The economic costs of hepatitis C are significant both to the individual and to society.

But potentially significant costs offset these small benefits.

Third, despite some significant improvements, major deficiencies in the coverage and quality of infrastructure are clearly affecting competitiveness and increasing costs.

The alternative of absentee ballot voting presents significant technical difficulties and costs.

Bycatch and overfishing impose significant costs on the oceans and society, most of which are not directly borne by the fishers themselves.

It also persuasively demonstrates that all the proposed remedies come with significant costs.

It is not only a moral issue health inequalities carry significant economic costs.

But remaining in the euro zone could impose significant costs on some of them.

At a time when bank capital is scarce, that impediment carries significant economic costs.

This portion of bycatch costs alone can be significant, especially in the longline fishery.

French production costs are high, but Greek costs are higher.

Burning fossil fuels also has significant benefits, and we should weigh those benefits against the costs.

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

Global warming will create significant problems, so carbon reductions offer significant benefits. Cutting carbon emissions, however, requires a reduction in the basic energy use that underpins modern society, so it will also mean significant costs.

Conversely, inappropriate regulations can create significant barriers to trade and investment, including by adding additional and unnecessary costs.

The costs are mounting.

Even more significant, however, are the differences in energy costs, which are now up to 50 lower in the US a gap that is likely to widen further as America s shale gas revolution continues.

The social costs would be significant, he warns, as the synergies between deposit taking and lending would be lost.

The second most significant increase in the indirect costs is under UNIDO's contribution to ASHI applicable to retired staff.

Voluntarily funded organizations such as UNHCR are particularly vulnerable to the risk of a downturn in income, which could lead to significant expenditures in termination costs, while no funds are set aside to cover them.

The bottom line is that the costs of reform are affordable. The costs of complacency are not.

Rising labor costs are inevitable.

The cost of these infections is significant both in terms of lost time at work and costs of medical care.

In addressing the problems of the high cost of connectivity in developing countries it is important to bear in mind that international backbone connectivity represents only a small part of the total costs of ISPs, while costs determined at the domestic level are normally more significant.

As a number of countries are on the cusp of making significant transport investments, careful consideration should be given to relative costs and benefits of different types of transport, including safety issues.

In general, legislation before 2000 imposed on employers enormous firing costs, while new legislation in both Entities represents a significant improvement.

Spanish borrowing costs are also rising.

The costs of complacency are not.

This country focused approach requires a light corporate structure streamlined and tailored to a targeted number of product lines and markets, with significant cutting of current fixed costs as marginal services are eliminated.

In addition to short term policy headaches, stronger currencies carry potentially significant costs in terms of hollowing out industrial and service sectors.

But their funding costs are not zero.

With a tax, the costs are obvious.

Some of Musharraf s achievements are significant.

Some bio fuels are far more cost effective and energy efficient than others, and different bio fuel stocks have very different opportunity costs for food agriculture (sugar has not experienced any significant price increase).

And the budgetary costs are but a fraction of the costs to the economy as a whole.

His land costs are low. So are his labor costs, since he relies on family and friends to weed and pick the crop.

The costs are evident, they argue, but what are the benefits?

In addition, there are social costs to consider.

These costs are somewhat lower in developing countries.

All related costs are included in either 1.

Costs for civilian personnel are included in 1.1.2.

While the achievements are significant, the omissions are also striking.

Of this total an estimated 1.9 trillion are direct costs such as medical care, while 0.2 trillion are indirect costs such as missed work.

Well, in part, because health care in the developed world, the health care costs in the developed world, are rapidly spiraling out of control, and a huge chunk of those costs are human resource costs.

Methodologies used to calculate costs Staff costs Salary and common staff costs The standard costs (in United States dollars) applied in determining staff costs in the proposed budget are based on actual salary costs for the first three months of 2005, and adjusted for step increments in 2006 2007.