For without getting the evidence right we cannot reach a conclusion as to which is the right method and thus risk concentrating resources on things that are ineffective rather than things which reduce poverty.
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The Vorstand members will not run businesses but only fulfil central functions such as operations, finance, risk and human resources.
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In other words, the foreign companies incur the risk of investing resources into a project with none of the potential rewards associated with high oil prices.
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We contrasted it with administrative characteristics: focused on predictability and stability, control of resources and risk, process is important, results are secondary.
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The difference between normal resource discussions and this one is your newfound ability to specify what new risk mitigation the new resources will enable.
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One of the main factors that influence your ability to accept risk are your investable resources (not necessarily your income) in tandem with your investment goals.
To cut the risk of outliving their resources, they may also want to maximize the monthly benefit available late in life to whichever spouse lives longer.
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The key to daring new things is an evaluation process that lets you learn quickly and either fail fast or keep improving, minimizing the resources at risk and maximizing opportunities for learning.
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The price of gas must rise to a level where it is profitable and companies can make a return on their invested capital on a cash flow basis to be willing to assume the risk to exploit these resources.
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It was near impossible these days to have a conversation with a doctor, a farmer, a policeman, a teacher, even a politician and not meet that staring look, that thrust into your hand of some missive from health and safety, human resources, risk assessment or 360-degree feed-back review.
Indeed, for big, high-value choices, that seems obvious: when Starbucks introduced its instant coffee, or when Applied Materials moved its manufacturing and engineering base to Asia, those decisions involved sizable amounts of resources and significant risk.
Greater accountability, more expeditious decision-making and improved risk-benefit balancing would expend resources more efficiently.
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False alarms to fire and rescue crews are "draining" resources and increasing the risk of danger during real emergencies, fire brigades say.
If the scores come back as highly risky, keep going on the due diligence front or add resources to reduce the risk to safe levels.
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It also questions whether World Service funding will be secure when the BBC funds it outright, citing "risk of a gradual diversion of resources to fund other BBC activities".
There is always someone who asked for more resources and warned of the risk before the event.
The union Unison has also been critical, claiming the scaling down of resources would put patients at risk.
With resources around the globe becoming scarcer, competition for these resources tightens, and the risk of volatile costs or supply disruptions increases.
Our guiding principle has been to focus resources on targeting high-risk areas in order to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal programs, while increasing flexibility and reducing burden for grant recipients wherever possible.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AllPolitics, Jan. 15) -- Congress must invest more resources in international affairs or risk crippling the United State's ability to carry out its responsiblities as a world leader, outgoing Secretary of State Warren Christopher warned during a farewell speech today.
Among the key findings of the World Resources Institute's Reefs at Risk report is that 58 percent of the world's reefs are potentially threatened by human activities.
Fakahany, who was responsible for risk management in addition to other functions, will oversee Merrill's global support, finance and human resources functions, while Fleming will oversee the business lines, including risk management.
Government can help provide the resources to engage dropouts and those at risk of dropping out.
But she added that residential and non-residential care should be examined as "separate elements" with resources targeted to the areas of greatest risk.
The problem arises when actions in other domains ignore or misunderstand that water underpins the entire green economy, and that without planning for good management of freshwater resources the entire movement is put at risk.
The risk to all this is that more bets require more resources.
As a comprehensive fiscal sponsor, Tides provides its projects with a full complement of infrastructure services including financial administration, human resources consultation, payroll and benefits administration, risk management, and governance training.
Its president, Paul Tidball, had previously warned of a "serious risk" of disturbances in jails because of a shortage of resources.
Every company has a business strategy, a risk strategy, a strategy for growing markets, for managing human resources and so forth.
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