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

The direct and indirect costs were relatively minor and affordable.

With insufficient growth to deleverage safely, social costs have been considerable.

It was also costly in terms of our soft power to attract others.

Regrettably, it is far from clear that it has changed its thinking and models, which failed to maintain the economy on an even keel before and are certain to fail again.

This is why the examples of the prisons at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay have been so costly.

It now appears that Lindsey s numbers were a gross underestimate.

In particular, it was the need for audited accounts that sealed the fate of managerial cost accounting.

Non investment costs had been higher in the past, although they had not included agency support costs, and he noted that most of those non investment costs had already been approved.

The economic costs implied by this uncertainty could be reduced if there were a market for growth risk.

This does not mean that enlarging the EU s competencies should be the aim at any cost.

A quicker and more concerted response might have limited the fall out from the crisis, and thus its cost.

At the same time, the overall construction cost was 19.5 million less than the original design.25

Duplication, overlap and inefficiencies had too often been the expensive result of a lack of coordination in programme planning and implementation.

But the sooner the underlying reality is made transparent and becomes widely recognized, the lower the long run cost will be.

But, even for the US, the notion of a world held together by Citigroup s business plan is simply too costly.

Contributions in kind are valued by management and reflect the cost UNICEF would normally pay for similar items.

The cost of such events in terms of destroyed property and economic disruption has been rising steadily.

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.

All procedures, disciplines, and equipment were exact copies of the Soviet Red Army in methods and material, but the huge costs collapsed the economy by 1956.

When the Danish Folketing (parliament) ratified the project in March 2009, its cost was estimated at 42 billion Danish kroner ( 5 billion).

The Bush administration may be correct in arguing that the extremely high costs and risks of promoting democracy are less than the costs and risks of allowing the authoritarian status quo in the Middle east to persist indefinitely.

Total cost 133 300

Administrative costs

But Barroso s punchline was that the cost is low compared to the high price of inaction.

But, despite this expensive military campaign, all evidence shows that the war on drugs has been a fiasco.

While the agricultural sector has shown some productivity gains since 2000, high logistics costs have constrained its impact.

The estimated costs for the Sixth Review Conference reflect the maximum duration identified for that meeting a shorter duration would result in lower costs.

In issuing contingent capital, banks would have to pay a higher interest rate than they would on ordinary long term debt, because debt investors will face the true cost of capital, not the government subsidized cost.

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

(a) General costs

Costs and economic damage

Operational costs

Cost effectiveness

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If UNHCR had deducted the same amount, it would have received from the beneficiaries 59,000 to defray part of its administrative costs.

Furthermore, Iran does not provide information that would enable the Panel to ascertain whether the costs claimed for ambulatory cases include any personnel costs.

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The idea behind FedEx was simple and compelling The cost of complexity was higher than the cost of air transport, so the company would ship all its packages overnight to Memphis, Tennessee.

And now, having underinvested in energy efficiency and security when the costs of doing so were lower, America is poorly positioned to face the prospect of rising real prices.

The Panel is, therefore, unable to evaluate the technical merits of the study and medical screening programme or to assess whether the claimed costs are reasonable.

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