Gross fixed capital formation.

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).

Banks capital adequacy ratios were set globally, and, once set, remained fixed.

It is the fixed costs that limit the diffusion of the networks. So, a strategy for inclusive growth has to focus on ways of either lowering or paying for the fixed costs that connect people to networks.

If exchange rates were fixed but capital could move freely, capital flight from the country would generate pressures to end loose monetary policies.

We have significantly lower capital costs in our plant equipment.

Nor do these findings suggest that capital controls have no costs.

Table 2. FDI outflows as a percentage of gross fixed capital formation in selected economies, 2001 2003a

Capital controls have real costs, even if they fail to stanch inflows.

But, given current progress and high capital costs, this appears overly optimistic.

Technical options for waste water treatment range from capital intensive conventional treatment systems to alternative systems with lower capital costs.

Table 2. FDI outflows as a percentage of gross fixed capital formation in selected economies, 2001 2003a (concluded)

The decline has occurred because, relative to population growth, fixed capital investment, knowledge and skills, and improvements in institutions have not compensated for the degradation of natural capital.

They can even capture opportunities if they are able to innovate and show flexibility because of their lower fixed costs.

(b) Within market tolerance, increase managerial flexibility and alignment of structure with demand by converting fixed costs into project based variable costs where feasible, while containing the overall cost structure.

In addition, the capital master plan would continue to incur more support costs and other operating costs on account of prolonged delays.

Cooperation with affiliate firms to reduce transaction costs in sourcing, capital acquisition, and contracts

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

If income is expected to be low (perhaps because of other missing networks), it does not pay to connect a firm or a household to the network, because the fixed costs will not be recouped. Growth is not inclusive because fixed costs deter markets from extending the networks that underpin it.

The General Fund and Working Capital Fund now show only UNIDO's contribution to BMS costs.

The Board notes that a 49 per cent ( 4 million) decrease in change management costs is primarily a response to meet the fixed portion of Atlas costs as well as the reimbursement costs of United Nations agencies, which were not budgeted for.

In China, Brazil, Malaysia, and Mexico, foreign direct investment (FDI) accounts for 8 to 12 of gross fixed capital formation without generating debt.

The capital expenditure costs are then amortized or depreciated over the life of the asset in question.

By 2012, human capital s contribution to China s GDP growth fell almost to zero, with fixed capital accumulation accounting for roughly 60 of total growth.

But competitive pressures and the long gestation period of fixed capital outlays multiply optimism, leading to more investment being undertaken than is actually profitable.

The latter course risks the worst of all worlds all of the costs of capital controls and all of the domestic policy complications from volatile capital flows, but few of the potential benefits of foreign capital.

UNOPS management proposes to work out a strategy to address the fundamental problems of income volatility and high fixed costs that characterize the existing organizational arrangements.

Previous reviews of UNOPS have highlighted an inadequate service pricing mechanism, lack of product delivery focus, and structural imbalances in operations, contributing to high fixed costs.

The result was a dramatic reduction in the British state s borrowing costs and the emergence of a well functioning capital market, which caused private borrowing costs to fall as well.

Such a requirement would impose costs on universal banks by constraining their ability to transfer capital within the group.

Better repayment prospects and lower regulatory capital costs then fuel the asset based financing of further acquisition of assets.

The remaining portion represents support costs and items budgeted centrally, including working capital and area staff salary increase requirements.

And inflation is like default a capital levy on holders of public debt, as it reduces the real value of nominal liabilities at fixed interest rates.

Now, with so much fixed capital and infrastructure destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami, the economy s productive capacity has fallen by an estimated 2 of GDP.

The flight of human capital costs the government over 38 billion annually, two times the revenues received from selling oil.

The economic and physical capital costs to the Palestinian economy of the past five years of hostilities continue to mount.

One problem is that workers have fixed costs, such as transportation to work or a health plan, that do not decline when hours (and thus pay) are cut.

And the nose is fixed, the whole animal is fixed.

There is an outflow of capital from developing regions either to meet those rising costs or to be invested in the developed world, leaving those regions woefully short of capital for investment.

Moreover, if financial institutions follow their own risk assessments when estimating appropriate capital cushions, the costs associated with such provisions decline.

Capacity building of the PPAF will support operating costs, staff training, technical assistance for various studies and cost of fixed assets. The Fund has a special focus on women.

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While UNOPS will undertake measures to streamline its business processes and cut fixed costs, option 2 will require a more diverse UNOPS structure and more dispersed operations than option one.

If they think they cannot sell that many, to ensure viability they could Try to reduce the fixed costs (by renegotiating rent for example, or keeping better control of telephone bills or other costs) Try to reduce variable costs (the price it pays for the tables by finding a new supplier) Increase the selling price of their tables.