It costs way less than obesity now.

For consumers, the costs are in terms of higher prices and less variety.

And if politicians choose less efficient, less coordinated cap and trade policies, the costs could escalate a further 10 to 100 times.

Brazilian sugar based ethanol costs far less to produce than American corn based ethanol.

With the ongoing revolution in information and communications technology, the phones and computers will cost less and less, even as the costs of many commodities needed for development grow.

In other words, since 1999, wage costs have increased by about 20 less in Germany than in southern Europe.

Despite their economic costs, restructuring public debt or eroding all public and private liabilities through inflation can be less detrimental options.

Yet the farther inland producers went, the less skilled the employees and the higher the costs of transporting goods to market became.

Costs of dry bulk foods (before preparation) are often considerably less than convenience and fresh foods purchased at local markets or supermarkets.

The Colombian insurance scheme costs around 164 for each person covered, or 83 for fully subsidized coverage with a less generous benefit package.

The course costs 150, which is an exaggerated amount. It would have cost me less had I had a private instructor, he explained.

This fee structure makes it difficult to run a business selling items for less than ten dollars, and impossible to run a business selling items for less than one dollar transaction costs eat up the profits.

The Bush administration may be correct in arguing that the extremely high costs and risks of promoting democracy are less than the costs and risks of allowing the authoritarian status quo in the Middle east to persist indefinitely.

It tightens costs, and outsources work as much as possible, so its workforce is paid less than Arcelor s employees and is less stable. Moreover, Arcelor represented a perfect takeover target most of its capital belongs to diverse shareholders.

These risks are greater in less developed financial systems, and the costs of cleaning up the messes could also be proportionately larger for poorer economies.

The broader subliminal message is that you can have whatever you currently expect in terms of government services for less than it costs you now.

Using a more realistic approach, and including monitoring and administration costs, the outlay for governments will still be less than half of the economic benefits.

But if there are no new investment opportunities on the horizon, squabbling is less costly, because the existing plant and machinery are already sunk costs.

Encouraging people to exercise, to avoid smoking, to use alcohol only in moderation, and to eat less red meat would help to reduce health care costs.

Even though new standards would apply to suppliers from all exporting countries, compliance costs usually vary, meaning that those less equipped to meet higher standards could suffer.

That is a greater share than in anywhere else in the world, but rising health care costs are also a problem in countries that spend far less.

The other half of income attributable to the sales publications revolving fund less related costs is disclosed in the note to the General Fund (note 2(b))

It costs 70 yen less than the sum of the Metro fare and the Toei fare, calculated based on the shortest possible route between the origin and destination stations.

Iran seeks compensation for expenses incurred in treating these additional cases indirect costs such as transportation costs costs incurred by caregivers opportunity costs and costs of future medical care.

But, despite their robust base and low administrative costs, excise taxes currently amount to less than 2 of low income countries GDP, compared to roughly 3 in high income countries.

If the ball costs 10, the bat costs...

The world is fascinated by China's economic miracle, but it is much less interested in the costs associated with the country's 8 9 annual growth rate in the past 25 years.

These improvements in combination are predicted to result in 15 less fuel consumption per aircraft, 8 lower operating costs, less noise production, and a reduction of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by at least 10 compared to the A320 series, as well as an increase in range of approximately .

There were admittedly too few places in childcare centres, and the costs were higher than the European average, although outside Dublin a parent paid less than the 20 per cent figure cited.

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

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.

Operating costs

Operational costs

Administrative costs

Investment costs

Audit costs

Operational costs

An example could be that a software upgrade might improve system performance, but the business case is that better performance would improve customer satisfaction, require less task processing time, or reduce system maintenance costs.

A provision of 104,000, representing 5 per cent of the total estimated expenditure less the amount of the United Nations regular budget subvention of 238,200 will be needed for programme support costs in 2006.

Costs and financing The cost of supplying water consists, to a very large extent, of fixed costs (capital costs and personnel costs) and only to a small extent of variable costs that depend on the amount of water consumed (mainly energy and chemicals).

Less investment will mean less capital deepening.

In the United States, North America, much more expensive. Legal costs, medical costs ...

133. Deeply regrets that some amounts previously funded under posts, other staff costs, general operating expenses and supplies and materials have been presented in a less transparent manner under the provision of grants and contributions

But no one has so far argued that the cost of damage caused to the development prospects of poor countries and regions is less than the amount of compensation being offered to cover adjustment costs.

This amount was inclusive of extrabudgetary costs amounting to 642,400 to be funded by a number of member organizations and comprised 35,671,100 for administrative costs, 43,014,100 for investment costs and 1,443,200 for audit costs.