Meanwhile, political trials in Egypt are attracting international attention and deterring foreign investment.

The Minister of Investment of Egypt set out the Government's objectives and policies with regard to attracting foreign direct investment.

Attracting development assistance is in some respects as competitive as encouraging foreign direct investment by developing countries.

Uribe has also proven to be a strong economic administrator, attracting increasing flows of foreign direct investment to Colombia.

Recognizing that continued economic insecurity will exacerbate this perilous situation, the government has announced a new package of economic incentives aimed at attracting foreign direct investment.

The Netherlands continues to be one of the leading European nations for attracting foreign direct investment and is one of the five largest investors in the United States.

For example, Chinese local governments became highly adept at attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) by providing attractive infrastructure and supporting services that facilitate the expansion of global production chains.

The preponderance of small sized economies and the creation of economic space for investors and entrepreneurs remain an important challenge in attracting large flows of foreign direct investment (FDI).

Thirdly, the practices of the Israeli occupying forces directed against the Palestinian people had removed every chance for attracting foreign investment to the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Such investment had fallen by 90 per cent at the start of 2003.

Foreign direct investment

Foreign direct investment

Proximity to the US should, of course, be an advantage for exports and attracting investment.

With regard to the mobilization of international financial resources for development, we believe that international private capital flows, and in particular attracting foreign direct investment, is an essential complement to international and national development efforts.

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How to Boost Foreign Investment

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao announced a major trade package during his trip to Pyongyang last November, perhaps on the order of 10 billion. North Korea recently established the State Development Bank and Taepung International Investment Group (headed by a Korean Chinese businessman), charged with attracting foreign investment.

Investment policies should extend to both domestic and foreign direct investment.

(c) Allowing foreign direct investment (FDI).

Africa's share of global trade continues to be marginal, and while the region has recently witnessed positive developments in attracting foreign direct investment, those gains need to be consolidated through a facilitative international framework of support for efforts on the continent to create an environment conducive to investment.

We call for greater consultation between States and the issuance of travel advisories in order to ensure accuracy, while minimizing the adverse effects of such advisories in national development efforts such as in attracting tourists and foreign investment.

Unlike the dollar and the pound, the yen and the Deutschemark did not depend on attracting foreign inflows.

Pakistan has welcomed foreign trade and investment.

Berdymukhamedov is also courting private foreign investment.

Assistance is required to support national investment related institutions and policy advice to create regulatory frameworks conducive to attracting FDI.

Licensing requirements for foreign investment have also been reduced, making investment easier for enterprises.

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Ireland showed the importance of foreign direct investment.

Construction is booming, and foreign investment is surging.

Moreover, North Korea is actively courting foreign investment.

There are practically no restrictions on foreign investment.

The joint high level session of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) with UNCTAD's Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues focused on attracting FDI in service clusters.

The same is true of foreign direct investment (FDI).

Sources of private investment may be domestic or foreign.

Foreign direct investment flows can, and should, be encouraged.

Those problems complicated the region's economic situation still further and created additional difficulties in attracting investment and pursuing appropriate trade and development policies.

Recognizing further the important role foreign investment should play in those countries, and stressing the need to create an enabling environment to attract more foreign direct investment,

Destabilizing actions have not stopped the Nicaraguan people from beginning to enjoy the first fruits of the war against corruption and to benefit from an honest and transparent civil service that has succeeded in attracting foreign investment and winning the confidence of the international community.

Without a viable legal system, foreign investment will remain elusive.

Its foreign trade and investment patterns are diversified and dynamic.

Meanwhile, outward foreign direct investment yields 20 annually, on average.

Foreign direct investment was valued at 8.3 billion in 2006.

Case study on outward foreign direct investment by Singaporean firms

Case study on outward foreign direct investment by Singaporean firms

Case study on outward foreign direct investment by Singaporean firms

Impact on the growth of foreign investment and economic cooperation