Although the economic costs of income inequality are substantial, the political costs may prove to be the most damaging and dangerous. The rich have both the incentives and the ability to promote policies that maintain or enhance their position.

Traffic congestion, in particular, is not only environmentally detrimental it also imposes substantial time and resource costs on drivers.

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

Debtor countries pay substantial risk premiums to finance their debt, which is reflected in their high economy wide borrowing costs.

Neither are other substantial intellectual creations.

Also, substantial savings can be made by avoiding unnecessary costs such as overpayments to creditors or penalty interests due to poor bookkeeping.

First, they have a substantial markup on the ingredients and other costs of production of the ice cream they sell to the operator.

However, there are substantial differences among these economies.

Clearly, private remittances to African countries are substantial.

The costs are mounting.

Donors are pledging substantial support for the electoral process.

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

Rising labor costs are inevitable.

But even in the shorter run over the next two presidential terms, say the costs of a high deficit and rapid debt growth would be substantial.

While it is possible that States will have to incur predictable, yet limited, costs to develop and implement these laws, substantial experience suggests that the resulting short and long term benefits to such States should greatly outweigh the costs.

Critics of the Stern Review don t think serious action to limit CO2 emissions is justified, because there remains substantial uncertainty about the extent of the costs of global climate change, and because these costs will be incurred far in the future.

Resource needs are still substantial if they are to meet the targets for reconstruction.

Spanish borrowing costs are also rising.

The costs of complacency are not.

Indeed pregnant women are afforded substantial protection under the Employment Act.

Yet, by denying the obvious fact that the eurozone s viability depends on substantial restraints on sovereignty, Europe s leaders are misleading their voters, delaying the Europeanization of democratic politics, and raising the political and economic costs of the ultimate reckoning.

Growth will not resume until production costs in the indebted countries decline, which requires either a substantial permanent increase in productivity, a reduction in real wages, or both.

But their funding costs are not zero.

With a tax, the costs are obvious.

There are substantial challenges related to biodiversity in areas outside national jurisdiction.

That said, Europe s disparities in production costs and competitiveness, reflected in the problem countries substantial current account deficits, may prove to be an even more difficult problem to resolve.

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.

There are substantial ideological differences between Gaza s Salafi al Qaeda affiliates and Hamas.

The needs are substantial for the building of the social and economic infrastructure.

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.

There are many active youth groups which are doing a substantial amount with considerable impact on the ground.

Yet there are several reasons why the Greek crisis is having substantial spillover effects.

Other substantial developments are certain to follow and Turkey stands to gain from them.

The costs of inaction are morally and economically untenable.

But there are high costs associated with intellectual property.

Studies show that benefits are higher than the costs.

Meanwhile, high domestic borrowing costs are undermining private investment.