What matters is dynamic comparative advantage, or comparative advantage in the long run, which can be shaped.

This is a major comparative advantage.

One is a shift in comparative advantage.

LDCs' comparative advantage is in exports of labour intensive services.

The second argument for institutional independence is that central banks have a clear comparative advantage in dealing with monetary issues, and can therefore be trusted to pursue their targets independently.

The second argument for institutional independence is that central banks have a clear comparative advantage in dealing with monetary issues, and can therefore be trusted to pursue their targets independently. But this advantage does not extend to other policy areas.

Do we have the comparative advantage to use another sort of energy?

Forty years ago, South Korea had a comparative advantage in growing rice.

Furthermore, SWFs have comparative advantages over other kinds of institutional investors.

From this perspective, these countries comparative advantage is having other countries exploit their resources.

Egypt s comparative advantage lies in labor intensive services as opposed to one time products

In the economy s tradable sector, comparative advantage always shifts, causing structural change and creative destruction.

And this was before the students had been instructed in the wonders of comparative advantage!

That comparative advantage can just as easily be in services as in manufacturing or agriculture.

That observation should not, however, overshadow fundamental economic insights specifically, that trade and the location of production are determined by comparative, not absolute, advantage. A country will always have a comparative advantage in something but that something changes.

The United Nations has both a comparative advantage and a clear role to play in peacebuilding.

Some US industries, such as chemicals and plastics, will gain a significant comparative advantage in production costs.

Within Christianity, for well known historical reasons, Protestantism has had a comparative advantage in adapting to pluralism.

Low cost call centers in India or Chinese made bicycles do not reflect any natural comparative advantage.

From a political perspective, OSS offers another element of comparative advantage over proprietary software, namely national security.

But curtailing social programs in both Europe and Russia would jeopardize human capital, their most valuable comparative advantage.

They have also nurtured industries in line with their comparative advantage, which has helped them weather the storm.

Developing countries also need access for the unskilled labor intensive services in which they have a comparative advantage.

Different types of micro organism dominate different layers based on their comparative advantage for living in that layer.

Those are areas that are generally viewed as ones in which other multilateral organizations possess a comparative advantage.

Therefore, comparative institutional analysis arising from such assignments is required to make recommendations about efficient internalization of externalities and institutional design, including Law and Economics.

It is my hope that China s comparative advantage as a low wage producer does disappear the sooner the better.

Trade in these services could offer important opportunities for developing countries given their comparative advantage in labour intensive services.

Subregional offices are well positioned to leverage their status as subregional entities as a comparative advantage in resource mobilization.

UNDP is recognized as having a comparative advantage in this area, since few other donors are as actively involved.

It needs a nudge in the appropriate direction, especially when a country has a strong comparative advantage in natural resources.

It is often said that the EU's comparative advantage lies in its normative power, or the power of its values.

As an oil producing and exporting country, Azerbaijan holds a strong comparative advantage in educating petroleum engineers, workers and researchers.

What went wrong? The multilateral lenders advocated a development strategy based on the theory of comparative advantage and unbridled economic liberalization.

Pursuing its comparative advantage strengthens a country s resilience to crisis and allows for the rapid accumulation of human and physical capital.

In addition, tourism was one of the few industries in which most developing countries had a comparative advantage over developed countries.

A sound division of labour, based on comparative advantage, among Secretariat units, funds and programmes, and agencies is the only viable approach.

Arguably the most damaging is to stick to a successful growth strategy (a combination of comparative advantage and supportive policies) for too long.

This may be particularly relevant today, with China s rising wages and appreciating exchange rate underscoring rapid change in global comparative and competitive advantage.

We Europeans cannot afford the luxury of dismantling a high value added industrial sector in which we still have a real comparative advantage.

To minimize duplication of services, particular efforts are being made to develop cooperative arrangements with alternative complementary service providers, based on comparative advantage.

These were off the agenda in earlier trade rounds, as the US pushed for liberalization of financial services thus serving its own comparative advantage.

The authors, however, argued that Egypt's main comparative advantage now lies in customising and selling added value services on top of already existing software.

In this context, a key policy challenge is to set priorities and focus on niches where they could have a comparative or competitive advantage.

United Nations specialized agencies and programmes will naturally find their place in this effort on the basis of their mandates, expertise and comparative advantage.