Here, too, Egypt is at a disadvantage.

This has pushed them into a deflationary tailspin and put them at a substantial and potentially permanent competitive disadvantage vis à vis creditor countries.

Inheritance rules dictating that land and its proceeds can be passed down only through the men of the family have put women at a terrible disadvantage.

Small town bankers throughout the country wanted government guaranteed deposit insurance, while stronger big city banks feared that government deposit insurance would put them at a competitive disadvantage.

But the costs must be borne by everyone, including firms that are not rescued probably because they operate more efficiently and are put at a competitive disadvantage as a result.

It is also aimed at helping to overcome educational disadvantage associated with gender.

This puts medium sized firms the main engines of job creation at a big disadvantage.

Firms that wanted to do the right thing, to spend the money to reduce their emissions, now worry that doing so would put them at a competitive disadvantage as others continue to emit without restraint.

Furthermore, contrary to claims that securing Kismayo put al Shabaab at a disadvantage, the United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea reported in July that the Kenyan Defense Forces have actually gone into business with al Shabaab.

America is producing fewer engineers than China and India, and, even if engineers from those developing countries are at some disadvantage, either because of training or location, that disadvantage is more than offset by wage differentials.

His first time at TED, possibly a disadvantage we shall see from Stanford, Professor Mark Jacobson. Good luck.

However, customary practices most often severely disadvantage women.

The comparison between the two was to his disadvantage.

European firms will continue to be at a competitive disadvantage relative to American firms, which bear no cost for their emissions.

Countries that rely excessively on world markets and global finance to fuel their economic growth will also be at a disadvantage.

Countries that have fallen into the grip of autocratic leaders for example, Argentina and Turkey are also increasingly at a disadvantage.

This condition puts many foreign women married to ni Vanuatu men at a disadvantage since most are not able to comply.

It was suggested that it would be difficult to support an exclusive jurisdiction clause that might allow the carrier in some situations to dictate jurisdiction, particularly where a remote geographic location and the costs of litigating disputes could put cargo interests at a disadvantage.

But an important disadvantage of derivatives is their short maturity.

Indeed, local communities may view such a project as being to their disadvantage and may therefore strongly oppose reforms at border crossings.

Poor countries are typically at a huge disadvantage in bargaining with big multinational lenders, which are usually backed by powerful home country governments.

For all of these groups, disadvantage begins in the early years.

African refugees were at a considerable disadvantage compared to other refugees whereas all refugees deserved to be treated with dignity and receive equal attention.

Under the Gender Equality Act a person can protect his or her rights also in the cases where the employer directs work, distributes work assignments or establishes working conditions such that persons of one sex are put at a particular disadvantage compared with persons of the other sex.

The disadvantage was that participate could potentially include people who were innocent.

She will also confront these challenges with the added disadvantage of being female.

As more companies do so, laggards will be at a growing competitive disadvantage. They, too, will have to act before the next flood or drought strikes.

SMEs are also at a disadvantage in their discussions with foreign airlines, which prefer to deal with larger players that ensure a larger volume of traffic.

Quite simply, we stopped viewing our geography and history as a curse or disadvantage.

Europe and Japan have shown their commitment to reduce global warming by imposing costs on themselves and their producers, even if it places them at a competitive disadvantage.

Women's groups are often placed at a disadvantage when they cannot attend meetings and as a result, there is often an incorrect perception that they are not interested.

Noting that the continued situation of lopsided information places the vast majority of mankind at a disadvantage, the Ministers reaffirmed the need for urgent redress of the imbalances.

On August 15, 1971, Nixon imposed a temporary surcharge of 10 on imports to ensure that American products will not be at a disadvantage because of unfair exchange rates.

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Estimates put their number at around 1,200.

Societal attitudes already disadvantage women on the one hand and people with disabilities on the other.

The Act specifies expressis verbis that the activities of the employer will be deemed to be discriminating also if the employer, upon hiring, establishes conditions which put persons of one sex at a particular disadvantage compared with persons of the other sex, or overlooks a person due to pregnancy, child birth or other circumstances related to gender.

That knowledge cannot be replaced within a year or two, and, when lost, the trial team is placed at a huge disadvantage, unable to run the trial at a pace and with the ability conducive to completion.

But for many years, until the late 1990s, China had an infrastructure disadvantage vis a vis India.

Another disadvantage of derivatives is that they require a high degree of sophistication both technical and political.

That is why, far from being a disadvantage, her peripheral position is one of her main assets.

Despite the great potential to use the CDM to boost renewable energy, transportation and reforestation projects in Africa, the region is currently at a disadvantage in developing its own CDM projects.

Latest reports put the death toll at 88.

While Japanese students rank high in international comparisons, a widespread lack of command of English, the lingua franca of international commerce and science, puts Japan at a disadvantage in the global marketplace.

After 13 years in power, Labour started the election with a huge disadvantage the legacy of Tony Blair.