Often, the most cost-effective work is incremental and seemingly mundane, such as introducing variable speed limits on motorways or improving electricity transmission lines.
It is widely known, among the donors and certainly within the UN system, that this is the most cost-effective work that can possibly be undertaken.
Moreover, with a strategic location at the heart of Asia, rich supply of natural resources, and a skilled and cost-effective work force, Thailand serves as a hub of exporting to Southeast Asia [ 38] where newly emerging markets offer great business potential.
However, the limitations of the technique still need to be considered as part of a safer and cost-effective work-up strategy.
Scientists from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration briefed us that the trillions of oil-eating microbes that Mother Nature has deployed throughout the Gulf of Mexico continue to provide by far the most cost effective cleanup work that's being done in the Gulf.
As suggested by White et al. [ 19], it would have been more cost effective to work only with those practices prepared to take a more pro-active approach to patient recruitment and it seems likely that this would not result in a biased sample of patients.
They are simply laying off workers instead because it is more cost effective, it works better with their business model, they prefer to keep a core of key employees with high morale, and it just tends to not be a part of the American business culture.
"He may be able to find another plan that is cost effective or works for him," she said.
Over drinks, an American friend working at a major Japanese bank bemoaned his company's lack of cutting-edge computerized systems, which he ascribed to the bank's having so many people that it was more cost effective to have work done manually.
She said: "I am considering whether there are more cost effective opportunities to work with local community groups to deliver new and additional services.
However, cost effective transfer of work to the community was contingent on facilitative financial frameworks.
