That technique allows lenders to spread credit risk among the participants in the syndication, thereby enabling them to extend larger volumes of credit.

It would also probably slightly raise the cost of credit, as banks would bear more risk.

Rainfall across portions of Mexico could be heavy, posing a significant flooding risk.

It was widely felt that modern secured credit laws could have a significant impact on the availability and the cost of credit and thus on international trade.

This would, in its turn, allow banks and other lenders to better assess enterprise risks using modern ICT based techniques for credit risk assessment and credit scoring.

(c) hazardous activity means an activity which involves a risk of causing significant harm

And it's significant, isn't it? So you want to risk your life for it.

Nursing mothers are thus prohibited from carrying out work involving significant risk of contamination.

International financial institutions and export credit agencies may also play a significant role in privately financed infrastructure projects.

National credit risk insurance schemes, usually obligatory, have often proved to be inadequate as claims are seldom paid.

The IMF took steps in this direction in March, particularly by creating the Flexible Credit Line for crisis prevention purposes, as well as expanding other credit lines and overhauling conditionality (relying more on ex ante conditionality and eliminating structural performance criteria). The major problem with the new credit line is that it runs the risk of unduly dividing developing countries into two categories, with significant additional risks for the latter.

In the present situation, there is a significant risk that those goals will not be reached.

The immediate causes are well known. They range from subdued bank lending to unusually high risk aversion, and from discredited credit vehicles to the withdrawal of some institutions from credit intermediation altogether.

A risk management approach can make significant contributions to defining and implementing government policies in this area.

(c) The risk of significant harm to the environment and the availability of means of preventing such harm, or minimizing the risk thereof or restoring the environment

However, despite their significant contributions to employment, SMEs have traditionally faced difficulty in obtaining finance both through credit and equity arrangements.

These include a range of fraudulent activities using the Internet, as well as significant increases in credit and debit card fraud.

(a) The degree of risk of significant transboundary harm and of the availability of means of preventing such harm, or minimizing the risk thereof or repairing the harm

Significant progress has been made in refining and disseminating a standard methodology for conducting threat and risk assessments.

Peacekeeping United Nations peacekeeping activities continued to be a significant risk area covered by internal audit (see paras.

Exporters generally prefer to deal with countries with good credit ratings, where the cost of credit risk insurance is not high or where they are able to deal with credible financial institutions to facilitate payment.

iii.The held to maturity investment is sold due to any important business enterprise combination or serious disposal so as to maintain the prevailing interest risk position or maintain the prevailing credit risk policies

The arrangements for security impose significant limitations on staff, who have to endure very arduous living and working conditions combined with the constant stress of living with significant risk.

(a) Risk of causing significant transboundary harm includes risks taking the form of a high probability of causing significant transboundary harm and a low probability of causing disastrous transboundary harm

Iraq argues that, since the oil well fires did not constitute a significant health risk in Kuwait, they would have constituted even less of a risk for populations in other countries.

In Europe, the pre crisis boom in real estate investment was fueled by reckless credit flows from Northern to Southern Europe. Credit rationing has followed, as banks reduced their overburdened balance sheets and were discouraged from risk taking.

The first of the above steps is generally accepted to have the most significant influence on expected return and risk.

Organized criminal groups are engaged in significant economic and financial crimes through, for example, offences related to credit card fraud, identity theft and counterfeiting.

Initial and obvious points to be expected are comments on the accessibility and cost of trade finance, credit risk insurance and instruments of payment.

Credit Where Credit is Due

To it goes a significant part of credit for creating awareness of the rights of women and violation of these rights, particularly violence against women.

The emission of fine particulates from diesel engines and power plants is seen as a significant health risk that remains inadequately addressed.

Those which are deemed as significant or higher risk are given priority, but lower risks still warrant inquiry as resources are available.

Scientific analysis of available data of epidemiological, experimental and molecular biology studies has shown significant increases in the risk estimates over time.

The relatively low interest rates on both short term and long term bonds are now causing both individual investors and institutional fund managers to assume duration risk and credit quality risk in the hope of achieving higher returns. That was the same risk strategy that preceded the financial crisis in 2008.

Moreover, in a risk off environment, when investors are risk averse or when equities and other risky assets are subject to market and or credit uncertainty, it may be better to hold negative yielding bonds than riskier and more volatile assets.

1.168 To provide enterprise, consumer and housing credit on a scale that is large enough to have significant and measurable impact on the lives of the poorest.

That risk, it was said, would be even greater in case of a demand made on the eve of insolvency and could affect the cost of credit.

The State of origin shall take all appropriate measures to prevent significant transboundary harm or at any event to minimize the risk thereof.

The State of origin shall take all appropriate measures to prevent significant transboundary harm or at any event to minimize the risk thereof.

For this significant group, leaving their homes means placing their lives and integrity at risk in 85 per cent of the national territory.

Street level interventions and prevention measures for groups at risk nevertheless require significant expansion to actually address the full dimension of the problem.

Thus, they related to activities not prohibited by international law which involved a risk of causing significant transboundary harm through their physical consequences.

Considerable credit risks hamper trade finance and financial risk management in countries with high sovereign risks, an issue closely related to a country s economic development and economic policies.

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