Shifting to renewable energy sources will require enormous effort and major infrastructure investment.

ODA remains the major source of investment in infrastructure development in landlocked developing countries.

Nor, therefore, is their interest in housing as a major speculative investment asset likely to change.

A major donor investment would be needed to ensure the economic viability of the Gaza Strip.

Every major economy must recognize that investment in green growth can create jobs and bolster economic development.

Government investment, which represents the major part of China s anti crisis stimulus package, should help in this regard.

And Chinese firms too often state owned are seeking greater investment opportunities abroad in major industries, particularly energy.

The 1996 peace accords that ended the decades long civil war removed a major obstacle to foreign investment.

Major sources of foreign investment in California in 2005 were Japan, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, France, and Germany.

Chinese growth is widely regarded as furiously export driven, but domestic investment has in fact been the major component.

Hence, effective financing for peacetime is a good investment of donors resources and a major factor in conflict prevention.

Key factors in that regard would be active participation in international trade and a major inflow of foreign investment.

Just a year ago, the United States had five major freestanding investment banks that stood atop its mighty financial sector.

The largest scope for renewed private investment is in capital intensive sectors in which government has a major presence as regulator.

HSBC also announced a major investment in Ping An Insurance, which could set the stage for experiments with Bancassurance in the future.

This system had been abandoned elsewhere, and the reform opened London to new types of institutions, especially the major US investment banks.

Political instability and poor governance are major contributors to the poor climate for investment, as are corruption and law and order problems.

Recent global economic trends called for major policy initiatives, for example for export diversification, investment in infrastructure and control of price volatility.

Research networks or consortia can provide opportunities for cross sector information sharing and collaboration without requiring a major investment by individual parties.

Furthermore, unexpected major repairs and replacements, which are not included in the agreed investment plan, will have to be shared by all parties.

2. Reiterates the need to indicate the return on investment for planned and proposed major projects in terms that are as quantitative as possible

In 2013, it can be expected that, barring major disruptions, strong investment growth will push China s GDP more than 8 higher year on year.

We propose an education investment bank to be established with the cooperation of the GPE and major international investment banks, capitalized in part by proceeds from a financial transaction tax (FTT), such as that proposed for the European Union.

Today, US authorities appear willing to contemplate any measure, no matter how inflationary, to insure that none of its major banks and investment houses fails.

Asia s dynamic economies supply the world, and its remarkable economic growth has lifted millions out of poverty and created major new opportunities for investment and prosperity.

The major investment banks are fully aware that every day that they delay appropriate market regulation, they earn millions of dollars for their managers bonus funds.

At the same time, the problem of double taxation within the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina (a major disincentive to investment and job creation) was abolished.

While the entrepreneurship of domestic small, medium sized and large enterprises is a major engine for job creation in Africa, state efforts to improve the investment climate for foreign investment is an important complement to the dynamism of the domestic private sector.

Recent research has shown that nutrition can be a major catalyst of inclusive economic growth, with each dollar of investment yielding a return of 15 138 dollars.

China s exchange rate policy and its bilateral trade surplus with the US were major issues in America s presidential election, and concerns over Chinese foreign investment are ubiquitous.

There is a need for major investment by the Government in logistics, infrastructure and training of personnel, if central and local government structures are to function effectively.

The European Investment Bank would be a good vehicle in addition to new project bonds to boost spending on major infrastructure projects (for example, in the energy sector).

Climate Funds such as the Climate Investment Fund, the Global Environment Facility, and the recently created Green Climate Fund deserve support as major vehicles for developing workable solutions.

Economic relations between major players such as China and Japan are increasingly close owing not only to booming trade, but also to direct investment and regional production networks.

This can be attributed, in part, to the sound macroeconomic policies as well as the open trade and investment policies in the major developing economies of the region.

Similarly, if technological innovation can now transform major industries in a matter of a few years, or even months, long term investment makes less sense than it did before.

The US dollar is and will remain these countries major investment currency, reflecting the depth of the US capital market and the relatively favorable outlook for US government policies.

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.

Likewise, while it is now cheap to disseminate existing information, the collection and production of new information often requires major investment, and, in many competitive situations, new information matters most.

But others including the 14 countries that form the franc zone (12 of which are former French colonies) lack major Chinese investment, and are missing out on Africa s economic boom.

It is the result of politics and policies in several major economies politics and policies that choked off demand. In the absence of demand, investment and jobs will fail to materialize.

Rebalancing the economy by shifting toward domestic consumption and avoiding over investment will require major fiscal and monetary reforms, as well as structural reforms to delineate land use rights more clearly.

This treaty improved the investment climate and encouraged investment.

The other major advantage of such regional groupings has been their ability to attract foreign direct investment. Since the early 1990 s, Mercosur has managed to mobilize 5.9 of world FDI inflows.

All of the major emerging economies face weakening external demand, but India s slowdown has been exacerbated by a drop in investment that reflects a deeper loss of official direction and business confidence.