The very high cost of maintaining the roads and the vehicles that ply them is a drain on the currently available resources.

All these costs are a serious drain on the economy.

Africa's heavy debt burden remains a major drain on its development potential.

Gasoline costs are a tremendous drain on the American economy, but they're also a drain on individual families and it's kind of terrifying to think about what happens when prices get higher.

Taking note with great concern of the debt burden of many African countries, as debt servicing continues to drain the limited resources for development,

He also acknowledged the centrality of employment to poverty eradication, the need for sustained investment in long term human resources development, and the adverse impact of the HIV AIDS pandemic and the brain drain on the scarce human resources in the region.

It was also noted that the Global Programme should complement activities in other forums and must neither conflict with them nor drain resources from them.

The drain in the washbasin is blocked.

However, the continued occupation by Israel of the Golan and the resulting drain on Syrian human and financial resources made social development difficult because of the deterioration of economic, humanitarian, and social conditions in the Arab occupied territories.

Drain is a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.

Turning brain drain into brain gain The case of Pakistan

In such cases, the brain drain represented a brain overflow and benefits, such as remittances and a vast array of resources, largely offset losses in terms of investment in education and training.

For the countries they leave, migrants often represent a brain drain.

And even when and if insurance is available, the cost represents a major drain on most small island developing State economies.

This drain America first policy will leave America more vulnerable in the future.

For Iraq, this is a brain drain that will be hard to repair.

Drainback systems drain the transfer fluid from the system when the pump stops.

The brain drain to the Anglo Saxon countries, the US in particular, is astounding.

This provoked a brain drain as experienced FEMA personnel moved into the private sector

All the rivers drain into the Caspian Sea in the east of the country.

As a result, in May 1840 men started to drain and reclaim the Haarlemmermeer.

But, rather than encouraging conservation, Bush has pursued a policy of drain America first, leaving America more dependent on external oil in the future.

Issues relating to gender, information and communication technologies and brain drain will receive priority attention.

See also An Action Plan to Prevent Brain Drain Building Equitable Health Systems in Africa.

A policy that entails draining America s limited oil supplies I call it drain America first will leave the US even more dependent on foreign oil.

Those investments will drain most of the country s domestic savings and sustain high demand for imports.

Sewage connections that are connected to storm drain pipes can also allow human sewage into surface waters.

In urban areas, they are found on mulch or even in the leaf mold in gutters, and also grow in air conditioners, especially when the drain is blocked.

This talent drain is likely to be exacerbated as pay regulations impose a one size fits all regime.

That means ending trade deficits that drain spending and jobs, and restoring the link between wages and productivity.

And the eventual drain of all that capital that had accumulated in the country in the past 8 years.

Outsourcing to developing countries is also a viable solution for the creation of jobs without causing a brain drain.

The closing of sports arenas and facilities and the drain of coaches and athletes from the country have had a negative effect on the development of sports in the country.

Other sectors or resources Many Parties also reported on their impact assessments on other sectors or resources.

The state government's plan is only this to drain the reservoirs until the last drop and to pray it will rain.

(i) Committee on Water Resources

Water resources Almost all reporting Parties provided information on the impacts of climate change on their water resources.

The Indian Ex President Abdul Kalam was one of the many Indian scientists who stayed back and wanted this reverse brain drain.

Today s brain drain is not only from emerging and developing countries to richer countries, but also from European countries to the US.

They stressed the importance of effective measures to prevent the brain drain of those personnel which has a negative impact on the strategies to develop and improve the human resource of developing countries.

Draft resolution on human resources development

And if Japan s domestic net saving surplus vanishes, the current 175 billion of capital outflow would no longer be available to other countries, while Japan might itself become a net drain on global savings.

The nonrequired writes about the success story that is continuing education in some African nations and how it can prevent the brain drain.

I agree that it is in the interests of the USA to try and retain the Brain Drain advantages it has been receiving.

To take another example, the East worried about a brain drain of professionals to the West, where opportunities seemed to be more plentiful.