Only a few speak any Arabic, and such knowledge is often limited to a few basic words.

It became clear that politicians often make decisions based on limited knowledge.

Prevent harm as the best method of environmental protection and, when knowledge is limited, apply a precautionary approach.

Access to traditional knowledge is limited, and unless these issues are addressed urgently and immediately, much traditional knowledge will be lost.

We need to begin from the position that our knowledge, our power, our legitimacy is limited.

Americans knowledge of what happens abroad is limited, and often reduced to a cartoon strip view of the rest of the world.

The only exception is Japan, where a lack of political leadership and a limited knowledge of basic economics among government ministers undermines mid term growth prospects.

A country with a limited number of drug abusers or with limited knowledge of the size of the problem may choose to classify the coverage of its treatment services as high even though this may not properly reflect the actual situation.

The lack of human capital and the limited knowledge of internationalization are further impediments that need to be addressed.

To cause a significant current evil in order to avoid a possible future danger when our knowledge is limited and our judgments uncertain is, Greenspan believes, unwise.

In some cases, consumers have been known to act on the strength of brand alone, even purchasing a product with relatively limited knowledge about it.

Successful practices are usually documented by example, resulting in only limited transfer of knowledge and ideas between countries and a tendency to reinvent the wheel .

Policymakers (whose knowledge of economic history is generally limited) are therefore at risk of being drowned in contradictory historical references.

Yet, in America and most of the world, drug prices are still exorbitant and the spread of knowledge is tightly limited.

With my limited knowledge of Islam and the respect that I have for that faith, I would not have drawn them.

Limited access to knowledge and female illiteracy have been shown by UNICEF to be powerful correlates of infant and child mortality.

Nevertheless, given the special interest shown by the ILO secretariat in the subject, this more limited note was prepared, with a view to contributing to the development of knowledge management activities within the ILO and to helping the organization consolidate a knowledge management strategy.

Noon This used book fair is a non profit initiative working to establish a culture where knowledge is shared and people with limited incomes are empowered to own and read books.

Over three days, experts heard evidence about the region s biggest challenges. It became clear that politicians often make decisions based on limited knowledge.

If we place imperfect knowledge at the heart of economic analysis, the implications of our limited ability to predict market outcomes becomes clear.

At the plant level, their constraints range from limited technical and managerial skills, problems in securing funds and insufficient knowledge of laws and regulations.

These constraints relate essentially to their limited access to the technologies, skills, information and knowledge needed to trigger and sustain growth and capability upgrading.

The Bank should be viewed, in part, as a Knowledge Bank, and it should advocate reforms that enhance developing countries access to knowledge. Access to generic medicines is essential if developing countries, with their limited budgets, are to improve the health of the poor.

So does our knowledge of how best to respond. Policymakers and philanthropists need access to regularly updated information on how to use limited funds effectively.

Prior to this, very few Internet service providers advertised in mainstream press (at least outside of the USA), and knowledge of the Internet was limited.

In contrast, in high unemployment and slow growth environment, even if workers have accumulated knowledge and skills, there may be limited labour mobility and employment.

Yet, in America and most of the world, drug prices are still exorbitant and the spread of knowledge is tightly limited. That is because we have created a patent system that gives innovators a temporary monopoly over what they create, which encourages them to hoard their knowledge, lest they help a competitor.

On the other hand, limited knowledge on the nutritional necessities of the women and children, and lack of knowledge on how to best satisfy these nutritional needs, has also contributed to deficient nutritional situation in these two population groups.

Access to information and communication technology (ICT) applications and services and systematic knowledge sharing in disadvantaged communities and rural areas is either non existent or very limited.

Capacity building. WCO suggested that capacity building was very important in order to enhance the arms embargo, as customs officers had limited knowledge in identifying cross border firearms.

Challenges in Knowledge Sharing Knowledge sharing can sometimes constitute a major challenge in the field of knowledge management.

Whether we like it or not, we have limited money and a limited attention span for global causes.

Current knowledge of such barriers, both empirical and conceptual, is rather limited and hampered by the lack of common methodologies and the inadequate quality of available data and updated information.

They have a very limited circle of activities.

Knowledge like this informs, supports and provides a context for symbolic, conscious knowledge.

And both countries leaders must deliver reforms within a limited tenure, with limited resources, and within a global context of trade rivalry and interdependence.

The Alaska Native Knowledge Network is developing a school curriculum based on aboriginal knowledge.

While everyone agrees on the need to maintain confidentiality, the challenge is to provide researchers access to the databases on a limited and restrictive basis to expand the boundaries of knowledge and to approve the methods for future rounds.

Finally, OIOS noted that opportunities for exchanges of knowledge and experience and lessons learned in civil military coordination within and between contingents were very limited, although such interaction would be a valuable addition to the more institutionalized training curriculum.

1. Accept a limited renegotiation of the Greek program.

Its activities continued in a limited level until 1980.

The specific knowledge gained by a child through these interactions also represented the shared knowledge of a culture.

Under the new rules, the Monetary Authority now recognizes limited purpose bank branches at which a limited range of services is offered.

Shorting bonds by purchasing a CDS contract carries limited risk but almost unlimited profit potential, whereas selling a CDS contract offers limited profits but practically unlimited risks.

Bilal is a person of knowledge.