The world s major cities are clogged with traffic jams and pollution.

The secretariat will review the process before the next round in 2006 2007 to identify possible synergy and remove any organizational bottlenecks.

As the volume and pace of operations has increased, new bottlenecks in receiving, inspecting, testing, integrating, consolidating and dispatching of materials have emerged.

Our cities are exploding in size, depleting water resources and creating horrific traffic congestion.

To avoid such an outcome, Brazil s leaders must increase the efficiency of government spending and use the freed up resources to clear infrastructure bottlenecks.

This is needed to address the infrastructure bottlenecks that are holding back investment by companies in other sectors and slowing the development of agriculture.

Moreover, India has developed a tendency for chronic inflation, owing to an unhappy combination of supply bottlenecks (caused by poor infrastructure) and excessive demand (thanks to persistent public deficits).

The combination of faster household spending growth and the existing level of exports would cause production bottlenecks and strain capacity, leading to faster increases in the prices of domestically produced goods.

My days back in Russia were divided between official meetings, hours wasted in traffic jams, and nights spent with old friends who tried to show me the best of Moscow nightlife.

While deleveraging is ongoing in advanced economies, many developing countries will be able to explore untapped investment opportunities infrastructure bottlenecks being a glaring example.

It s a phenomenon familiar to urban planners, who long ago discovered that building more roads doesn t ease traffic jams it merely encourages more people to get in their cars and drive.

Long standing issues relating to land property, land scarcity, and the lack of economic alternatives to agricultural activities are important bottlenecks in the economic reinsertion of returning refugees, the majority of whom are of rural origin.

Debt relief will open doors for the financing of critical projects in electric power, roads, and ports. This is needed to address the infrastructure bottlenecks that are holding back investment by companies in other sectors and slowing the development of agriculture.

This surprising lack of change is the result of something economists call the rebound effect. It s a phenomenon familiar to urban planners, who long ago discovered that building more roads doesn t ease traffic jams it merely encourages more people to get in their cars and drive.