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

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

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

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).

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

This requires both major domestic efforts as well as increased international support.

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.

Serious efforts must be made to help countries achieve social development through the provision of both technical and financial resources.

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

There was a call for States to strengthen their cross border investigation efforts, in particular with their neighbours, so as to better support the technique.

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

Inviting the international community to provide comprehensive support for the rehabilitation, reconstruction and risk reduction efforts being undertaken by the Government of Maldives,

There is nothing magic about this combination of high yield seeds, fertilizer, and small scale irrigation.

At the same time, local governments difficulties are having an adverse effect on provision of clean water and proper sanitation, which are vitally important for polio eradication and public health more broadly.

Although serious water resource limitations had prevented mass availability to the region, Israel's efforts would be instrumental in increasing the water flow.

There were also joint efforts to ensure the sustainable management of the resources of Lake Victoria, improve navigation safety and reduce the high cost of transportation.

Economic interdependence cannot deliver regional stability unless rival states undertake genuine efforts to mend their political relations.

Recognizing the importance of further strengthening the efforts of developing countries to build capacities in the field of road safety, and of providing financial and technical support for those efforts,

Through efforts by the Group of 77 and China, its draft resolutions had been made available earlier in the session and useful side events had been held.

But those costs will have a significantly higher expected value if we do not adopt sensible global strategies that include adjusting our mitigation efforts in response to new information.

Reform efforts in this area focus on improved financial information reporting, on cost saving measures, on enhancing transparency and on ensuring compliance, as follows

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Any financial aid should be channeled through organizations like the Red Cross and UNICEF to supply medical care to civilians, or allocated to a fund for post war reconstruction.

In Bangladesh, arsenic mitigation efforts in 45 districts led to full coverage with safe water, coupled with rigourous water quality surveillance.

Whereas the institutions of the State can now provide for basic security, considerable capacity building is needed to enhance the Government's capability to carry out its functions.

In that regard, the Bank was spearheading efforts to develop an appropriate investment framework for clean energy and sustainable development and identify pragmatic investment and financing options.

Finally, the Multinational Force and the combined efforts of the Multinational Force and Iraqi security forces continue to provide a shield for democracy to take shape, evolve and take hold in Iraq.

In the field of action against corruption, UNODC will support and complement Member States' efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention against Corruption through advisory services, provision of substantive expertise and technical cooperation projects.

The Task Force assisted during the recent Indian Ocean tsunami disaster relief and rehabilitation effort by providing imagery analyses.

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.

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.

But heroic rescue efforts will not be able to help the government forever, so it is worth asking what can provide long term political legitimacy.

Thus, the WASH programme will support efforts to harmonize and align aid delivery and to accelerate progress towards strengthening national development strategies and operational frameworks.

Total cost 133 300

Administrative costs

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.

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.