His land costs are low. So are his labor costs, since he relies on family and friends to weed and pick the crop.

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

There are also quasi fiscal costs involved. Fortunately, despite the low returns on foreign assets, this is not yet a major problem for China, owing to the low costs of the corresponding PBOC liabilities.

The costs of media for serious games is very low.

Health care costs in the US are exorbitant, with low value for money.

Based on these building blocks, the world could agree on allocating the costs for speeding the development and spread of new low emission technologies.

No one should expect that the costs of combating climate change will be low.

Faced with sluggish external demand, weak domestic consumption, rising labor costs, and low productivity, China depends excessively on investment to drive economic growth.

One must also recognize that low labor costs are an essential component of China s competitive advantage.

(g) Conduct an assessment of hidden costs of conflicts, covering the cost for wasted time, loss of skilled staff, low morale and productivity and health costs

The poor quality of infrastructure imposes heavy costs on the producers of tradable goods and on the rest of the population, given the low population density in Africa.

Costs are low when local or regional experts are involved (Guatemala, Peru), and on the high side when international consultants are used (e.g. PDR Lao).

Because these activities costs are so high and their benefits so low, stopping them would be easy.

Low inflation, no currency risk, decreased transaction costs, and greater transparency have made the euro a success.

First, the domestic interest groups that benefit from low borrowing costs have become a barrier to their liberalization.

The low costs of finance facilitated global investment, thereby contributing to the acceleration of global growth in 2004.

Strong economic performance reflects strong domestic demand in the US, owing to low borrowing costs and rising asset prices.

But, despite their robust base and low administrative costs, excise taxes currently amount to less than 2 of low income countries GDP, compared to roughly 3 in high income countries.

As China s demographic dividend disappears, its low end labor market is shrinking, driving up its once rock bottom labor costs and diminishing its rate of return on capital.

But even if tariffs and quotas are progressively reduced, trade flows may remain low if other trade costs remain high.

A second, hotly debated argument is that limiting banks size and scope has relatively low costs in terms of performance.

Their finance ministers, while euphoric at their countries record low borrowing costs, must have understood that it might not last.

All the factors that encourage high growth remain in place low labor costs, education, high savings, improving infrastructure, and rapid urbanization.

The important exception to this pattern is Germany, which was accustomed to low borrowing costs even before it entered the eurozone.

Long term government bond yields are already very low, and a further reduction will not significantly change private agents borrowing costs.

The initial installation cost of a nuclear power plant may be high its operating costs, however, are relatively low and stable.

Rather, costs are low because for almost two centuries colonial powers and then domestic governments hobbled markets and restricted international trade, leaving a legacy of wages so low that they offset weaker productivity.

New capacity is mainly planned in developing countries and countries in transition with relatively low production costs and rapidly growing domestic demand.

Sugar was the primary export from the 1940s on, but rising production costs, low world market prices, and the government's efforts to reduce dependence on it have led to a growing diversification of the agricultural sector.

And countries facing depressions and rapidly weakening inflation typically face very low borrowing costs investors purchase government bonds for want of profitable alternatives.

The polarization of borrowing costs has politically explosive distributional effects Germany is borrowing and refinancing its existing debt at artificially low interest rates.

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).

Table 1.2 Standard staff costs (based on United Nations standard salary costs for Geneva)

However, such incentives do not address the problem of low quality education, and research shows that the benefits do not always outweigh the costs.

As laudable as it may be to help low income drivers deal with soaring fuel costs, this is not the way to do it.

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

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.

Even in a situation with relatively slow demand growth and weak prices, new capacity may still be added successfully if production costs are low enough.

The cost of arms is often low compared to the overall logistical costs of terrorist attacks, but as mission critical components, they usually have funding priority.

Well known, low cost, and low tech interventions do not reach those most in need for example immunization against tetanus, exclusive breastfeeding, simple care for low weight babies, and antibiotics for infection. Such interventions are extremely cost effective, and packaging these interventions together and linking them with other health programs reduces costs further.

While high density urban settlements generally require sewerage networks and waste water treatment facilities, in low density settlements on site sanitation, such as septic tanks with sludge removal, may be an option with significantly lower costs.

(a) Report on training activities and costs

Methodologies used to calculate costs Staff costs Salary and common staff costs The standard costs (in United States dollars) applied in determining staff costs in the proposed budget are based on actual salary costs for the first three months of 2005, and adjusted for step increments in 2006 2007.

No one should expect that the costs of combating climate change will be low. But those costs will have a significantly higher expected value if we do not adopt sensible global strategies that include adjusting our mitigation efforts in response to new information.

But eurozone members that currently benefit from exceptionally low borrowing costs Germany, Austria, Finland, the Netherlands, and, to a lesser extent, France maintain that Italian and Spanish borrowing costs largely reflect these countries failure to reform their economies and strengthen their public finances.