objectivity of the thorough and comprehensive technical assessments in the reviews and to provide for continuity, comparability and timeliness of the review.

There is little comparability with previous data, and income is used as an indicator of well being, rather than consumption which is, among others, a more reliable measurement of poverty.

Simultaneously, the need for enhanced comparability provided the impetus towards the convergence of the Australian New Zealand, European and North American industry classifications and other activity classifications used around the world.

The workshop was organized to support statistical offices in this work, to take stock of work that is currently underway in OECD countries and to enhance the international comparability of productivity measures.

They eat better they make love better they exercise better they work better they live better.

And you've got to get better, and better, and better, and better.

Links to other classifications have been considered in the revision process and have led to some changes in the classification and to recommendations for changes to other classifications to improve the comparability of data.

We recognize that some modification may be necessary to ensure international comparability, but if country level data has to be significantly modified, it could indicate a concern about capacity, methodological development and so forth.

Improving current practice and international comparability are high priorities as reflected by the range of recent and current activity on this theme on services producer price indices. They pose both conceptual and practical challenges.

The objectives of the 2007 revision of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities were formulated in terms of improving and strengthening its relevance and comparability with other classifications, while considering its continuity.

The experts advised also that a review of the national methodologies on index numbers and constant price data estimation should be conducted and further efforts to harmonize those methodologies were necessary to improve international comparability.

We need more training, better intelligence, better forces and better coordination.

UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to invite the Office of Internal Oversight Services to liaise with other United Nations audit services so as to harmonize internal audit ratings, in order to allow comparability among organizations.

The Statistical Commission, recognizing the economic importance of distributive trade, acknowledging that the availability and quality of national data on distributive trade needs improvement and expressing concern regarding the international comparability of such data, may wish

UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to invite the Office of Internal Oversight Services to liaise with other United Nations audit services so as to harmonize internal audit ratings, in order to allow comparability among organizations.

And that tells you that better degrees don't automatically translate into better skills and better jobs and better lives.

Meanwhile, developed countries wanted all countries to provide standardized information on their emissions targets and plans, to ensure transparency and comparability. The key elements were agreed on, but only in the form of guidance, not as requirements.

The Expert Group agreed that this measurement should take several key areas into account, which would focus not only on the strict adaptation of the coding structure, but also on data comparability and use of the classification.

With respect to the first of those items, the chairperson reported that during the intersessional period a review of existing indicators of corporate social responsibility had been undertaken with a special focus on their comparability and relevance.

As a result of the report submitted on this task, Plenary adopted an Administrative Decision that Participants should use Kimberley Process Certificate based data when submitting trade data, thereby improving the comparability of statistics provided by Participants.

To facilitate comparability with the programme of work and budget proposals of other organizations of the United Nations system, the staff costs are shown net of staff assessment under the various expenditure sections of the programme budget.

However, even with these improved database systems, the international comparability of databases will remain limited unless the harmonization of concepts, definitions, classifications and other methodological elements is pursued according to common international standards by the international statistical community.

As long as kids are playing computer games, graphics is getting better and better and better.

They're here, getting better and better every day.

People's living conditions are getting better and better.

(a) To continue to broaden and improve the coverage, timeliness, reliability, quality and comparability of system wide financial data, definitions and classifications for the financial reporting of operational activities for development of the United Nations system, in a coherent way

A better educated girl was likely to be a better mother, less likely to die at birth, better informed on how to bring up her children, better fed and better prepared to feed them.

Slowly but surely, the materials became better better resins.

I was the better at improvisation, You were the better at spinning the plates I was the better at procrastination, You were the better at quiet debate.