(c) Poor quality or delayed provision of inputs.

You must have used something of poor quality!

The technology used is usually of poor quality, which affects the quality of treatment.

For a relatively poor country like China, real unions could help balance employers power, bringing quality of life benefits that outweigh the growth costs.

Some of them have been trying private sector alternatives in order to reduce costs, extend coverage and improve the quality of health services to the poor.

The water throughout Somalia is of an unacceptably poor quality.

(vii) Targeting subsidies for the poor, including connection costs

Equally, imports consist of cheap Chinese products of appallingly poor quality.

The metadata supporting the MDG database is of unacceptably poor quality.

The poor quality of infrastructure imposes heavy costs on the producers of tradable goods and on the rest of the population, given the low population density in Africa.

Its increase can also indicate the poor quality of a target sand.

Improve supplier capabilities and competencies in terms of quality, productivity and costs

Food is poor in quantity and quality as a result of the inflated costs of food in the local market following the collapse of a bridge linking the city with Phnom Penh.

Service quality Many of the 3.5 billion people having access to piped water receive a poor or very poor quality of service, especially in developing countries where about 80 of the world population lives.

The costs to the US of allowing so many of its children to grow up in poverty, poor health, poor schools, and poor housing are staggering.

These results indicate that inadequate and poor quality of electricity supply has slowed industrial development.

Quality, costs, and delivery times in auto manufacturing, for example, are reaching the European level.

Banking supervisors did not deal with many institutions low levels of capital and poor asset quality.

Corruption undermines the quality of life for people around the world, not only in poor countries.

Characteristics Ankoles are able to utilize poor quality forage and limited quantities of food and water.

Conflict often contributes to poor quality education, inadequate social service delivery and high levels of brain drain.

It is plain from research that poor quality care carries risks but that those who experience good quality alternative care cope well although it is difficult to provide good quality, individualised care in group settings.

One study suggests that a family support service costs 10 percent of an institutional placement, whilst good quality foster care costs usually about 30 percent.

It offers qualified manpower to produce quality goods, reduction of production costs by 10 15 per cent, and relatively low labour costs and production overheads.

One study suggests that a family support service costs 10 percent of an institutional placement, whilst good quality foster care costs usually about 30 percent.

Poor hygiene, sanitation and water exacerbate poverty by reducing productivity and elevating health care costs.

This suggests that companies offering cheap, poor quality, unbranded products are unlikely to succeed in the long term.

Project workplans were often of poor quality and did not normally provide a realistic basis for project implementation.

Traceability boosted consumer confidence, reduced costs and improved safety and quality from the sea river to the plate.

Germans do not see why they should be vulnerable because of poor quality mortgage lending in American inner cities.

Poverty impact the demonstrable effect of the project on improving the quality of life of poor communities and individuals

Therefore, a single location is to be selected, based on certain criteria, including lower costs the quality of available services the quality of available personnel and proximity to Geneva.

Scarcely anyone bothers to consider the environmental costs to or rights of the country s poor and powerless.

Economists from University of Massachusetts calculate that this costs poor countries about 500 billions dollars a year.

Such reforms have the potential of benefiting consumers by lowering costs and improving the reliability and quality of services.

Statistical agencies are to choose the source with regard to quality, timeliness, costs and the burden on respondents. quot

There are several factors that affect health, such as environmental quality, malnutrition, poverty, poor human settlements and inadequate sanitation facilities.

The approach of Indonesia to universal basic education is to make it affordable to the poor and improve its quality.

Taiwan initiated a single payer system in 1995, significantly curbing health care costs and improving the population s quality of life.

According to Iran, the differences in prices were due to the poor quality of the crops produced in the Southern Provinces.

But this task has been made more difficult because the quality of the financial information available to UNITAR management is poor.

Secondly, the poor and deteriorating state of infrastructure in many countries has driven up the costs of private investment.

The quality in healthcare services remains poor, and access to them was difficult for women, especially in the mountainous and rural areas.

Third, despite some significant improvements, major deficiencies in the coverage and quality of infrastructure are clearly affecting competitiveness and increasing costs.

This constraint has had an extremely adverse impact on the quality of transit services and has contributed to high transit costs.