Those were long term commitments that had to be part of a country's general development plans and strategies.

Unlike insurance companies and pension funds, they have no long term debt or future payment obligations.

In this fluid environment, large companies must be cautious before making large, long term commitments.

They fail to build long term markets and long term opportunities, the crux of business success.

Most importantly, they have to be long term, since reconstruction itself is a long term process.

Similarly, banks have short term liabilities (deposits) and long term assets, which they cannot liquidate quickly without incurring great losses.

Hamas is playing a long game.

A Long Term Plan for Syria s Refugees

Its economic reconstruction remains a long term and arduous task.

The typical bank is capitalized with equity, long term debt, short term debt, and deposits.

The majority of survivors have long term effects from the treatment.

The critics would say that it is because of the tax preference accorded to debt, or because banks are too big to fail.

Higher and pro cyclical equity capital requirements on banks, combined with a requirement to raise contingent long term debt debt that converts into equity in a crisis is a better way forward.

Nevertheless, Japan faces serious long term challenges.

The Eastern Partnership is a typical long term EU technocratic instrument.

Interagency cooperation and participation of local civil society are frequently part of UNCTAD projects.

In issuing contingent capital, banks would have to pay a higher interest rate than they would on ordinary long term debt, because debt investors will face the true cost of capital, not the government subsidized cost.

To address this distortion, the payoffs of financial executives should be tied not to the long term value of their firms common shares but to the long term value of a broader basket of securities.

Low long term interest rates have kept the region s debts manageable, while high consumer demand has helped bid up prices for the region s commodity exports.

(c) Reduce barriers to long term, non debt creating capital flows, especially FDI, and the costs to migrants of sending their remittances through sanctioned institutional channels.

Long term trends are not likely to receive much coverage.

Such dedicated resources should preferably be used for short or medium term actions and programmes with a catalytic or innovative role.

If their public argument is incorrect (and they must know it), why do bankers prefer short term borrowing to long term equity finance?

We also need instruments that are better suited to delivery of long term international transfers.

Recently, several banks have been able to issue long term bonds at affordable rates.

lCERs may not be carried over to a subsequent commitment period.

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Stresses the need for a long term strategy for office accommodation at Headquarters

The psychological, environmental and socio economic problems it created will have long term effects.

Rehabilitation of degraded land in Africa is generally perceived as a long term process.

She was pleased that the National Coordination Committee had an implementation plan, but wished to know if it was a short , medium or long term plan.

Moreover, there may be a financial panic large financial institutions with short term liabilities and long term assets will have a difficult time weathering a large rise in long term dollar denominated interest rates. This mismatch can cause financial stress and bankruptcy just as easily as banks local currency assets and dollar liabilities caused stress and bankruptcy in the Mexican and East Asian crises of the 1990 s and in the Argentinean crisis of this decade.

This means no cross border sovereign debt (or esoteric instruments, such as collateralized debt obligations).

Long term goals include working with partner nations to improve national and regional stability and security.

By signing on to the Millennium Declaration, Armenia included the development goals in its long term strategy programmes.

Institutional conflicts and jealousies may arise that can hamper any long term gain for women.

National reconciliation will be crucial in the achievement of a long term comprehensive settlement of the Afghan conflict.

In that regard, long term commitments from the international community are vital.

The Government of Iraq must conclude further debt relief agreements and must also find a comprehensive solution to the issue of reparation obligations, which significantly exceed the external debt stock.

5. Notes with appreciation the holistic and prioritized approach of the United Nations system to addressing the continuing crisis in some parts of Somalia, while making long term commitments to rehabilitation, recovery and development activities in more stable parts

As such, analysed the long term relationships between population, economic activities, manpower and education, in 14 African countries, with long term projections.

Big banks, not small banks, are the major players in the market for short term debt, which makes their bonds riskier than small banks bonds.

Nevertheless, their expansionary actions have helped to raise long term inflation expectations toward the target levels.

The ECB has been offering long term loans to banks at a favorable rate.

What is clear is that inequality is not just a long term issue.