Prices could increase much faster at times.

This could only increase suspicion and distrust.

Its further increase could lead to counterproductive protectionist measures.

So what could justify another huge increase in gold prices from here?

This could happen only if European companies cut costs and increase productivity.

Finally, Spaniards could borrow excess German savings and increase consumption and investment.

Under unrealistically optimistic assumptions, the share could increase five percentage points, to 17.9 .

Does OFDI increase competitiveness of firms and how could competitiveness from OFDI be measured?

Oil exporters could, in turn, promise to increase domestic consumption expenditure, which would boost imports.

This baseline scenario is subject to two sided risks that could well increase over time.

c These figures could increase considerably as a result of the institution of new proceedings.

Actions which could aggravate the situation and increase suspicions and mistrust must not be undertaken.

Similarly, broadening the range of available savings instruments could raise household disposable income and increase consumption.

One option could be to increase the number of ad litem judges from nine to 12.

Standardized recommendations could also reduce apparent inconsistencies between some recommendations and thereby increase inter party equity.

This implies that an increase in imports of consumer goods equivalent to 10 of GDP could generate an increase in measured GDP of about 10 as well.

In the long run, wealth could tend to increase in the same proportion as after tax wages.

Even if real wages increase in some coastal cities, surplus labor could keep the national average flat.

If matched by a genuine commitment to develop fiscal credibility, countries could increase their economic growth substantially.

We are also cognizant that development investments that fail to appropriately consider disaster risks could increase vulnerability.

So lower levels of social expenditure could involve only a relatively small increase in inequality and social conflict.

That could lead to as much as a five percentage point increase in China s consumption share by 2015.

However, the rise in oil prices could jeopardize the progress made if the increase is maintained in 2005.

Based on the Monterrey Consensus, resources for development could be expected to increase in the years to come.

In 2004, peacekeeping activities had expanded considerably. The peacekeeping budget now exceeded 4 billion and could increase further.

For the ECB, an increase of 50 basis points could do the job at this point after which rates could probably be put on hold for some time.

Third, publicly financing health could increase overall employment. Canada s provinces phased in national health insurance from 1961 to 1975.

Now Africa has reached the point that, without a drastic increase in private education, its economic transformation could stall.

The climate effect could be a net increase in emissions if forests are cleared to create energy crop plantations.

It had made the payments scheduled for 2004 and 2005 and hoped that its payments could increase in future.

This could help countries to understand that OFDI could be a useful instrument at a microeconomic level, one which helps firms to increase competitiveness and integrate into the global economy.

A targeted support program could increase substantially the efficiency of spending, freeing up resources for education, health, and poverty eradication.

Of course, technological advances, like hydraulic fracturing ( fracking ) in the shale gas industry, could increase supply and therefore lower prices.

The impact of an increase in the retirement age on unemployment could be offset to some extent by implementing pension reforms along with labour market reforms to increase the flexibility of the labour market.

Policymakers could also find creative ways to increase the odds that women will return to the labor market after having children.

In that regard, we urge the parties concerned to stop the violence and all acts that could increase tensions and confrontation.

The exponential increase in international trade had led to a corresponding increase in commercial disputes and, in that connection, the importance of arbitration as a means of resolving international commercial disputes could not be overemphasized.

A unique opportunity to strengthen the world s financial infrastructure and increase economic efficiency for many years to come could be slipping away.

A proposal in the US Senate to increase development and education aid to Pakistan could help in winning the hearts and minds.

With outside help, Darfur could increase the productivity of its livestock through improved breeds, veterinary care, collection of fodder, and other strategies.

As a result, the consumption share of the Chinese economy could increase by at least five percentage points of GDP by 2015.

But supporting that smallholder in launching a farming business that could generate a five fold increase in income amounts to poverty eradication.

It could, however, increase anxieties about future inflation, leading to higher long term interest rates precisely the opposite of the Fed s goal.

Integration of the informal sector into the formal economy could increase contribution of the informal sector to economic growth and poverty eradication.

Apprenticeships could not only help to boost human capital, lower unemployment, and increase labor productivity they could also help to fuel the innovation and entrepreneurial spirit that ultimately drive economic growth and development.