Common staff costs were lower than in 2002 for reasons of lower staff turnover.

These costs are somewhat lower in developing countries.

The estimated costs for the Sixth Review Conference reflect the maximum duration identified for that meeting a shorter duration would result in lower costs.

We have significantly lower capital costs in our plant equipment.

The other thing is that we ve got much lower costs.

What African farmer, despite his lower initial costs, can compete?

(e) Deployment of fewer than projected vehicles resulting in lower costs for petrol, oil and lubricants

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.

Field operating costs have been reduced by 1,147,800 and the new staffing structure resulted in lower staff costs.

(d) Simplification of the administration of transaction and lower transaction costs.

debt service coverage reduces the financial risk to investors and translates into lower borrowing costs for the borrower.

Lower transaction costs mean that exchange can be dramatically more fine grained.

Other restrictions in domestic Internet markets often make it difficult for ISPs in developing countries to lower their costs.

The fundamental problem for Greece is its bloated fiscal commitments, enabled by lower borrowing costs when it joined the euro.

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

How is this possible? After all, higher productivity should bring lower unit labor costs.

That experience showed that countries default when the costs are lower than the benefits.

Savers were repressed in order to lower the costs of credit for debtors (including governments) and those seeking to borrow for business expansion.

Third, government could assume part of a mortgage, taking advantage of its lower borrowing costs.

Labor costs in the US industrial sector are currently 25 lower than the European average.

The adjustment might come about through wage increases in countries with lower labor costs, rather than cuts in countries where costs are too high.

Europeans would benefit directly through improved Internet access, lower energy costs, and more efficient transport links.

Higher import costs and lower export earnings combined to reduce the competitiveness of landlocked developing countries.

Lower financing costs for public debt appear to be a net gain to society, because the government then saves on debt service and can keep taxes lower. But any gains from lower taxes are more than offset by the losses to the private sector, which, facing higher financing costs, will invest less, in turn lowering economic growth and thus reducing government revenues.

But the lion s share of these investments result in lower energy usage, and thus reduced energy costs.

End user efficiency improvements provided or supported by water utilities can lower water costs, with benefits for low income households, and reduce water losses.

Furthermore, the reductions under common staff costs reflect both the realized vacancy rates described above and the lower than budgeted actual rate of common staff costs ( 5,526,400).

Likewise, increasing pressure from growing labor costs will force enterprises to lower their profit expectations and cut costs, negatively affecting output growth and employment in the short run.

Today, the costs of manufacturing such items are lower in countries like Bangladesh and Vietnam than in Guangdong.

The competitive pressure to lower production costs has also influenced the geographical destinations of these SMEs from Singapore.

The combination of lower production costs in the US and Europe s world class finishing capabilities is a recipe for first rate products at competitive prices.

There are a number of schemes floating around for leveraging Germany s lower borrowing costs to help its partner countries, beyond simply expanding the ECB s balance sheet.

Concerning joint programming, some speakers said that the initiatives seeking greater coherence and streamlining of operational activities would result in lower transaction costs for national counterparts.

The unspent balance of 71,600 is the result of lower than budgeted costs allocated by the Information Technology Services Division for the rental of photocopy machines.

Adequate private insurance can be boosted in the future through public education, improved insurance institutions, and lower insurance costs.

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

Meanwhile, the fracking bonanza in the US not only delivers a much greater reduction for free, but also creates long term social benefits through lower energy costs.

Governments could afford the cost of the subsidies since cutting unemployment would not only lower public security costs, but would also reduce the need for welfare programs.

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.

However, the revenues will almost certainly be lower, and the costs higher, than calculations used to promote them would imply.

Labor and many product markets remain closed, despite the urgent need to increase competition, lower production costs, and raise productivity.

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

While accepted economic theory would argue that lower prices are good for consumers, it does not consider the hidden costs that accompany lower prices such as the health damaging effects of high levels of methyl mercury and the destruction of ocean marine resources.

It would enhance US economic competitiveness, especially relative to Europe, given the lower costs involved in the extraction of shale gas.

Often, jobs that would have disappeared anyway, owing to high costs in the US and other rich countries, have resurfaced where costs are lower, thus providing services that would have been lost otherwise.