But potentially significant costs offset these small benefits.

The alternative of absentee ballot voting presents significant technical difficulties and costs.

It also persuasively demonstrates that all the proposed remedies come with significant costs.

It is not only a moral issue health inequalities carry significant economic costs.

But remaining in the euro zone could impose significant costs on some of them.

At a time when bank capital is scarce, that impediment carries significant economic costs.

This portion of bycatch costs alone can be significant, especially in the longline fishery.

The economic costs of hepatitis C are significant both to the individual and to society.

Burning fossil fuels also has significant benefits, and we should weigh those benefits against the costs.

Some US industries, such as chemicals and plastics, will gain a significant comparative advantage in production costs.

Global warming will create significant problems, so carbon reductions offer significant benefits. Cutting carbon emissions, however, requires a reduction in the basic energy use that underpins modern society, so it will also mean significant costs.

Conversely, inappropriate regulations can create significant barriers to trade and investment, including by adding additional and unnecessary costs.

The social costs would be significant, he warns, as the synergies between deposit taking and lending would be lost.

The second most significant increase in the indirect costs is under UNIDO's contribution to ASHI applicable to retired staff.

The cost of these infections is significant both in terms of lost time at work and costs of medical care.

Third, despite some significant improvements, major deficiencies in the coverage and quality of infrastructure are clearly affecting competitiveness and increasing costs.

In general, legislation before 2000 imposed on employers enormous firing costs, while new legislation in both Entities represents a significant improvement.

In addition to short term policy headaches, stronger currencies carry potentially significant costs in terms of hollowing out industrial and service sectors.

Bycatch and overfishing impose significant costs on the oceans and society, most of which are not directly borne by the fishers themselves.

With a modest fiscal deficit, record low borrowing costs, and a huge current account surplus, Germany has the financial firepower to unleash a significant stimulus.

Landlocked developing countries incur significant additional transport costs for their exports and imports arising from inefficient transportation arrangements linked directly to their geographically disadvantaged status.

The Commission s interim report, published on April 11, is both lucid and penetrating. It also persuasively demonstrates that all the proposed remedies come with significant costs.

Understanding and reducing these health inequalities remains a major public policy challenge worldwide. It is not only a moral issue health inequalities carry significant economic costs.

A huge influx of capital could lead to a significant appreciation of the peso s exchange rate, causing an increase in Mexico s currently very attractive labor costs.

The equivalent of today s policy rate rose to 22 as he launched a bold anti inflationary crusade, accepting significant upfront costs for gains down the road.

These policies were undertaken at a time when the EU economy was doing well and one hopes with full knowledge that they would have significant costs.

The most significant increase in the amount of 1,550,100 (at 2004 2005 costs) is under the contribution to the security and safety services run by UNOV.

One of the lessons already learnt from the Uruguay Round is that openness can carry significant costs as well as benefits, particularly for the poorest countries.

Even if the use of auctions is limited to standardized goods and services, non price considerations (such as running and maintenance costs of vehicles) may be significant.

13. We acknowledge that the special characteristic of the Pacific Island region incurs significant transaction costs and place practical constraints on the prospect for achieving the MDGs.

But this does not mean that we should just cut all emissions. Burning fossil fuels also has significant benefits, and we should weigh those benefits against the costs.

The outcome could be a genetic arms race that leads to taller and taller children, with significant environmental costs in the additional consumption required to fuel larger human beings.

With respect to operations, the Government of Québec has invested significant sums for the development of services for Québecers, in addition to the costs stemming from the normal increase in expenses that the health system must absorb, such as salary increases, energy costs and building maintenance.

In addressing the problems of the high cost of connectivity in developing countries it is important to bear in mind that international backbone connectivity represents only a small part of the total costs of ISPs, while costs determined at the domestic level are normally more significant.

Cooperation is the key to dealing with space activities, not only because space is a common heritage for all but also because of the significant costs incurred in space exploration.

The removal of non strategic weapons would represent significant savings in terms of security and storage costs, constitute a valuable contribution to nuclear disarmament and improve regional and international security.

Iran seeks compensation for expenses incurred in treating these additional cases indirect costs such as transportation costs costs incurred by caregivers opportunity costs and costs of future medical care.

Although it is difficult to give a precise estimate of the impact on international trade of the need to comply with different foreign technical regulations and standards, it certainly involves significant costs for producers and exporters. The high costs involved may discourage manufacturers from trying to sell abroad.

How can China ensure stable and sustainable growth in the face of significant internal and external challenges, including slowing medium and long term growth, rising labor costs, and growing inflationary pressure?

Capturing and monitoring the field operating costs, while the field structure is undergoing a significant change, is essential and can best be achieved by grouping these resources under an individual programme.

We have yet to manage our fisheries to take into account the social and ecological costs of removing such a significant part of our marine biodiversity as so called incidental bycatch.

To enhance UNODC's performance, and to save costs, a number of significant reform steps have been taken in the areas of human resource management, financial resource management and information technology support.

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On the other hand, because it required significant and expensive short run cuts in emissions by industrial countries, it threatened to impose large immediate costs on the American, European, and Japanese economies.

As a number of countries are on the cusp of making significant transport investments, careful consideration should be given to relative costs and benefits of different types of transport, including safety issues.