The recent economic crisis forced these institutions to reduce expenditure on external assignments.
"Now, Pdvsa is working with other state institutions to reduce Venezuela's exceedingly high rate of poverty".
The 10 10 climate change campaign, supported by the Guardian, aims to get individuals, companies and institutions to reduce their carbon footprints by 10% during 2010.
The pullback in credit, particularly among banks themselves, is the latest effort by financial institutions to reduce exposure to the global economic slowdown.
Additionally, state budget cuts are forcing public institutions to reduce aid for graduate students, who in some disciplines have traditionally been paid to attend postgraduate programs.
"The rational actions taken by even the strongest financial institutions to reduce exposure to future losses have caused significant collateral damage to market functioning," Mr. Geithner said in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations.
But now we're going to tackle European regulation head on, pressing EU institutions to reduce needless burdens on business, ensuring we implement EU law in a way that doesn't put UK business at a competitive disadvantage".
Measured risk has increased more quickly than many institutions have been able reduce it, and attempts to reduce it have added to volatility and downward pressure on prices, further increasing measured exposure to risk … The rational actions taken by even the strongest financial institutions to reduce exposure to future losses have caused significant collateral damage to market functioning.
It has been very satisfying to work with health care leaders like the Cleveland Clinic and the Mayo Clinic and to work with other institutions to reduce hospital readmissions at a time when this issue is receiving national attention.
James Kassaga Arinaitwe, global fellow, Acumen, Bangalore, India, @JamesArinaitwe Stop neglecting science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM): Providing tertiary education in technical fields can be significantly more costly than social sciences, forcing cash-strapped public education institutions to reduce expansion in this area.
