Most participants underlined the importance of FDI in promoting private sector development, employment creation, encouraging transfer and diffusion of technology, export diversification, and meeting the goals of poverty reduction.

Creation of implementation machinery and encouraging the efforts of the parties to collective agreements, where they apply, to ensure the application of the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value.

In this respect, the relatively rapid creation of a coalition Government following the October 2004 elections and the demonstrations of commitment by the Government's leadership to the implementation of the standards are encouraging signals.

But the creation of the euro caused a sharp fall in interest rates in the peripheral countries, leading to debt financed housing bubbles and encouraging their governments to borrow to finance increased government spending.

LISBON RIGA If an encouraging message is to be found in the creation of an international coalition to protect Libya s civilian population, it is that Europe still counts for something on the world stage.

If ongoing urbanization can be coupled with job creation a distinct possibility in light of China s emphasis on developing its embryonic labor intensive services sector the outlook for household income growth is quite encouraging.

The creation of the welfare state in Western countries after World War II helped to create a safety net for people disadvantaged by economic change, thereby encouraging them to accept the return of international economic interdependence.

In addition, Viet Nam continuously takes the lead among developing countries in terms of poverty reduction and recorded encouraging results in the fields of job creation, education and training, population and family planning, and people's healthcare.

The results were not encouraging.

The results have been encouraging.

The Chernobyl recovery and development programme also supports policy and institutional change aimed at encouraging a shift from extensive social benefit provision to more fiscally sound measures targeting the truly needy and spurring the creation of new livelihoods.

So far, the results are encouraging.

The initial response had been encouraging.

(b) Encouraging and facilitating the establishment and development of cooperatives, including taking measures aimed at enabling people living in poverty or belonging to vulnerable groups to engage on a voluntary basis in the creation and development of cooperatives

(b) Encouraging and facilitating the establishment and development of cooperatives, including taking measures aimed at enabling people living in poverty or belonging to vulnerable groups to engage on a voluntary basis in the creation and development of cooperatives

The response from the communities is encouraging.

Here, Sweden s experience is encouraging.

All of this is encouraging.

There are some encouraging signs.

These are hardly encouraging signs.

This is all very encouraging.

Here too, the early signs are encouraging.

The above table shows some encouraging developments.

To date, the results had been encouraging.

Encouraging universal consumption of iodized salt.

Encouraging private capital flows and remittances

While some were encouraging, other comments mocked the contestants.

The continued increase in throughput of trials is encouraging.

With regard to health, the gains are less encouraging.

The New Partnership for Africa's Development is particularly encouraging.

Session II Encouraging political involvement at the community level

But it's not just about encouraging votes.

In these cynical times, that is encouraging.

But Medvedev s track record is not encouraging.

Otherwise, we'll be exonerating and encouraging them.

We need to continue encouraging political dialogue.

Fortunately, there are visible and encouraging results.

Recent trends in inequality were not encouraging.

Employment creation, enhancement of skill levels and creation of linkages

Employment creation, enhancement of skill levels and creation of linkages

We agree with the analysis of the Secretary General that, in the aftermath of elections and the creation of a coalition Government in October 2004, the international community is witnessing encouraging signs of commitment by the leadership of the Provisional Institutions to the implementation of the standards.

For anti communists everywhere, the Polish election was extraordinarily encouraging.

The Sub Commission may wish to consider encouraging such participation.

MONUC is encouraging the parties to address these issues jointly.

Encouraging progress has also been made in the finance sector.