Production or labour costs constitute only a relatively low proportion of their total operational costs.

Study of availability of skills in local labour markets

On the other hand, there may be adjustment costs, especially social costs in the case of offshoring of labour intensive activities.

On the other hand, there may be adjustment costs, especially social costs in the case of the offshoring of labour intensive activities.

As seen from table 7, the lower labour costs in developing countries and countries in transition more than offset lower labour productivity, resulting in production costs that are significantly lower in these countries than in developed countries.

Pregnant women pay the money in advance and afterwards the costs are offset with the labour allowance.

Encourages all host country Governments to meet their obligations towards local office costs

Thus, the local labour market is expected to continue to meet the staffing needs of the Secretariat.

There is an expressed need to link child labour to broader structural challenges facing indigenous and tribal peoples, such as forced labour, land rights, development planning and local governance.

Those costs are related to maintenance expenses and salaries for the local staff and security.

As enterprises seek to reduce operational costs, they have the option to outsource non core activities to countries that can provide a high level of service with much lower labour costs.

Among economic factors, labour productivity based on low labour costs (for efficiency seeking investors) and high GDP growth rates (for market seeking investors) have been the most important determinants (Dasgupta and Ratha, 2000).

The costs or subsidies of such parking accommodations can become a heated point in local politics.

2. Approves the increase in resources under administrative costs for the biennium 2002 2003, from 29,943,800 to 30,006,300 United States dollars, for the recalculation of benefits due to a judgement of the International Labour Organization Tribunal and a retroactive change in local salary scales

This has allowed enterprises, including SMEs, to replace other forms of capital and labour with information technology equipment, thus driving down overall costs.

Blair, still stung by his Labour Party s defeat in local elections in early May, also welcomed the good news from Iraq.

Study on the availability of skills in local labour markets for which international recruitment for the General Service category takes place

The full cost of supplying water in urban areas in developed countries is about US 1 2 per cubic meter depending on local costs and local water consumption levels.

As incomes increase, rising labour costs and the entry of lower cost producers can rapidly erode the competitiveness of labour intensive manufactures, and new investments are needed to maintain productivity growth and to upgrade to higher value added activities.

The OIOS report pointed out that the findings did not necessarily establish that qualified people are not available in local markets, and called for strategic outreach efforts to identify skills in local labour markets.

As noted by the OIOS report, there were two assessments made in the past regarding the availability of skills in local labour markets.

The local producer prices are the prices that are received by the farmers and do not include market and transportation costs.

All of these intermediaries have costs that have to be paid by the local consumer, which flatters the national GDP statistics, because, technically speaking, all of these costs constitute value added in intermediation services.

Costs of dry bulk foods (before preparation) are often considerably less than convenience and fresh foods purchased at local markets or supermarkets.

They are also more likely to work without the protection of local labour standards or the rights to health care and treatment accorded to citizens.

Promoting programmes that match skills, training and apprenticeships for urban youth is important to improve their access to decent jobs in local and global labour markets.

Local officials used growing revenues during the boom to fund pet projects or boost pay and benefits, with little regard to future costs.

Given lower labor costs, local businessmen could decide to invest under the conditions of uncertainty and high risk that characterize post conflict situations.

Estimates of the costs of violence against women include, beyond the personal loss of income to women, the broader economic effects of absenteeism, decreased labour market participation and decreased productivity.

Each region has its own administrative structure a military authority, a health authority, school inspectorates, labour inspectorates, local government offices and, in the near future, human rights departments.

In fact, many activities are designed according to a clear division of labour involving, for example, local producers of commodities, national public and private entities, and academic institutions.

Their only means of survival was to accept the leadership of local chiefs connected with drug trafficking and to take up poppy growing, which was highly labour intensive.

While these maintenance contracts ensure that equipment is kept in good working order, they do not cover the costs of breakdowns or spare parts, or the labour associated with such parts.

Costs are low when local or regional experts are involved (Guatemala, Peru), and on the high side when international consultants are used (e.g. PDR Lao).

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While these maintenance contracts ensure that equipment is kept in good working order, they do not cover the costs of breakdowns or of spare parts, or the labour associated with such parts.

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).

Bankruptcy should allow local governments to renegotiate their bond debt and, perhaps, their retired employees pension and health care costs (that s up to a bankruptcy judge).

Likewise, international oil companies sell most of their oil in dollars, but they operate in various countries and pay some of their costs in local currencies.

Centralised approaches to protected areas should target sites of national importance and any local opportunity costs of such areas should be compensated in an adequate way.

The contract was said to have been unconscionable, since the employer had demanded a regular amount of work in order to save on labour costs, and because the internship had no educational purpose.

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