A. Coherence, effectiveness and relevance

Coherence, effectiveness and relevance of operational activities for development

The existing matches between desires, resources, and production technology deteriorate.

Transaction costs and efficiency

Effectiveness .

C. Transaction costs and efficiency

Hollande s apologists praise his gradualist and consensual approach to addressing the economy s structural distortions.

Other transportation efficiency is as important as cars and trucks!

And it s completely inefficient, economically.

This erodes the flexibility and ultimate effectiveness of fiscal responses.

Narrow banking, which entails retail deposits being kept in distinct entities, backed only by safe and liquid assets like government bonds, does not fare well under the All Souls microscope.

The social costs would be significant, he warns, as the synergies between deposit taking and lending would be lost.

The US has at long last done some of this in adopting new and much higher standards for automobile fuel efficiency.

Regulatory policy can increase the efficiency of appliances, housing, and machinery.

Effectiveness is more important than efficiency.

When are Public Services Successful?

The medicine used proved very effective.

Ibn Saud managed to conquer and unite the vast territory of the Arabian Peninsula, give it his family name, and alienate, divide, and control his cousins and brothers in order to establish a clear and undisputed line of succession through his sons.

After Ibn Saud s death, his sons, though never entirely united, maintained enough coherence to keep the store running.

The effectiveness of regional institutions and the role of regional powers are interlinked.

Traditional business leadership styles have become less effective.

No wonder that the efficacy of these tools has weakened.

The true effectiveness of these packages is not clear.

Today, efficacy is the challenge.

But this has all had little effect.

Steering Committee of the Energy Efficiency 21 Project Sixteenth session, 29 June 1 July 2005 (Item 5 of the provisional agenda)

Even when implementing directives, EU member countries are often tempted to gold plate them by introducing extra rules. This adds to their complexity and cost, and compounds inefficiency.

This adds to their complexity and cost, and compounds inefficiency.

The transparency and consistency of official figures lags well behind the authorities hyped promises about government reform, streamlining of the bureaucracy, and the retreat of the Party apparatus.

The threat of retaliation that underpins its strategic effectiveness remains implicit and hypothetical.

But, at the same time, multilateral frameworks are in decline, undermining the ability to bring sense and coherence to this world.

Even more policy coordination will be needed both to confront the crisis and to re establish EU norms once the storm clouds begin to dissipate.

Capitalism s three stabilizing devices lost their efficacy.

Efficiency doesn t reduce consumption it increases it.

The effectiveness of surgery, for example, is hotly debated.

A common market including harmonized policies for free movement of factors of production will enhance competitiveness, industrial development, and productivity.

The economic balm applied to old social and cultural wounds is losing its effectiveness.

Sarkozy believes in the efficiency of markets and will shy away from state intervention in the economy.

Developed countries must make commitments to increase both the quantity and effectiveness of aid to developing countries.

And there would still be a need to decide how to balance efficiency and equity in the provision of services.

We also need to consider how to enhance coordination of economic policies to promote productivity convergence.

But this is a way to get honest about what works and what doesn t.

These partnership mechanisms already exist. At Prague, we will make them even more effective.

Temporary, improvised measures have had reduced effectiveness in many countries.

At Prague, we will make them even more effective.