Affordability does not appear to be a big hurdle.

With insufficient growth to deleverage safely, social costs have been considerable.

Tackling social and environmental problems at the same time with the same solution yields great cost savings, wealth generation and national security.

Burning fossil fuels also has significant benefits, and we should weigh those benefits against the costs.

Investment in payroll systems could provide significant returns in cost avoidance and in better system management.

Although the economic costs of income inequality are substantial, the political costs may prove to be the most damaging and dangerous. The rich have both the incentives and the ability to promote policies that maintain or enhance their position.

The secretariat provided substantive assistance and financial support for logistical and consultancy costs and policy advocacy, and participated in joint missions with the GM.

As a number of countries are on the cusp of making significant transport investments, careful consideration should be given to relative costs and benefits of different types of transport, including safety issues.

The removal of non strategic weapons would represent significant savings in terms of security and storage costs, constitute a valuable contribution to nuclear disarmament and improve regional and international security.

Consider recycling, which is often just a feel good gesture with little environmental benefit and significant cost.

They showed that the Kremlin cannot reduce a new and powerful social trend memorialized by countless Web sites, blogs, and online archives to isolated outbursts fomented by foreign agents.

The Inspectors believe that a common payroll system is not only technically feasible but also financially desirable, though it is not a simple task.

(i) At the United Nations global headquarters level, member state expectations are high for rationalization of procurement and human resource management, increased administrative efficiency and cost reductions.

Although the variance may appear insignificant overall, the Board notes that the actual variances in individual line items were significant, most notably a 40 per cent ( 1 million) increase in costs related to Atlas.

Important yet rational investments have been made to assure that infrastructure remains viable, stable, reliable and cost effective and that it provides a consistent and adequate response to organizational needs.

The package stands out for its tangle of instruments and thus the risk of counterproductive, overlapping regulation, which will substantially increase costs compared to an effective climate policy.

First, they can improve value for money (in that better value for money can be achieved through a competitive market price, and substantial cost savings can be realized through dynamic and real time trading).

(b) To achieve cost savings

The first obstacle is cost.

With regard to the financial arrangements, it will be recalled that in accordance with the practice followed on the occasion of previous multilateral disarmament conferences, and as reflected in the Rules of Procedure, the costs of such conferences, including those pertaining to preparatory meetings, would be shared among the States Parties participating in the conferences, based upon the United Nations scale of assessment pro rated to take into account the number of

Subject to the States Parties' approval of the estimated costs and cost sharing formula, assessment notices will be prepared based on the overall estimated costs and applicable cost sharing formula.

The alternative to this price oriented approach continued dependence on the quota system would incur considerable administrative expenses, efficiency losses, and social costs stemming from rent seeking and corruption.

The actual costs will be determined after the closure of the sessions and completion of related work, with all relevant expenditures recorded in the accounts.

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Administrative costs

Indeed, major cost differences remain.

(d) Inflation and other cost adjustments.

The equivalent of today s policy rate rose to 22 as he launched a bold anti inflationary crusade, accepting significant upfront costs for gains down the road.

The additional costs are covered by the provision of cost increases included in UNIDO's approved programme and budget estimates for the 2004 2005 biennium.

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There are a number of other costs, some potentially quite large, although quantifying them is problematic.

(a) General costs

Costs and economic damage

Operational costs

Cost effectiveness

It is hugely expensive.

Now we see that these were only a small part of the total costs.

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And, of course, the challenge was that it's a huge problem, we are talking of millions of people, very little resource to deal with it, and then lots of logistics and affordability issues.

As a result, both the public and private sectors must accept the need for additional investments, as well as the potential costs of early capital retirement, in order to accelerate this process and deliver deep cuts in emissions.

When there is a single price, all the various cost curves are merged into one and low cost projects enjoy large rents.

The reduction includes the related impact on operational and other non staff costs of the Committee's recommendations on posts.

These costs are somewhat lower in developing countries.

A breakdown of these costs by meeting is annexed.

A breakdown of the estimated costs is provided in the attached tables.