Indeed, the wage increases of recent years have not changed the basic cost structure of Chinese companies.

Together with other increases in recurring costs for maintenance of security equipment, UNIDO's contribution increased by 79 per cent.

Similar to previous bienniums, increases and decreases for the biennium 2006 2007 are shown at the same cost levels as the biennial budget for 2004 2005.

requests the Executive Secretary to include explanations of the estimates and assumptions that were used to calculate the cost increases applied to each object of expenditure

The highest increase in receipts for other resources was the increase in donor cost sharing contributions, which was over 100 per cent.

UNIFEM exceeded its projections for 2004 by approximately 10 million, due largely to increases in cost sharing and trust funds.

This reduction became necessary in order to reflect the loss of purchasing power of the support cost income earned in United States dollars, due to the unfavourable euro dollar rate of exchange experienced during 2004.

Furthermore, the overall support cost reimbursement rate is declining for reasons mentioned earlier.

The increases were attributable to additional costs related to air transportation, infrastructure and the proposed establishment of 45 posts (42 security guards, one satellite technician, one information technology assistant and one finance assistant) and the application of a lower vacancy rate of 1 per cent.

Huge spending increases were directed at farmers and households.

Subsequent increases in verification costs are not to be underestimated.

All volume increases are explained in paragraphs 8 29 below.

Expenditure had gone up mainly because of salary increases authorized by the General Assembly after the budget for 2004 2005 had been established and also because of the adverse cost impact of the United States dollar depreciating vis à vis the euro.

China should count these wage increases as a measure of its success.

United Nations reimbursement cost increases are calculated on the 2005 base.

Such price increases can prove particularly inflationary in countries that import commodities.

Innovative forms of financing are being developed to complement ODA increases.

In that connection, his delegation had taken note of the proposal to introduce a systematic measure to phase in large scale to scale increases over the scale period, and would appreciate further information in that regard.

4. Decides to apply transitional measures to address those substantial increases

But tax hikes alone with not close Japan s fiscal black hole.

Increases in girls' enrolment will need to be even greater to achieve Goal 3.

Certain Member States had expressed concern about excessive increases in their rates of assessment.

The benefit of accelerated step increments is limited to staff in posts subject to geographical distribution.

Recent increases in portfolio volume and client diversification illustrate that UNOPS reputation can be restored.

The following table summarizes these increases with the respective explanations

The economy contracted in 2012, and wages declined, despite increases in Germany and some northern countries.

There have been some increases in capital requirements but far short of what is needed.

United Nations reimbursement cost increases are calculated on the 2005 base, although these may be reduced over time.

Solid increases in payroll employment at the start of the year contributed to a general sense of confidence.

On account of the increases for security related requirements and the negative growth operational budget, most major programmes show a reduction.

Meanwhile, the cost of living continues to rise, including price increases for essential goods and commodities.

The Inspectors believe that a common payroll system is not only technically feasible but also financially desirable, though it is not a simple task.

Just with the equivalent of the additional costs identified in the three preceding paragraphs 506,756 in this sector, which guarantees free access for the entire population, it would have been possible to finance the following

Many believe that balanced budget stimulus tax increases at a time of economic distress is politically impossible.

The Executive Committee believed that the implementing agencies already provided such explanations, thus rendering the evaluators' suggestion in this regard redundant.

The last decade has shown that increases in renewable energy production actually reduce its costs.

The net operational budget estimates of 19,216,920 represent a net reduction of 2,295,450, or 10.7 per cent in real terms, i.e. at 2004 2005 cost levels.

Will the loss of revenue due to tariff reductions be duly compensated for by productivity and employment gains in a liberalized trading environment?

Even with these increases, there is a long way to go to improve America s standing.

However, the relative proportion of these increases must take into account the ability of some of these sources to expand.

In response to a question on the increase in the price of CFC 12, the Open ended Working Group was informed that while prices varied by region, the price increases of CFC 12 had been considerably less than those of HFC 134a.

(b) To achieve cost savings

The first obstacle is cost.

In particular, the Russian utility giant Gazprom uses increases in gas prices as a means to punish disobedient neighbors.

Future reports of the Committee on Contributions should contain concrete proposals for measures to avoid substantial increases in developing countries' assessments.