In other words, France uses African reserves to finance part of its budget deficit at a concessional interest rate.

It is to provide adequate and sustainable financial resources on a grant or concessional basis.

It is no secret that sovereign bonds carry significantly higher borrowing costs than concessional debt does.

performance of measures to assist and support small and medium sized women's businesses through concessional lending

(c) Access to and transfer of environmentally sound technologies on a concessional or preferential basis, as mutually agreed

Beyond the provision of cheap credit and concessional loans is the global export of China s way of doing business.

The new non concessional debt more than offset the debt relief received, although export earnings have increased since 2001.

For 2001 alone, for the Republic as a whole, 190 women received concessional loans totalling 45,600, including the following

The figures for ODA are based on concessional transfers with grant equivalence of 25 per cent of nominal flows.

For example, in July, the International Monetary Fund commendably announced a substantial increase in concessional lending to least developed countries.

Financial and technical assistance is provided in the form of grants or concessional loans delivered primarily through four international implementing agencies.

Furthermore, when grants and concessional bilateral flows are used to clear arrears with multilateral institutions, this further reduces the resources available for development.

The least developed countries and other low income developing countries would require a greater share of external resources on a concessional and grant basis.

Debt reduction, either through stock of debt reduction or debt service reduction based on a concessional rescheduling, will continue to be considered only in exceptional cases.

The March 2007 resolution called for vigilance and restraint in the sale of heavy weapons to Iran and avoidance of new grants, financial assistance, or concessional loans.

More concessional finance will be available for low income countries, and international liquidity will be increased by a hand out of 250 billion in special drawing rights (SDRs).

Now European countries finance 42 of IMF lending and 62 of concessional World Bank lending. This task will have to be shared by emerging countries with large reserves.

The effective interest rate, effective annual interest rate, annual equivalent rate (AER) or simply effective rate is the interest rate on a loan or financial product restated from the nominal interest rate as an interest rate with annual compound interest payable in arrears.

NEW YORK In recent years, a growing number of African governments have issued Eurobonds, diversifying away from traditional sources of finance such as concessional debt and foreign direct investment.

Promoting the access to, and transfer of, technologies and technical cooperation to implement the objectives of this Agreement, including on concessional and preferential terms and conditions, as mutually agreed

The population growth rate surged as the mortality rate dropped more rapidly than the birth rate.

(n) Promoting the access to, and transfer of, technologies and technical cooperation to implement the objectives of this Agreement, including on concessional and preferential terms and conditions, as mutually agreed

But this Chinese FDI is bundled together with concessional loans, and there is much double counting, with the same ventures being recorded both as aid flows and as inflows of FDI.

As a result, compared to the regional development banks, the Bank will be lending less to fee paying clients, who provide income, and engaging in more concessional lending, which does not.

Improve access to reliable, affordable, economically viable and environmentally sound energy sources and services, in particular to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed

ABR Available bit rate a minimum guaranteed rate is specified.

Thirdly, within the next three years, China will provide up to 10 billion in concessional loans to developing countries to improve their infrastructure and to promote cooperation between enterprises on both sides.

The malnutrition rate and the child mortality rate have been reduced.

Daily rate

Spending rate

Today the overall literacy rate in Albania is 98.7 the male literacy rate is 99.2 and female literacy rate is 98.3 .

In 2001 and for six months of 2002, employment service offices gave unemployed women concessional (interest free) loans totalling 49,800 somoni in order to organize self employment and support entrepreneurial initiatives among women.

Table 1.6 Total birth rate and population growth rate in Viet Nam ( )

In the United States, this interest rate is the federal funds rate in the United Kingdom, it is the official bank rate.

But when prices are falling, the real interest rate exceeds the nominal rate.

Exchange Rate Disorder

Currency exchange rate

Maternal mortality rate

Currency exchange rate

Exchange rate fluctuation

neonatal mortality rate

Vacancy rate analysis

(f) Exchange rate

And America s incarceration rate is 10 times Sweden s rate of 70 people per 100,000.

People with fixed rate mortgages are also vulnerable to rate increases, though less directly.