In order to reduce disaster risks, countries and communities must first identify risk factors, decide what level of risk is acceptable, and then take steps to reduce risks or transfer them away from affected areas.

At the political level, capitalism requires compensation and transfer mechanisms to render its outcomes acceptable.

Disaster risk reduction requires national and community action on a wide range of fronts, including technical and institutional capacity, appropriate policies, and investments designed to bring risks to acceptable levels at an acceptable cost.

This level of borrowing poses a new type of financial risk for China. But how big and dangerous is that risk?

This level of borrowing poses a new type of financial risk for China.

They should. Not only has this untested policy experiment failed to deliver an acceptable economic recovery it has also heightened the risk of another crisis.

If implemented, the German proposal would most likely exclude behavior that involves acceptable risk, as well as sidelining those who take wild and inappropriate decisions.

The huge design challenge is to find the right level of mandatory policy convergence one that works economically and is acceptable politically.

Banking has become an instrument of economic policy to ensure GDP growth and employment creation, while keeping inflation at an acceptable level.

The standard and level of provision that is acceptable or appropriate depends on many factors and is highly specific to country and location.

Most important, States should also conceive mechanisms that allow bottom up disaster risk reduction initiatives, originating at the community level and contributing to the shaping of disaster risk reduction policy and programmes at the national level.

If, in Astana, a high level group reinforces the idea of a referendum and sets a mutually acceptable date, this would be a significant achievement.

Noise levels For satiable communication, the average speech level should exceed that of an interfering noise by 6dB lower sound noise ratios are rarely acceptable (Moore, 1997).

Successful verification is considered to require the provision of an acceptable level of confidence to an inspecting State party that Treaty declarations are being adhered to.

Kyrgyzstan supports the view that an acceptable debt level needs to be defined and that measures are urgently required to lighten the debt burden for developing countries.

Kyrgyzstan also advocates the identification of an acceptable level of indebtedness and the adoption of urgent and commensurate measures to ease the debt burden of developing countries.

This recommendation is acceptable.

This recommendation is acceptable.

This recommendation is acceptable.

The Conference attracted worldwide attention and assumed an unprecedented level of significance with regard to disaster risk reduction.

Deprived socio economic conditions, inadequate supply of hygienically acceptable drinking water, inadequate waste management and improper housing conditions all increase the risk of the outbreak and spread of many contagious diseases.

Belize stated that the acceptable language was English. Botswana stated that English was the acceptable language.

As real interest rates and risk premia begin to rise, the level of global trade and investment will decline.

(a) Are these concepts acceptable?

(a) Is this concept acceptable?

Within each region, factors such as convenient and accessible air transportation, good communication capacity, low security risk, political stability and acceptable infrastructure and amenities should be considered in locating regional and subregional centres.

UNDP has leveraged the pro bono services of an external independent firm to conduct a preliminary risk inventory and high level road map for the implementation of enterprise risk management in UNDP.

Hygiene practices vary widely, and what is considered acceptable in one culture might not be acceptable in another.

Given the high risk premiums currently prevailing in Europe, this percentage is too low to constitute a level playing field.

Greater awareness in respect of natural disaster risk management planning and capacity building at the national level will be crucial.

Countries in North America, Europe and Oceania indicated a high level of specific types of intervention targeting at risk groups.

We concur that strengthening community level capacities to reduce disaster risk at the local level is especially needed, considering that appropriate disaster reduction measures at that level enable the communities and individuals to reduce significantly their vulnerability to hazards.

Trade negotiations are supposedly acceptable again.

Questions (a) Is this concept acceptable?

Although of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cost over at the time, he knew that DRAM prices were falling, and would drop to an acceptable level before full production was reached.

Similarly, the alarmingly high level of youth joblessness increases the risk of relatively new entrants into the labor force becoming unemployable.

We need to take additional measures to reduce the level of systemic risk including limiting the size of our largest banks.

Standards and technical regulations in place at home and in export markets represent indispensable information in strategic planning, design of products, preparation and operation processes and maintenance of an acceptable quality level.

If the bonds were acceptable as collateral before the restructuring, surely they were safer after the restructuring, and thus equally acceptable.

And the only acceptable answer is yes.

This is not acceptable. This cannot last.

Indeed, this is the only acceptable identity.

Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

Armenia stated in its notification that the acceptable languages were Armenian, English or Russian. Austria stated that the acceptable language was German.

The presence of the cold front, however, indicated that conditions in the objective area on 20 November would be good and possibly acceptable over Laos for navigation of the low level penetration flights.