This level of borrowing poses a new type of financial risk for China. But how big and dangerous is that risk?

This level of borrowing poses a new type of financial risk for China.

Most important, States should also conceive mechanisms that allow bottom up disaster risk reduction initiatives, originating at the community level and contributing to the shaping of disaster risk reduction policy and programmes at the national level.

The Conference attracted worldwide attention and assumed an unprecedented level of significance with regard to disaster risk reduction.

As real interest rates and risk premia begin to rise, the level of global trade and investment will decline.

UNDP has leveraged the pro bono services of an external independent firm to conduct a preliminary risk inventory and high level road map for the implementation of enterprise risk management in UNDP.

Given the high risk premiums currently prevailing in Europe, this percentage is too low to constitute a level playing field.

Greater awareness in respect of natural disaster risk management planning and capacity building at the national level will be crucial.

Countries in North America, Europe and Oceania indicated a high level of specific types of intervention targeting at risk groups.

We concur that strengthening community level capacities to reduce disaster risk at the local level is especially needed, considering that appropriate disaster reduction measures at that level enable the communities and individuals to reduce significantly their vulnerability to hazards.

Similarly, the alarmingly high level of youth joblessness increases the risk of relatively new entrants into the labor force becoming unemployable.

We need to take additional measures to reduce the level of systemic risk including limiting the size of our largest banks.

In order to reduce disaster risks, countries and communities must first identify risk factors, decide what level of risk is acceptable, and then take steps to reduce risks or transfer them away from affected areas.

Although it is not yet in force, such procedure is occasionally used in Portugal, namely in flights with a certain level of risk.

United Nations and associated personnel at particular risk should be afforded a similar level of protection to that provided under the 1973 Convention.

Street level interventions and prevention measures for groups at risk nevertheless require significant expansion to actually address the full dimension of the problem.

Should a risk exist, it would probably be of a local character since the complainant has only been politically active at the local level.

Unfortunately, there is no publicly available data to establish a causal relationship between bonuses pay for performance sensitivity and risk taking for lower level managers.

Activities aimed at raising the level of preparedness of local communities should take due account of local realities, indigenous coping mechanisms and perceptions of risk.

Critically, it could also serve to deliver high level political support so that we do not lose sight of those countries which are at risk.

When levels are between 415 and 530 μmol l (7 and 8.9 mg dl), the risk is 0.5 per year, while in those with a level greater than 535 μmol l (9 mg dL), the risk is 4.5 per year.

The high level of threat and risk to the United Nations in Iraq requires special training, which is provided in Amman as a prerequisite for onward travel.

As recommended by the United Nations High Level Panel, the EU urges the States concerned to take practical measures to reduce the risk of accidental nuclear war.

Banks and investors consider them to be high risk due to their limited assets, low level or lack of collateral, lack of business history and market volatility.

Stresses that the effective functioning at the country level of security operations requires a unified capacity for policy, standards, coordination, communication, compliance and threat and risk assessment

The supplanting of risk management' for early warning systems at this level has been a step forward and has led to the formation of a subregional mechanism.

GDP risk is a long term risk.

23. Stresses that the effective functioning at the country level of security operations requires a unified capacity for policy, standards, coordination, communication, compliance and threat and risk assessment

However, it is not routinely recommended due to safety concerns with its use, specifically an elevated risk of methemoglobinemia (higher than normal level of methemoglobin in the blood).

These submunitions have a very high level of reliability, thus reducing the risk of generation of explosive remnants of war and consequently of collateral damage among civilian populations.

Natural hazard risk reduction is one of three agenda items of the upcoming First Inter American Meeting of Ministers and High Level Officials on Sustainable Development in 2005.

The immense growth of the welfare state and soaring public deficits and debt have become the major source of systemic economic risk at both the national and global level.

In a recent Japanese study, a lower serum creatinine level was found to be associated with an increased risk for the development of type 2 diabetes in Japanese men.

However, it should be noted that despite all the precautionary measures, the level of risk, which was already high, will further increase, particularly after the issuance of the report.

To ensure the sustained effective implementation of such measures, it is important that disaster risk reduction initiatives build on the development needs and initiatives generated at the local level.

The global dimension of the NEO hazard and the level of awareness of large numbers of the general public make the study of this risk especially suitable for international cooperation.

The chief will be responsible for risk control of the Fund's investments as a whole in terms of portfolio risk, operational risk and compliance risk, and will plan and perform the oversight of performance measurement, investment risk analysis and operational risk analysis, including risk arising from sub adviser and service provider relationships.

As a result, sovereign risk is now becoming banking risk.

For insurance to be effective as a risk management device, weather must be measured at a finely detailed local level, and the correct measurements must be taken at the correct time.

Restricting managers incentive pay without changing shareholders incentives will only force shareholders to be more actively involved in the company and choose other ways to increase the level of risk taking.

Until recently, advanced country markets predominated in setting risk premia, owing to their mature and well functioning PRIs, which include clear rules and a high level of transparency in price formation.

The financial products being created didn t manage risk they enhanced risk.

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According to UNDP, a quarter of the Haitian territory is at risk of grave erosion and deforestation has reached an alarming level 97 per cent of the country's watersheds are completely deforested.