And governments have failed to protect agricultural workers from exploitation in an increasingly competitive environment.

The process of globalization had largely affected the business environment for SMEs, and it was becoming increasingly important for firms to become internationally competitive, if they were to survive.

Equally important is to establish a competitive environment for ISPs.

Turkish construction firms are internationally competitive and increasingly win bids throughout the Middle East and Africa.

We basically tried to create the most competitive environment for our lab as possible.

Its major sub sectors increasingly, high value added (per person employed) services are highly competitive and growing.

UNIDIR's increasingly competitive programme brings young researchers from all over the world to work at UNIDIR for short periods.

In order to continue doing so, they need to be competitive in terms of production costs, and the trading environment has to allow competitive advantages to be decisive.

The legislative environment is becoming increasingly supportive of volunteering and the contribution that volunteering makes to individuals and societies is increasingly recognized.

We need a democratic, competitive environment, initiative at all levels, an active civil society, and real public control.

There should be a wide consensus that a pro competitive environment is one of the keys to economic prosperity.

It may also be necessary to develop new competitive technologies and innovative applications, especially at the level of increasingly export oriented enterprises.

The increasingly dynamic environment in which UNDP operates resulted in fluctuations within each major expenditure category.

Maintaining stability in the increasingly fragile security environment has remained a major challenge for the Mission.

But a government official must pursue the public interest, which includes preserving a competitive environment in the oil or banking sector.

The review and recommendations reflect a market environment that has become increasingly complex over the past decade.

These are magnified in a globalized, liberalized and competitive international economic environment and with the increasing incidence of more devastating natural disasters.

It has numerous valuable assets, but it cannot postpone long overdue reforms, or else it will become increasingly irrelevant in a fiercely competitive global economy.

Similarly, competition authorities are increasingly called upon to assess the potential anti competitive effects of mergers and acquisitions, that have either a domestic or an international dimension.

As companies increasingly enter bottom of the pyramid markets, concerns rightfully arise regarding the protection of consumers and the environment.

The European Community feasibility study requirements became increasingly dominant in the Bosnia and Herzegovina political environment during the reporting period.

Finished goods are increasingly subject to multi country and multi industry interventions, with individual enterprises in different countries specializing in specific production stages, according to their competitive advantage.

For reform laggards like France, Italy, and Portugal, currency union with an increasingly competitive Germany is forcing an unwelcome choice between revving up their own reforms and permanent stagnation.

Preserving a competitive environment in which markets remain open and contestable is the best tonic, because firms must constantly innovate and perform better under such conditions.

The formidable challenge of developing countries is to create sustainable sources of livelihoods in an internationally competitive environment and thereby contribute to the achievement of the MDGs.

Cattle herding allowed nomads to create livelihoods in an increasingly unpredictable and challenging environment, characterized by an arid climate and scarce resources.

The result was an increasingly constrained environment for individuals fleeing persecution and violence, and for UNHCR seeking to secure their international protection.

The introduction of a competitive environment for access to the factors of production increases social differentiation in the countryside and polarizes agriculture into two types competitive modern faming systems oriented solely towards the market, and family subsistence farming, which embraces most of the workers on the land.

We need a democratic, competitive environment, initiative at all levels, an active civil society, and real public control. Only under such conditions will difficult problems lend themselves to solution.

National competitive examinations

Within this increasingly complex environment, UNICEF will pursue funding strategies that support common approaches to reducing transaction costs, streamlining operational processes and producing measurable results.

Is Finance Too Competitive?

First, they were competitive.

I. Anti competitive practices

(a) Competitive entry process

(a) Competitive entry process

Compounding the problem, the diversity in banks capital ratios also indicates a dramatic distortion of the international playing field, as increasingly competitive conditions in financial markets have led to national discretion in applying the rules.

Pull factors were a pro business environment and attractive government incentives in host countries, adequate infrastructure, competitive labour costs, availability of natural resources, and availability of strategic assets (technology, R D activities).

It's a pre competitive issue.

I. Anti competitive practices 4

Collusion between private firms is a significant source of foreign anti competitive behaviour increasingly resulting in price and market rigging of cartels across developing countries that stifle competition in the markets of both developed and developing countries.

Tourists are increasingly looking for attractive, unpolluted places to visit, and involvement with tourism can also make local people more aware of the need to conserve the environment.

As demonstrated by many recent conflicts, the environment and human health are increasingly victims of violent conflict that does not respect established international conventions and norms of behaviour.

Programme Component D.1 Competitive Manufacturing

What was called for was an intensely competitive environment in which priority was given to new institutions based on scientific research and the mastery of technology, on which Tunisia spent 1 per cent of GDP.