Poor people tend to be more exposed to threats and are less able to absorb the shocks inherent in disasters.

In some cases, an island or group of islands may be able to absorb the likely displacement of population.

This makes them safer, because they are more able to absorb losses, and less likely to become zombie banks (which do not make sensible loans).

In addition, the existing UNDP advisers will be able to absorb some functions that UNOTIL advisers are currently engaged in from May 2006, namely

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The Gulf Cooperation Council countries will be able to absorb only limited numbers of surplus workers from labour exporting countries owing to current work nationalization policies.

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Subsequent interviews indicate that a number of previously reunified returnees have separated themselves from households that are not able to absorb them and have returned to the local authorities.

This is the reason why I created, with David Edward, a scientist of Harvard University, an object able to absorb the toxic elements using those kind of plants.

Will the global ecosystem be able to absorb these additional pollutants without considerable changes in the ecosphere? Obviously not, as a large majority of climatologists are now warning.

It's brilliant. It's a way to get sodium and glucose together so that when you add it to water the child is able to absorb it even during situations of diarrhea.

The world market may just be able to absorb a 10 per cent growth in supply over two years, provided that Chinese demand continues growing at its recent rates.

The domestic economy was able to absorb this shock and increase its employment by almost 100,000 jobs through employing an additional 20,000 workers on top of the 80,000 who no longer work in Israel.

But it is difficult to see how the resulting growth could have been as high reaching an unprecedented 10 or more annually in per capita terms without a global economy able to absorb these countries exports.

In the meantime, India s banks have enough capital to absorb losses.

He tried to absorb as much of the local culture as possible.

It will not be possible to absorb these additional conference servicing requirements.

It will not be possible to absorb these additional conference servicing requirements.

The goal is not to absorb shocks but to reduce income gaps across regions.

Moreover, we require areas to absorb the waste emitted by our energy use.

Type 6 nylon can absorb up to 9.5 of its weight in moisture.

Equally important were training and the development of national capacity to absorb technology.

Countries in most developing regions, such as Latin America, North Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia, may be able to absorb their armies of potential workers into productive employment and benefit appreciably from the ensuing economic boost.

Greater reliance on equity would give banks a much larger cushion to absorb losses.

It will not be possible to absorb these additional requirements of the task force.

So if the web was made entirely out of dragline silk, an insect is very likely to just bounce right off. But by having really, really stretchy capture spiral silk, the web is actually able to absorb the impact of that intercepted prey.

It is therefore of paramount importance for the PA not only to target employment generation schemes to the sectors that are able to absorb the shock of the labour released from the Israeli market, but also to design appropriate programmes to increase productivity in these sectors.

As a result, the capacity of manufacturing to absorb labor has become much more limited.

Because black particles contain soot and absorb sunlight, they are believed to increase global warming.

P680 can also directly absorb a photon at a suitable wavelength.

Ultimately, while the World Bank is expected to secure funding for most civilian adviser posts in the finance sector, it is hoped that UNDP will be able to absorb key civilian adviser posts in the sectors of justice, rule of law and democratic governance.

But, when the fighting ended, it was Deng who had to absorb most of the lessons.

It is reprehensible that the poor are expected to absorb the cost of instabilities of production.

Because thus we absorb the language and its grammar and spelling 2.

As a result, women absorb more alcohol into their bloodstreams than men.

China now stands ready to absorb some of that surplus saving to promote a shift toward internal demand.

Adding to that the low rate at which the private sector is able to absorb young people seeking work and the political crisis in the country, it is easy to understand why Togo's young people are facing the problems of unemployment, poverty and the other scourges I have mentioned.

The natural resource industries that globalization promotes have limited capacity to absorb employment out of traditional sectors.

Atmospheric greenhouse gases allow sunlight to pass through but absorb heat and radiate some down to the earth s surface.

He noted that sub Saharan Africa is now in a position to absorb more capital inflows to build infrastructure.

But, despite the decrees, ways were found to continue building, to absorb new residents, and to increase the settler population.

The ECB s task is to provide liquidity to banks, while the EFSF and ESM are designed to absorb solvency risk.

Over the last decade, Greece could absorb only a fifth of the EU modernization funds available to it.

Last month, the bank paid 1.1 billion in dividends, reducing its ability to absorb future losses on its investments.

Capital buffers to absorb losses during the downturn of the cycle can be more easily built during the upswing.