For Fiji and other vulnerable States, there is one overriding issue that is critically vital to our economic survival market access and remunerative prices for our exports.

Improving women's access to remunerative employment through

By contrast, it proved highly remunerative for George Soros.

The convincing results obtained in the field of reforestation afforestation are explained by several factors, notably the setting up of mechanisms facilitating access to financial resources, the introduction of remunerative prices for products and the use of conservation technologies.

It also presupposes creating an environment that enhances remunerative and rewarding employment opportunities through self employment and microenterprises.

In some countries, doctors find it more remunerative to work as translators for foreign aid agencies than to treat poor patients.

Women begin to marry later and have fewer children, especially as they make inroads into higher education or more remunerative careers.

While most of women's labour remains non remunerative, they make major labour contributions to a number of marketed products such as dried fruits, fuel wood, dairy products and handicrafts.

Prices

Food prices are soaring. Oil prices are at historic highs.

Housing prices peaked in 2006, and equity prices peaked in 2007.

Shortages of natural gas increased fertilizer prices, pushing up food prices.

These may be either the best country prices or perhaps even international prices, but they are not local farm gate prices.

High oil prices fuel public discussion about the future of oil prices.

But, whereas metal prices have fallen, oil prices are reaching record highs.

The prices of traded mortgage backed securities have followed house prices down.

Prices are high.

Prices went up.

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a 2002 prices.

In the recent past, the prices of these products have increased faster than steel prices.

Oil prices rose throughout 2004, with accelerating fluctuation as prices peaked in August and October.

Prices have dropped recently.

Consequently, oil prices increase.

Commodity prices fell, too.

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