In the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Italy provided, in 1996-2000, some $23 million to fund a credit line for balance-of-payment support, a project on restructuring the health care system and a project on microinitiatives.

Within their specific mandates, they must tread a fine line in balancing the integrity and technical validity of research and policy analysis against their roles and their need to cater to varied constituencies or beneficiaries.

These methods include the straight-line method, the diminishing balance method and the sum-of-the-units method.

The selection of fellows has reflected a regional balance in line with general United Nations practice, and a gender balance.

In line with the balanced approach, all initiatives to curb illicit demand for ATS should be accompanied by efforts to limit the supply of ATS.

In line with the balanced approach, all initiatives to curb illicit demand for ATS should be accompanied by efforts to limit the supply of ATS.

Recruitment strategies target improved gender balance (in line with the gender policy adopted in 2003) and a broader range of nationalities in the international ranks.

Such a methodology is in line with the “balanced scorecard” approach to performance measurement that is widely used in the private sector and, increasingly, in public sector institutions (the International Monetary Fund, for example) as well.

Italy's cooperation programme in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was launched in 1998, and currently allocates approximately euro 23.76 million to the health-care system and infrastructure sectors and some euro 12.9 million to funding a credit line for balance-of-payment support.

Since the second MYFF represents the aggregate combined-resource scenario of UNDP for 2004-2007, it permits UNDP to plan across its mandated areas, balancing service lines and strategic goals.