Large banks tend to lend to large companies in order to save costs.

Focussing on core activities in fewer locations is another source of saving costs.

Comment by the Administration. A dissemination strategy has been developed to save costs and maximize effectiveness.

Another benefit to having a basic supply of food storage in the home is for the cost savings.

Costs and financing The cost of supplying water consists, to a very large extent, of fixed costs (capital costs and personnel costs) and only to a small extent of variable costs that depend on the amount of water consumed (mainly energy and chemicals).

The Panel also considers that the costs claimed for providing treatment to Kuwaitis with other injuries are reasonable.

Several software development processes exist that deal with providing solution on how to minimize cost in terms of development phases.

The Panel considers that the costs claimed for providing replacement prosthetic devices to 36 Kuwaiti amputees are reasonable.

It is possible, of course, to envision sharing the costs, but it is no longer possible not to charge for water.

Access to commercially available electronic information will be provided in a cost effective way through the United Nations System Consortium.

UNICEF will build new partnerships, especially in the private sector, to identify and develop low cost, reliable, and user friendly technologies in water supply, water quality and sanitation.

Regulation of goods and services for public health clearly is a good idea but it must always be balanced against potential costs in this case, the cost of not providing more vitamin A to eight million children over the past 12 years.

Only since June 1999, however, has the Centre been operating a Court Fee Fund used to provide legal assistance with costs.

Emphasizes that the measures to be taken in line with this decision are a foundation for the future, but do not exclude provision of services to clients in situations and circumstances other than those cited above, so long as UNOPS can provide satisfactory services at full cost recovery while ensuring its financial viability

The year 2004 also saw rapid advances in UNICEF collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP) on school feeding as part of an integrated package of cost effective interventions.

The Asian Bond Fund 2 (ABF2) was launched in December 2004.6 ASEAN 3 is studying the feasibility of a Pan Asian bond index fund and a fund of bond funds, to provide cost effective, diversified instruments for investors.

This last initiative, which could do so much to help Dulu Bibi s family in Kolkata, is extraordinarily cheap. Providing Vitamin A for a year costs as little as 1.20 per child, while providing Zinc costs as little as 1.00.

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

Concerning the staff buy out, Indonesia is of the view that more detailed information should be provided to justify such action and to indicate what the likely costs will be, and we hope that it will not create imbalances in geographical representation.

Likewise, efforts to help developing countries create jobs and improve quality of life will reduce irregular migration and help avert its social costs.

(b) To achieve cost savings

The first obstacle is cost.

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.

The actual costs will be determined after the closure of the sessions and completion of related work, with all relevant expenditures recorded in the accounts.

Total cost 133 300

Administrative costs

Indeed, major cost differences remain.

(d) Inflation and other cost adjustments.

After all, we accept the costs of police forces and health care, including not just hospitals, but also clean water, safe food, etc.

The cost estimate provides for up to a maximum contingent strength of 1,273 military personnel consisting of 1,050 infantry and 223 logistic support personnel.

Evaluating the economic, social and environmental costs of inadequate provision of clean water and sanitation and the economic benefits of proposed solutions might help to persuade Governments to mobilize and allocate more resources in support of the water and sanitation goals.

The additional costs are covered by the provision of cost increases included in UNIDO's approved programme and budget estimates for the 2004 2005 biennium.

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There are a number of other costs, some potentially quite large, although quantifying them is problematic.

It is recognized, however, that there will be some additional costs, including for the ad hoc steering group, the group of experts, the midterm review, the peer review and publications, for which financial resources will need to be found.

The impact of universal access on how health care is paid for is perhaps larger than its impact on health status the Colombian reform has dramatically reduced the share coming from households.

(a) General costs

Costs and economic damage

Operational costs

Cost effectiveness

It is hugely expensive.

Now we see that these were only a small part of the total costs.

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23. Requests the Secretary General to pursue the possibility of assistance to the Tribunal from the United Nations Office at Nairobi and other offices of the United Nations system to increase remote translation capabilities and to report on cost comparisons in his first performance report