In some countries administrative costs were higher than spending on poverty reductions.

For consumers, the costs are in terms of higher prices and less variety.

Non investment costs had been higher in the past, although they had not included agency support costs, and he noted that most of those non investment costs had already been approved.

The higher requirement under common staff costs is attributable to service and family allowances being charged to common staff costs but budgeted under international staff salaries, combined with a higher percentage of international staff holding 100 series appointments.

However, it should be noted that all United Nations organizations in Bonn will face higher operating costs at the new premises, particularly for electricity, relating to increases in basic office size, lifts, air conditioning and generally higher energy costs.

Higher import costs and lower export earnings combined to reduce the competitiveness of landlocked developing countries.

That is a bonus for struggling southern taxpayers, but it implies that even sound banks could have higher funding costs than dubious northern European banks for the foreseeable future. Southern businesses would then face higher borrowing costs than northern businesses, hindering growth.

Not taking action now will aggravate environmental impacts and will make the socio economic costs even higher.

This is much more difficult for small and medium sized organisations, as the costs are relatively higher.

The higher requirements relate to the self sustainment costs of the additional infantry battalion and formed police unit.

French production costs are high, but Greek costs are higher. Despite the considerable decline in Greek (and Italian and Spanish) real GDP since 2007, adjustment is far from complete.

The higher requirements are due to the self sustainment costs of the additional infantry battalion and formed police unit.

Market saturation, higher production costs and the need to secure natural resources pushed South African firms to go abroad.

For that reason, rural students' access to higher learning institutions is limited by economic considerations, because housing rental costs in Dushanbe are considerably higher than the amount received in a scholarship.

Delegations expressed concerns about the possibility of higher costs for immunization because of higher prices of new vaccines and encouraged UNICEF to continue its efforts to increase access to affordable vaccines.

In introducing the item, the representative of the UNCTAD secretariat said that today, for most developing countries' exports, transport costs had a higher incidence on overall transaction costs than customs duties.

First, with respect to the new United Nations Campus, the various United Nations organizations are expected to bear additional operating costs, largely relating to higher utility costs and shared common costs, resulting in part from new United Nations wide security directives.

Another aspect of the increased security related costs is the higher contribution level to joint activities with United Nations bodies.

How to finance the resulting higher operating costs of the health sector (can this be done through donor financing that would fund administrative and operating costs over the medium to long term?

The Panel also notes that only 12,000 visits occurred at the Al Riggae Centre, and that the Al Riggae Centre costs are higher than the costs for psychological treatment at other facilities in Kuwait.

By requiring the higher standard only in unmarked minefields the costs of transitioning in the short term are kept to a minimum.

(a) 405,800, for non staff compensation under Chambers, owing to higher costs for salaries and pensions of judges (see para. 39 below)

Lack of territorial access to the sea, remoteness from world markets and higher transaction costs hampered the competitiveness of landlocked developing countries.

As a landlocked country, Tajikistan also faced higher import costs, and instability in neighbouring areas had had an adverse impact on its situation.

SMEs are affected the most owing to the higher risks and transaction costs, especially compared to loan size, associated with lending to them.

106,000 under medical services for projected higher costs of medical supplies and medical services provided locally, owing to the appreciation of the Cyprus pound.

In cases where the costs of management from imposed responsibilities outweigh benefits to local people, they should remain the responsibility of higher levels of government.

Residents in poor localities tend to pay higher costs for basic goods and services than those in richer areas especially for credit, water and medication.

The Government is committing approximately AUS 400 million over five years through this programme to assist disadvantaged students to meet the costs of higher education.

GM crops also have significant economic benefits. Higher yields and lower production costs have reduced global commodity prices (corn, soybeans, and derivatives), resulting in higher farm income, enhanced supplies of food and feed products, and more readily available high quality calories.

So, we could, you know, focus on disease resistance we can go for higher yields without necessarily having dramatic farming techniques to do it, or costs.

Even significantly higher levels of ODA will not suffice to achieve the Millennium Development Goals unless they are combined with higher quality, better delivery, more effective use of resources, simplified and harmonized operational processes, reduced transaction costs and enhanced national ownership.4

So, if she didn't invest in effective prevention, she was going to have pick up the costs of treatment later on, and obviously those are much higher.

The additional requirements were attributable mainly to higher than budgeted actual average payments for salaries and common staff costs to local staff during the 12 month period.

No one should expect that the costs of combating climate change will be low. But those costs will have a significantly higher expected value if we do not adopt sensible global strategies that include adjusting our mitigation efforts in response to new information.

The yen s weakening will mean higher import costs, and therefore a higher rate of inflation. An aggressive BOJ policy of money creation could cause further weakening of the yen s exchange rate and a rise in domestic prices that is more rapid than what Abe wants.

The higher requirements relate principally to the reintegration activities of the Mission, which will necessitate registration costs, feeding costs, cash reinsertion benefits, counselling, community mobilization and sensitization programmes, employment projects and programmes and educational reintegration programmes, as well as disaster protection and environmental protection training.

These savings are offset in part by higher requirements under other staff costs ( 698,100), contractual services ( 1,530,100), improvement of premises ( 299,800), grants and contributions ( 976,000) and staff assessment ( 371,500).

These calculations indicate that, even with higher discounting, the Stern Review s estimates of future benefits and costs imply that mitigation makes economic sense. These calculations rely on the report s projected time profiles for benefits and its estimate of annual costs, about which there is much disagreement.

There is a vast difference between unit labor costs real wages adjusted for productivity in Germany and in the heavily indebted southern countries. When the crisis began, production costs in Greece were about 30 higher than in Germany, so Greece exported very little and imported very much.

Sectors with a higher human capital content electronic consumer goods, for example have much higher R D costs than the shoe sector, so manufacturing these goods on an assembly line in a low cost country is probably not very costly in comparison to R D and other intangible costs. For more advanced goods, the EU value added (if the intangible part of the production process is in Europe) is quite high.

But, as the latest evidence shows, delaying action will mean higher costs later. If we truly want to build a sustainable, prosperous, and equitable future, we cannot afford to wait.

Treating acute heart attacks with inexpensive drugs is, however, cost effective. Spending 200 million could avert several hundred thousand deaths, yielding benefits that are 25 times higher than the costs.

These adverse conditions have inadvertently propelled a long delayed restructuring of China s labor intensive industries. As costs surge, Chinese producers are seeking higher value, new niches, and more influence over policymaking.

The increase also relates to higher than estimated external audit costs ( 75,300) partially offset by decreased requirements under other contractual services ( 37,500), including Internet services, medical consultants and contractual security services.