Poor girls and women still could not afford medicines.

Affordability does not appear to be a big hurdle.

The Fund s shareholders would have to agree to incur those costs.

The cost increases therefore may be unsupportable for a number of States parties.

Our sense of entitlement has run far ahead of our ability to pay for it.

First, it will be difficult to afford these expensive new sources of energy.

As a taxpayer, I would rather pay to foster other people s good behavior than pay more for the consequences of their bad behavior.

Building developers often don t want the extra cost or extra hassle of breaking old habits. And why should they?

Indeed, Europe will have to share the costs if Iran prevails and becomes a nuclear power.

Fiscal expansion is always risky, as it adds to debt and raises dangers later. But, given where we are, the benefits exceed the costs in countries with sustainable debt.

We accept paying a high and inefficient cost for national defense against what are often unknown enemies.

This requires developing a payment culture, as well as providing a safety net for those citizens who cannot afford to pay.

The United States cannot sustain the current rate of casualties (either American or Iraqi), or the expense.

A carbon tax causes each firm and household to respond to the same cost of adding CO2 to the atmosphere.

In environmental economics, there is a basic principle, called the polluter pays principle. It is a matter of both equity and efficiency.

In addition, as conceded by DPKO, there is a need to address the challenges associated with training, interoperability and affordability.

Of course, no single government can bear all the costs of the policies needed to correct today s global imbalances.

It is a matter of simple economics companies direct their research where the money is, regardless of the relative value to society. The poor can t pay for drugs, so there is little research on their diseases, no matter what the overall costs.

After all, rich countries in Europe have increasingly found that they cannot pay for university education, and are asking young people and their families to bear the costs.

The Greek crisis was always destined to spill across national borders the question was who would share the cost.

While this additional cost can be borne by health care systems in the rich world, it is excessive for poor countries, implying no, or insufficient, treatment.

Such a system would trigger entrepreneurial searches for low cost mitigation opportunities in developing countries, because rich countries would want to pay less by lowering emissions abroad.

Protests by some parties that could not afford the high cost of TV spots and billboards mirror similar complaints in the US.

But the acknowledged responsibility of states in implementing the right to water cannot turn them into the sole paying authority.

But, if another country finds itself unable to bear the fiscal cost of the crisis, will it also shift the burden to its external creditors in some form or another?

However, since the level of government funding usually depends on the level of national income, Governments in least developed countries are least likely to afford large outlays for population activities.

Therefore, all countries, both developed and developing, need to do their part, with rich countries helping poor countries cover the financial costs of adjustment.

Democracy may carry certain short term costs, but they are always lower than the long term damage that comes from a lack of popular participation.

If so, then here s further proof that only peaceful and stable countries can afford the luxury of incompetent decision makers.

Such a security roof would be a strong political symbol that Russia is fully part of the Euro Atlantic family, sharing the costs and benefits.

Suleman does not have a decent job, but she managed to invest in costly fertility treatments and could afford many expensive cosmetic surgeries.

But increasingly, the savings promised by drive till you qualify affordability which is basically our model those savings are wiped out when you consider the transportation costs.

And, of course, the challenge was that it's a huge problem, we are talking of millions of people, very little resource to deal with it, and then lots of logistics and affordability issues.

Finally, rising powers like China, India, and Brazil are far too focused on managing the next stage of their domestic development to bear the financial and political costs that come with new international responsibilities.

Most rebellions, after all, are moral as well as political.

Smug self satisfaction makes us resistant to embracing the changes necessary to maintain our standard and quality of living. Our sense of entitlement has run far ahead of our ability to pay for it.

The greatest barrier to doing so is that the poorest countries can t afford universal primary health care, even though the cost per person is very low.

Then again, perhaps the Bush administration is worried that if the oil currencies strengthen too much against the dollar, it will start becoming too expensive for the US to scale up its military operations in the Middle East.

Carrying the burden

So, while further fiscal stimulus seems necessary to avoid a more protracted recession, governments around the world can ill afford it they are damned if they do and damned if they don t.

Such costs may be difficult to deal with in economies that do not have a diversified or strong productive base or that cannot provide social safety nets for their population, as is the case in many developing countries.

With regard to the financial arrangements, it will be recalled that in accordance with the practice followed on the occasion of previous multilateral disarmament conferences, and as reflected in the Rules of Procedure, the costs of such conferences, including those pertaining to preparatory meetings, would be shared among the States Parties participating in the conferences, based upon the United Nations scale of assessment pro rated to take into account the number of

Subject to the States Parties' approval of the estimated costs and cost sharing formula, assessment notices will be prepared based on the overall estimated costs and applicable cost sharing formula.

Total cost 133 300

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