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.

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

This would reduce transaction costs and trading risks.

In 1992, to reduce costs, the spacecraft was redesigned.

Decides to reduce operational costs by 1 million dollars

This could deal with specific issues and reduce costs.

Attempts to shave costs by economizing on energy use reduce pollution.

For instance, repatriation will reduce the refugee caseload but increase costs.

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.

Labor reform leading to longer hours would not reduce the total income of the employed, but it would reduce production costs.

A better solution is to figure out how to reduce health care costs.

Europe must find more effective policies that reduce production costs toward German levels.

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.

Cooperation with affiliate firms to reduce transaction costs in sourcing, capital acquisition, and contracts

The private sector aimed to increase sales and reduce total supply chain costs, for which reduced lead time, distribution costs and inventories were required.

The last decade has shown that increases in renewable energy production actually reduce its costs.

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

A deeper and more efficient financial sector would also reduce transaction costs and facilitate risk management.

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

Higher debt service costs require higher tax rates, which in turn weaken incentives and reduce economic growth.

The system was designed to empower farmers, increase the yield of crops and reduce costs and pollution.

It was important to develop transport and communication infrastructure to reduce costs and facilitate exports from LDCs.

An area of particular concern, in that regard, was how to reduce the costs of transferring remittances.

Demand creation and long term financing would give manufacturers incentive to produce new vaccines and reduce costs.

Noting that, despite some recent initiatives to facilitate and to reduce the costs of remittances transfers, the costs incurred by migrants remain high and could be reduced,

The Committee expresses concern, however, about the atmosphere of complacency, which may reduce efforts to prevent and eliminate child labour.

As new forms of money reduce these costs, the richness and complexity of our economy will be increased.

HR is generally viewed as a support function to the business, helping to minimize costs and reduce risk.

The guiding principle for implementing this initiative is to keep it simple, in order to reduce transaction costs.

If they think they cannot sell that many, to ensure viability they could Try to reduce the fixed costs (by renegotiating rent for example, or keeping better control of telephone bills or other costs) Try to reduce variable costs (the price it pays for the tables by finding a new supplier) Increase the selling price of their tables.

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).

Both the Tribunals anticipate heightened judicial activity during the biennium 2006 2007 and have undertaken measures to reduce the length of trials, expedite proceedings, improve judicial efficiency and reduce costs.

This would not only eliminate some of the unnecessary costs of government bailouts, but would also reduce their incidence.

IQWiG is regarded with skepticism by some doctors in Germany, being seen merely as a mechanism to reduce costs.

Also, the new materials will reduce the total of parts of the plane, which will decrease the maintenance costs.

The new measures introduced into the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) would reduce transit costs considerably.

In order to reduce transaction costs modalities and procedures are simplified for small scale CDM project activities, as follows

To that end, we must reduce transfer costs so that so much money is not lost in the process.

The WCOs also help identify willing entrepreneurs and serious micro credit clients and thereby reduce operating costs of RSPs.

They may please farmers and other interest groups, but overall they simply drive up costs and reduce already minimal benefits.

New legislation in Bangladesh and Indonesia and measures elsewhere to reduce the costs to parents are expected to increase demand.

UNICEF continues to encourage thematic other resources to reduce transaction costs and make more resources available for direct programme assistance.

Effective harnessing of existing and emerging technologies, will both reduce costs of, and increase the likelihood of achieving the MDGs.

We need to carry out a structural re engineering of cooperation and reduce costs of transactions, brokering and financial restrictions.