Resources are scarce.

You need to use scarce resources.

(f) Scarce natural resources or an inability to use available resources efficiently

The risk was a less than optimal allocation of scarce resources, or a waste of resources.

Girls get aborted before they're even born when there are scarce resources.

In managing the economy we must make the best use of scarce resources.

To assist in allocating scarce resources, a second criterion has recently been added.

Farmers living in areas where food security and resources are scarce lack financial capital.

Where Member States invest scarce resources, we have an obligation to maximize their impact.

This is the result of scarce financial resources, which should provide for better work conditions.

We remain committed to democratic institutions, and we continuously allocate scarce resources to human development.

Pressure on water resources due to increased crop intensity brings about increased water resource competition in areas where water resources are scarce.

c) Facilitating informed management decisions based on reliable data analysis in an environment of scarce resources.

Both are important, and both require allocation of scarce resources that are increasingly hard to acquire.

And it is largely an issue that we've created for ourselves through unsustainable use of scarce resources.

Most of our countries are ill equipped, because of scarce resources, to defend themselves against such encroachments.

In Central Africa, they include the competition for scarce land and water resources in densely populated areas.

From scarce nothing, from scarce nothing seems to swell.

Moreover, the continuing struggles between the agencies over access to GEF resources have sometimes resulted in duplication, overlap, delay, and wastes of scarce resources.

And the limiting factor, there and here, is not resources, because they're plentiful, but knowledge, which is scarce.

This is particularly useful to small countries which have scarce human and financial resources to draft individual laws.

However, despite legislative developments, the financial resources allocated to integration were scarce, particularly in the field of education.

We have been forced to direct more and more of our scarce resources towards recovery and away from development.

(f) The ongoing procurement reform process has placed additional demands on the Procurement Division s scarce resources by way of

It is also lamentable if such an exercise diverts scarce resources from the imperatives of economic and social developments.

Given scarce post conflict resources, UNDP should urge United Nations agencies to pool their resources and work closely with the IFIs for maximum country level impact.

In many societies scarce resources are channelled into health and social problems that are more pressing than illicit drug use.

Make yourself scarce.

In recent years, the Court's docket has grown significantly and a number of disputes have been settled, but resources remain scarce.

Scarce resources must, however, be used efficiently that required transparency and dialogue between the Agency and the host authorities regarding priorities.

There was growing awareness in the international community that corruption undermined good governance and the effective use of scarce aid resources.

Emergency flood plans are being developed and people advised on how to manage the scarce water resources in case of drought.

Clean water is scarce.

Clean water is scarce.

Scarce labor drives wages.

Finally, Internet policymaking and regulation is an area that requires levels of expertise and resources that are often scarce in developing countries.

Those deficiencies are a potential for loss and waste of the scarce resources of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat).

(k) Resource efficiency To minimize the use of scarce and non renewable resources in the development and operation of tourism facilities and services

The result had been very positive despite the scarce resources at the Organization's disposal, technical cooperation delivery had increased steadily in recent years.

Ecosystems of the small islands are typically characterized by limited land area, harsh soils, poor freshwater reserves and scarce natural resources for construction.

The achievements of recent years had been made possible by a focus on priorities, a pragmatic approach, marshalling scarce resources and hard work.

Hard Wisdom for Scarce Water

Someday they may be scarce.

When resources are scarce, or so degraded that they can no longer sustain livelihoods, or inequitably distributed, conflict invariably ensues. In Africa, we need to manage our resources sustainably, accountably, and responsibly.

Canada believes we must refocus our energy on this issue to ensure that scarce humanitarian resources are indeed being allocated where needs are greatest.