The comparative advantages of UNDP

UNCDF comparative advantages

advantages over possible alternatives (comparative advantages)

advantages over possible alternatives (comparative advantages)

Advantages over possible alternatives (comparative advantages)

Building on UNDP relative strengths

B. The comparative advantages of the Fund

The niche and comparative advantages of UNCDF

26. Capacity 21 will build on UNDP relative strengths, including

(d) Relative strengths (comparative advantages), impact and sustainability

The challenge is thus to convert comparative advantages into competitiveness.

Choice of forms of intervention advantages in relation to alternative measures ( comparative advantages ) Economies of scale .

What cannot, under any circumstances, be allowed to happen is that we help to eradicate the few comparative advantages that we have.

Partnership with others naturally has to be driven by real needs and comparative benefits.

Table 1 Comparative advantages underpinning UNCDF ability to deliver effectively

78. Comparative advantages in services scarcely differ from those in goods.

And here the Committee would cite the European social model as a comparative advantage.

Furthermore, SWFs have comparative advantages over other kinds of institutional investors.

Attention needs to be directed as well to the comparative advantages (and disadvantages) of various modalities for the provision of international assistance.

(c) Mandates and comparative advantages of the institutions concerned should be fully taken into account

1.4 One of the competitive advantages of the EU over other global destinations is the security it offers.

Recessions are typically times of reallocation, where the true comparative advantages of a country unfold.

The abolition of all barriers to trade stimulates our energies, but no market can operate without a minimum of rules to ensure fair competition and prev ent social dumping.

There is a desire to have better information on the comparative advantages of products and early warning of adverse reactions.

This should allow for a division of labour among the greatest number of external assistance providers in a given country, based on recognized comparative advantage.

Comparative advantages are derived from resource endowments, and competitiveness stems from firm centred initiatives.

That required United Nations agencies to cooperate closely and to define clearly and focus on their own comparative advantages.

Where, for instance, would Japan be now if it had stuck resolutely to specialization in comparative advantage?

It introduces a division of labour between the Commission and the Member States, on the basis of their comparative advantages.

They have also nurtured industries in line with their comparative advantage, which has helped them weather the storm.

For each of these niches, the business plan established the comparative advantages of UNCDF in relation to other service providers.

Promote structural change and the diversification of economic activities, with a view to better realising the country's comparative advantages.

A well functioning market is required to provide incentives to domestic firms to align their investment choices with the country s comparative advantages.

For the United Nations system, it is important that targeting takes into account the comparative advantages of various agencies.

43. One of the UNDP comparative advantages which is also perceived by some as a disadvantage is its multisectoral mandate.

The country programme was based on lessons learned during the fourth cycle and on the comparative advantages of UNDP.

It must be based on collective wisdom, with each partner driven by its own comparative advantage, expertise and opportunity.

Practice had proven that TCDC could be implemented only when comparative advantages in specific sectors were well established.

Thirdly, might it not also be the case that advantages in terms of comparative costs will lead to the indirect promotion of atomic energy?

(b) Will South South industrial trade, technology and investment flows reshape the pattern of industrialization based on comparative advantages?

Comparative testing

41. At the request of the Governing Council, a study has been made of where the comparative advantages of UNDP lie (DP 1993 28).

Huge imbalances between those and other areas should be gradually reduced by investment in projects that would emphasize competitive advantages.

UNODC delivers requested legislative and advisory services, drawing on its specialized substantive expertise and comparative advantages.

The goal should be to define a relationship of mutual benefit based on a clear understanding of the different roles, mandates and comparative advantages of the two organizations.