Infrastructure projects require extensive planning and significant upfront investment.

Context In the late 1980s, there was a significant increase in foreign direct investment throughout the world.

The 1990s certainly witnessed a significant increase in the global integration of goods, services and investment flows.

As one speaker put it, this required significant resources, but had proven to be a great investment.

Apart from domestic local investment, there has been significant foreign investment from the European Union, particularly from Germany and Italy.

A significant portion of foreign direct investment should be directed to the LDCs, and the positive contribution of such investment to their development should be ensured.

Either way, CCS will require significant investment in further research and development before it becomes a viable technology.

European companies in the relevant sectors are thus expected to make up a significant part of CDM investment.

A dynamic domestic private sector is an important force for development, constituting a significant source of job creation, exports and investment.

The past three months, however, have seen a significant slowdown in China s exports, domestic investment, industrial output, and tax revenues.

They thus pose a significant threat of inflation, and the uncertainty about their future course is likely to discourage investment.

The US and its allies should conduct a robust policy, make a more significant investment in the secular opposition, and articulate clear goals.

Significant trade and investment deals, as well as growing linkages between American and Indian universities, have confirmed that each country is developing a more significant stake in the other than ever before.

Investment in payroll systems could provide significant returns in cost avoidance and in better system management.

Foreign direct investment was identified as a significant resource for development, creating wealth, employment, technological innovation and providing a range of other community services.

There is a high correlation between those countries with significant economic improvement and those that have made substantial investment in R D.

Doing so would require significant investment, which in turn would require international confidence in Iraq s future stability.

Rich households also hold significant resources that could be deployed in support of both consumption and investment.

The effort requires significant investment, not least in infrastructure development in both the developed and developing world.

The production of high quality forest products for international markets can require significant investment in advanced technology.

Thus, remittances by African migrants could provide significant financing for consumption and investment in their home countries.

Conversely, inappropriate regulations can create significant barriers to trade and investment, including by adding additional and unnecessary costs.

Although high oil prices and a relatively cheap ruble initially drove this growth, since 2003 consumer demand and, more recently, investment have played a significant role.

While some of the improvements were of a one time investment type, a significant element of the package represented an increase in security personnel on duty.

Economic efficiency, investment, and employment would take a significant hit, while slower growth would be accompanied by higher prices, including for basic food items.

The European Investment Bank, which received a significant capital increase in 2012, should add a large investment support program for medium size enterprises to its current operations, with a subsidy financed from the European budget to encourage first time job takers for a limited period.

This is due primarily to the lack of significant economic growth and to the increasing decline in foreign direct investment.

Given that renewable energy is one of the world s fastest growing sectors, such investment could have a significant impact on future GDP growth and job creation.

Heads of state tripped over one another to meet business leaders in Mumbai, hoping to pave the way for a significant expansion of trade and investment.

All settlement categories remained for a significant portion of Israel's public investment and new building in the settlements had increased by 35 per cent in 2003.

African countries, particularly the least developed ones, would continue to need a significant amount of help with issues related to international investment arrangements and capacity building.

There has been significant investment in uranium mining and Namibia is set to become the largest exporter of uranium by 2015.

The working group noted that the budget, as planned, would implement a significant policy change as regards outsourcing, as well as restructuring of the Investment Management Service.

China successfully navigated the crisis, avoiding a significant slowdown, by ramping up public spending. But, as a result, it now has no further scope for increasing public consumption or investment.

As with medical research, early innovations will not reap significant financial rewards, so there is no strong incentive for private investment today.

Recognizing that a number of developing countries have undertaken significant trade and investment liberalization unilaterally, regionally and or multilaterally, both within and outside the context of structural adjustment programmes,

The second oil shock and high international interest rates, coupled with a lack of foreign investment, led to significant internal and external imbalances and high levels of foreign debt.

Investment banks and credit rating agencies believed in financial alchemy the notion that significant value could be created by slicing and dicing securities.

Countries that are experiencing significant agricultural growth, such as Brazil and Thailand, have benefited from public sector investment in research and infrastructure development.

Improving the rule of law and instituting the fair and impartial administration of justice in Afghanistan require significant and coordinated action and investment.

A significant event for aid or investment in post 2003 Iraq was the Madrid Conference on Reconstruction on October 23, 2003, which was attended by representatives from over 25 nations.

A premature termination of the tasks described above may jeopardize those very achievements as well as the significant investment that the international community has made in Timor Leste since 1999.

Iran s investment in Palestine is more recent, but its backing for the Hamas led government, which has been frustrated elsewhere, is no less significant.

Whether through inflation or collapsing government bond prices, China will suffer significant capital losses on its foreign assets, further damaging its investment income balance.

Though landlocked, Ethiopia is comparatively well endowed with natural resources, not least its fertile farmland, which has attracted significant investment from Saudi Arabia, among others.