Energy efficient industry can compete better, pollute less and help to achieve national energy security.

Over time, they will foster productivity and flexibility, and the countries that implement them thoroughly should thus become more competitive.

The dynamics of adjustment within the eurozone exacerbate the underlying imbalances Germany is becoming more competitive while the periphery remains uncompetitive.

Kuroda s stance has already weakened the yen s exchange rate, making Japanese goods more competitive.

Commercial banks found it advantageous to accumulate weaker countries bonds to earn a few extra basis points, which caused interest rates to converge across the eurozone.

Unemployment is rising, their economies are not becoming more competitive, and the interest rates on their debt continue to rise.

At the same time, the lower dollar makes American products more competitive in global markets, leading to increased exports and reduced imports.

They benefited from limiting competition and controlling access to finance.

A new Franco German axis that makes France more competitive is just what Europe needs.

Improvement on all counts is vital for America s competitive revival.

India and Japan are increasingly capable of competing in space research and activity.

If the renminbi were to gain in value, poor countries exports would become more competitive, and their economies would become better positioned to reap the benefits of globalization.

As a result, although Latin Americans can vote in a more democratic environment, they can t compete in a globalized world. Standards of living fall, incomes stagnate, hopes are dampened.

They hope for an upturn in the economic climate, or to get a comparative advantage in the ferocious competition for first jobs. They are, above all, gaining time.

Female physiology, along with women's inability to access health care and treatment, make women more susceptible to reinfection than men.

In order to make productive capacities more competitive, more export oriented and better able to enter into global markets, international production networks and value chains, UNIDO proposes a three pronged trade capacity building objectives focusing on the following activities

Accordingly, the Board is not in a position to assess the basis and reasonableness of assumptions or the impact on UNOPS competitiveness and profitability.

They also are at odds with improving French competitiveness.

(e) Capacity building services to support the increased competitiveness of the industrial sector.

To the extent that the firm becomes more competitive, and to the extent that it retains important parts of its activities at home, the home economy is also likely to benefit from becoming better connected to international markets.

Germany, struggling with the burdens of reunification, undertook structural reforms and became more competitive. Other countries enjoyed housing and consumption booms on the back of cheap credit, making them less competitive.

The main change was a large reduction in interest rates, in line with an inflation targeting framework, which has led to a more competitive exchange rate policy.

Growing economic strains have increased competition between media outlets fighting for a share of advertising revenue.

Working longer for the same pay is a useful way of making Europe more competitive, and, when compared to reducing wages, it imposes a much lighter burden on workers and employees.

Such conduct was likely to make the Zambian plant less competitive by restricting its production capacity.

The new structures were to be more capable in a situation with no front line, and more capable of independent action at all levels.

By restructuring their secondary schools and universities to train graduates with skills demanded by multinational corporations, Asian countries also create more competitive workforces.

Consumers have better access to credit.

Public sector unions also can affect a nation s competitiveness in global markets, albeit indirectly.

Today, Brazil is the world s most competitive producer of renewable fuels, based primarily on bioethanol.

With low interest rates, price stability, a more competitive exchange rate, a lower tax burden, plentiful resources for investment, and the reduction of electricity tariffs, Brazil is strengthening its potential for more rapid expansion.

Competition among countries for skilled individuals and profitable industries, in turn, constrains governments abilities to maintain high tax rates on the wealthy.

Experts also discussed the impact of OFDI on firms' competitiveness and how it could be measured.

But many people go without proper education and access to clean drinking water.

With its pursuit of research into the farthest reaches of the universe deep space South Africa hopes to provide further proof that Africans can compete at all levels.

Its policy is tailored after that of Singapore, which has avoided large currency fluctuations and has maintained a significantly more competitive exchange rate during the last three years than all of Latin America s countries.

And that will require a less competitive euro higher relative to the dollar and other currencies.

The concentration of women in certain professions has other consequences too. Primarily, it leads to increased competition within such professions and the weakening of the general competitiveness of women in the overall labour market.

But the degree to which the authorities will be able to push for more competition in banking will depend crucially on the regulatory framework.

The dollar is declining because only a more competitive dollar can shrink the US trade deficit to a sustainable level.

Prior to expelling the complainant, appropriate guarantees were obtained from the official best placed to ensure their effectiveness.

Exporters pay a high cost for low quality trucking industries, as in Colombia, or when trucking services for perishables are inadequate. As a result, less than 65 of agricultural products in Latin America reach markets.

Their exports would become less competitive, and they would encounter heavy competition from the rump eurozone in their home markets.

Competitive advantage is a firm s ability to do something better, faster, cheaper, or uniquely, when compared with rival firms in the market.

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