Today internationalization appears to be driven much more directly by firm to firm contracting in a global setting, and it frequently involves SMEs initially being drawn into global business through contractual linkages with larger TNCs.

Rural urban linkages

53 UNCTAD has assembled a roster of good practices to make linkages work (UNCTAD, Business linkages roster of good practices (Geneva, 2004)).

C. Improving linkages between universities and industry

Networks of private businesses clusters and linkages

Business linkages roster of good practices. Geneva.

(i) Linkages with national science and technology bodies.

In 2005, the UNCTAD Business Linkages Programme continued to focus on developing policy advice on improving the environment for sustainable business linkages, and to implement technical assistance projects to create and strengthen business linkages between TNCs and domestic SMEs in developing countries.

(c) Measuring the linkages between poverty and informal employment

(d) Building on linkages between occupational and public health.

533 (XXV) International linkages (subprogrammes 1, 2 and 3)

Employment creation, enhancement of skill levels and creation of linkages

Employment creation, enhancement of skill levels and creation of linkages

Strengthening linkages between sexual and reproductive health and HIV AIDS

Such investment will greatly facilitate social, environmental and economic linkages.

Improve linkages between programming, technical assistance, policy work and monitoring.

His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.

His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.

Containing firm decrees.

Containing firm decrees.

Experts discussed linkages between the different aspects of Annex D of the July package, in particular the linkages between the proposed trade facilitation measures and countries' capacity to implement them.

Additionally, within the framework of joint project between UNCTAD and Germany's Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) on the Promotion of Inter firm Cooperation in the North East of Brazil, a series of country case studies were conducted on best practices in the promotion of business linkages from a policy perspective.

Linkages between TNCs and SMEs would be important for quick rehabilitation.

Subprogramme 1 Linkages with the global economy, regional integration and cooperation

These will ensure the linkages between repatriation, reintegration, rehabilitation and reconstruction.

setting firm the mountains,

setting firm the mountains,

Therefore, linkages with all relevant entities within each country should be encouraged.

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Efforts are under wayongoing to identify more such programmes for future linkages.

Similarly, poverty had important linkages with the phenomena of trafficking and migration.

OECD, at its Sixth International Trade Statistics Expert Meeting, held in Paris from 12 to 14 September 2005, examined the linkages between the two statistical systems to derive new statistical products, such as indicators combining trade statistics with enterprise related criteria (for example, by size class) and estimates of intra firm trade.

Effective linkages among the regional commissions and between the commissions and other partners

A working group has been established to provide programme guidance on these linkages.

Governments can encourage university industry R D linkages by establishing formal institutional relationships.

The independent expert has sought to create linkages with regional human rights bodies.

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The challenge will be in financing GIVS and ensuring linkages with other efforts.

The discussions had focused on three issues the concept of export competitiveness (at country level, firm level and cluster level) the importance of production networks and of linkages with TNCs in raising the competitive potential of SMEs and the policy space left to and needed by Governments to support the export competitiveness of SMEs.

Roots make a firm foundation.

and making the mountains firm

and making the mountains firm

Thirdly, we must be firm.

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UNCTAD (2005c). Linkages, value chains and outward investment Internationalization patterns of developing countries' SMEs.