But opportunities to pursue the necessary policies have not been grasped.

Is Inequality Inhibiting Growth?

Enterprise development is central to economic growth and increased employment.

Also, because conflict may destroy growth opportunities, it may be seen as costlier when growth is strong.

Private investments, including foreign investments, were the key to sustained growth and employment generation.

Developing local capacities in Africa for the identification of growth opportunities through resource mobilization

The EU budget is an investment vehicle that boosts economic growth and creates jobs.

Economic growth and job creation slow, while exports soar.

The claimed increase in jobs has barely kept up with growth in the labor force.

Job creation remains weak, and employment continues to diverge from growth.

Development policies should therefore be supportive of growth, poverty reduction and the creation of decent work for all.

The G 20 s growth compact must be a jobs compact, too.

It is a tried and true path towards growth, competitiveness and employment.

We are now pursuing an economic strategy that is pro growth, pro poor and pro job.

The opportunities for growth in Europe and the US from this additional global demand are enormous.

But the common objective for fiscal policy must be to support durable medium term growth and job creation.

The goal of equity needs to be firmly embedded within the policy regimes of the State in order to increase the chance that economic growth will be accompanied by equitable distribution of its benefits.

Now it looks like politicians may be looking to offload onto the Bank responsibility for generating economic growth and jobs.

This does not mean that growth opportunities in emerging markets have disappeared, but expectations do need to be recalibrated.

Through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the United States is helping African economies seize the opportunities of trade.

Follow up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing by the International Labour Organization (ILO) is based on the premise that genuine solutions to the challenges of ageing societies should be sought by increasing participation in the labour force and promoting job creation.

In today s crisis lies tomorrow s opportunity economic opportunity, measured in jobs and growth.

The number of the new working poor rose steadily, as the informal sector was increasingly deprived of economic growth opportunities.

The first set of activities is associated with the operations of larger established firms that influence economic growth primarily through advancing market opportunities for smaller enterprises, which in turn create jobs.26 Those are influenced by general business conditions termed the general national framework conditions .

Recognizing the importance of a thriving private sector, employment generation, good governance and the rule of law to sustainable economic growth,

Self inflicted austerity has met popular restlessness for more tangible measures to revive economic growth and create jobs.

Without fundamental change, China faces slower economic growth, inadequate job creation and innovation, and popping bubbles.

While growth is usually needed for poverty reduction, it does not necessarily translate into job creation, as many countries recent record of jobless or job poor growth demonstrates.

As a result, economic growth and job creation remain lackluster, with the availability of investment finance for long term productive assets essential to sustainable growth severely limited.

However, that growth was fragile, because it came from peripheral sectors of the economy rather than from the basic sectors with high growth and job creation potential such as agriculture or mining.

Most benefited from the economic growth and expanded educational opportunities associated with the oil boom of the 1970 s.

Without effective states working with active and involved citizens, there is little chance for the growth that is needed to abolish global poverty.

Improving governance and fighting corruption helps countries deliver basic services better and create growth and employment opportunities for the benefit of the poor.

Issues of poor productive investment and policies for growth with equity, with special emphasis on expanding employment opportunities, should be urgently addressed.

The need to follow customers, neutralize competitors' strength, access low cost labour and take advantage of opportunistic investments in real estate, infrastructure or services projects are also specific reasons.

The rapid changes occurring in the Asia Pacific region demand policies to maximize growth opportunities while minimizing risks.

Aside from saving the planet, these technologies could open up new investment opportunities, deliver affordable energy, and sustain growth.

The finance industry already is warning thatnew regulation may overshoot that is, have the unintended effect of sharply impeding growth.

Respect for diversity and individual freedom, and concern for generating growth and jobs in an atmosphere of social peace, must be guiding principles.

Unless these countries exploit the long term growth opportunities offered by industrial development, they will be unable to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Then low levels of unemployment and attractive secondary education opportunities led to renewed population growth, fuelled especially by young adults from the former East Germany.

Push factors (e.g. rising costs in the home market, following competitors and suppliers, corporate internationalization policy) Pull factors (e.g. growth opportunities, investment opportunities in the host country, lower production costs, availability of natural resources, host government incentives) Management factors (e.g. availability of skills and knowledge needed to internationalize successfully) Chance factors (e.g. being invited to supply a customer abroad)

In order to ensure sustainable economic growth and employment creation, it is necessary to move beyond the initial start up phase of new enterprises.

Finally, as the Nobel laureate economist Michael Spence has shown, growth is now a necessary but insufficient condition for job creation.

Europe s major competitors are turning climate change into an opportunity to encourage growth and create high quality jobs in rapidly innovating economic sectors.