(ii) Amount of efficiency gains resulting from business process improvements .

It's increased our dependence on foreign oil despite the gains in fuel efficiency.

Toward this goal, UNRWA aims to achieve a series of efficiency gains and savings.

The majority of project proposals in the industrial sector target energy efficiency gains, in particular the improved efficiency of industrial boilers and furnaces.

The effectiveness and efficiency of the management processes should be reviewed regularly (including streamlining and simplifying procedures) in order to identify what efficiency gains have been achieved and what further gains are possible through improved methods before additional resources are requested.

In addition to clear rules and regulations, operational standards should be developed wherever possible in order to improve operational efficiency.

Revenue growth Increased operational efficiency High client satisfaction and Good governance and oversight.

In the industrial sector, three Parties proposed projects aimed at identifying energy conservation measures and actions (energy efficiency gains).

ICTs are having a deep and positive impact on tourism through global reach, improved information flow and efficiency gains from improved organization.

However, if the volume of established entitlements benefits remains at current levels, it is clear that growth will outweigh gains in efficiency.

Then you can go even further, almost tripling efficiency with some operational improvements, double the big haulers' margins.

As well as entailing greater operational efficiency, coordination also meant increasing the coherence of development policies and priorities.

Gains in the efficiency with which industry uses energy contribute to meeting several needs of UNIDO's Member States, which may be summarized as follows

These activities are in particular those that are capable of withstanding competitive pressures for efficiency gains and surviving the new industrial and trade realities.

This leads to a clear increase in efficiency and provides overall income gains. Even if losers were fully compensated, the sum of the gains shared by the firm, its mostly part time workers, and its customers would far outweigh the losses.

Affirms that budget submissions should, to the extent possible, reflect management improvements and efficiency gains to be achieved and to articulate future strategies in this regard

Priority is being given to seeking further efficiency gains, in particular through the restructuring of the secretariat, and an increased engagement of external partners and expertise.

With the delegation of operational command to the divisional headquarters, it is expected that MONUC resources will be utilized with increased efficiency.

The 2006 2007 budget proposes three solutions efficiency gains, including through restructuring innovative ways to mobilize external engagement or reduction or suspension of some work programme activities.

UNICEF agrees to jointly purchase items of common interest with UNHCR whenever it would result in cost or efficiency gains for the United Nations as a whole.

(d) A consolidation of data in a single database is an important step in increasing the overall operational efficiency of the investment process.

This kind of common service is of great interest to UNICEF for the efficiency gains in reaching more remote areas, and in supporting suboffices and out posted staff.

Requests the Unit to include in future annual reports more information on the impact of full implementation of recommendations, including any cost savings, productivity and efficiency gains achieved

We highlighted the crucial role of financial sector supervision, which should pay due regard to efficiency, operational independence and accountability of the agencies involved.

It was recommended that the rules, procedures and composition of the Committee be updated to better meet operational requirements and to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.

Similarly, OFDI has increased the strategic assets and revenues and strengthened the market position of Russian enterprises, including efficiency gains from control of supply chains and access to natural resources.

It agreed that full deployment and the experience gained in executing the mandate would help to streamline the Mission's administrative structure, but that should not be used as a pretext for achieving budgetary efficiency at the expense of operational efficiency.

The Committee once more cautions against the replication of functions to the detriment of overall operational efficiency, accountability and cost effectiveness (see A 59 412, para.

The Committee reiterates that raw statistics on the utilization of conference resources are potentially misleading and could obscure the understanding of actual efficiency gains in the utilization of allocated conference resources.

In view of the considerable expenditure that has been incurred on IT systems, the Committee expects to continue to see efficiency gains and savings related to both post and non post resources.

Many of the efficiency gains related to the adoption of ICT result from changes in business processes, such as logistics and inventory control, order fulfilment and tracking, and customer acquisition and retention.

The meeting had identified ways in which ICT could boost economic growth in developing countries through improvements in innovation and product development processes, efficiency and productivity gains in enterprises, and expanded market reach.

Increase organizational efficiency Further improvement of programmatic and operational performance at the country level requires UNFPA to strengthen its presence and support for countries at the regional level.

Alan Winters et al., Negotiating the Liberalization of the Temporary Movement of Natural Persons, Commonwealth Secretariat, March 2002. See also, UNU WIDER, Efficiency Gains from the Elimination of Global Restrictions on Labour Mobility, 2003.

In many places, however, the gains made by tighter regulations and improved energy efficiency and pollution control technologies have been offset by the increase in traffic (vehicle miles travelled) and the demand for energy.

9. Appreciates the efficiency gains achieved by the University in order to make optimal use of modest and limited resources, and emphasizes the continuing need for cost effectiveness in conducting the activities of the University

All requests for new resources should be justified in relation to the volume of work and the outcomes expected the aim being to achieve efficiency and productivity gains by rationalizing the use of existing resources.

Representatives commended the Office for its efficiency in strengthening its operational capacity at both the headquarters and field offices, as well as in developing a medium to long term strategy.

Progress in this area is particularly important, as the quality of operational and humanitarian activities on the ground provides visible proof of the efficiency and relevance of United Nations activities.

Such efficiency gains from increasing the extent of the market and promoting specialization should have produced rapid growth in Mexican productivity. Likewise, greater efficiency should have been reinforced by a boom in capital formation, which should have accompanied the guarantee that no future wave of protectionism in the US would shut factories in Mexico.

1.115 To improve access of refugee population to essential hospital services by implementing affordable and equitable hospitalization policies, adjusting the imbalance in financial allocations among fields and achieving cost efficiency gains by rationalization of referral practices.

110. Reiterates its request to the Secretary General to redeploy to the subregional development centres any savings realized during the biennium as a result of reform measures and efficiency gains from within the Economic Commission for Africa

This has allowed advanced economies, in turn, to produce and export more capital intensive, higher value added products. Globalization of trade enabled countries to tap the efficiency gains that specialization in their sectors of comparative advantage has brought about.

In May 2004, INSTRAW undertook a review and reformulation of GAINS in order to optimize its usefulness and efficiency for members and for the Institute's implementation of its new priorities and programme of work (the 2004 2007 strategic framework).

Administrative expenses need to be allowed to adjust and expand, while ensuring all possible efficiency gains, to respond to the expansion of demand for development support so that the overall quality and quantity of programme activities does not suffer.