Centrally administered costs of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations

How is this possible? After all, higher productivity should bring lower unit labor costs.

Governments could afford the cost of the subsidies since cutting unemployment would not only lower public security costs, but would also reduce the need for welfare programs.

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

Common staff costs were lower than in 2002 for reasons of lower staff turnover.

The result was a dramatic reduction in the British state s borrowing costs and the emergence of a well functioning capital market, which caused private borrowing costs to fall as well.

An area of concern to us is the continued low representation of women in all phases of the peacebuilding process.

But the lion s share of these investments result in lower energy usage, and thus reduced energy costs.

It expects costs for the fuel cell stacks, the heart of the drive train, to decline as much as 90 .

Even those Chinese households that do not buy imported goods would benefit, because the lower cost of imported raw materials would reduce the cost of goods produced in China.

The result is an increase in the cost of capital to firms, which lowers investment and exacerbates the crisis.

Field operating costs have been reduced by 1,147,800 and the new staffing structure resulted in lower staff costs.

With the Italian debt GDP ratio currently at roughly 106 , lower borrowing costs reduced the public debt ratio by more than eight percentage points.

Moreover, because crude oil is priced in US dollars, a rise in the euro means a fall in energy costs.

To manage exorbitant demand for financial and physical assets, China s leaders must address its root cause the low cost of capital.

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

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

Indeed, despite a 1.3 drop in real wages in 2011, unit labor costs remained unchanged.

Savings arising from lower translation and reproduction costs for documents of the policy making organs have been partly offset by increased staffing levels of the Secretariat of the Policy making Organs.

Poor hygiene, sanitation and water exacerbate poverty by reducing productivity and elevating health care costs.

This results in an increase in entrepreneurial activities and the creation of jobs, as well as reducing food costs and improving quality.

(e) Deployment of fewer than projected vehicles resulting in lower costs for petrol, oil and lubricants

The lower average troop strength resulted in reduced requirements for standard troop cost reimbursement, recreational leave and daily allowance for troops, and contingent owned equipment.

You've got tight bathing caps over your ears trying to keep the heat of the head, because it's where the hypothermia starts, and so you don't hear very well.

This could be an explicit devaluation or an implicit one due to a price reduction, made possible by the reduction in unit production costs resulting from the extra working time at constant pay.

A rapid reduction in unit labor costs, through structural reforms that increased productivity growth in excess of wages, is just as unlikely.

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

The Ministers noted that decreasing costs of communications and easy access to Internet services now afforded Member Countries an unprecedented opportunity to increase information linkages among them.

The unutilized balance was attributable largely to a decrease in the share per mission across the board for global transponder charges due to the opening and expansion of peacekeeping missions.

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

As for the cost of stabilization, estimates in the Stern Review range from 3.4 of GNP to 3.9 (since saving energy reduces energy costs, the latter estimate is not as startling as it appears).

Whether used to store leftovers, keep hospital equipment sterile, or insulate a home, plastics are unmatched for their adaptability, durability, and low cost.

The increased government revenue that this generates (plus the decreased spending on the unemployed) pays for the extra borrowing without having to raise taxes.

Most cities are increasingly installing Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) systems to prevent fraud, to lower ever increasing labor and liability costs and to improve customer service and satisfaction.

Concerning joint programming, some speakers said that the initiatives seeking greater coherence and streamlining of operational activities would result in lower transaction costs for national counterparts.

Abbreviations ASG Assistant Secretary General FS Field Service GS (OL) General Service (Other level) NO national officer NS national staff UNV United Nations Volunteers USG Under Secretary General.

As seen from table 7, the lower labour costs in developing countries and countries in transition more than offset lower labour productivity, resulting in production costs that are significantly lower in these countries than in developed countries.

Although the funder keeps the reduction in health care costs, the community gets all of the many payoffs from a healthier population including an enhanced reputation.

This was because the cumulative deficit in reserve had decreased from minus 4.2 million to minus 3.8 million and there was a continued recovery in the values of assets such as construction costs.

Owing to a declining level of contributions to the General Fund and an increase in the number and scope of special purpose grants, support costs reimbursement income has gradually become the major source of income for the General Fund.

Moreover, given the fact that two thirds of all transactions are for peacekeeping activities and two thirds of all bank accounts pertain to peacekeeping operations, two thirds of the cost of this enhancement has been requested under the support account for 2005 06 and one third under the regular budget.

Or perhaps the low cost of international capital will entice the US to absorb some of the world s excess savings, triggering a new period of global expansion.

Although there was a decrease in expenditure of 0.8 million compared to 2003 ( 18.5 million), the Special Voluntary Fund expenditure for 2003 included external costs of 1.7 million.

For this purpose, the Secretariat is to collate national cost data of major medical equipment, including the cost of medical equipment in the systems contract of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

Lower productivity and higher unit labor costs eroded firms' willingness to hire, leaving Europe with chronically higher unemployment than in the US.