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

Playing for time thus might enable them gradually to recapitalize themselves by retaining profits or attracting outside capital.

Harry Truman was a modest orator, but compensated by attracting and ably managing a stellar set of advisers.

Soft power is the ability to get what one wants by attracting others rather than threatening or paying them.

However, websites run by direct tourism providers such as hotels and transport companies are attracting travellers seeking better prices by avoiding third party distributors.

Some found them useful in attracting investment in R D in a host country by pioneer firms, who would later be followed by their competitors.

LONDON Central Africa has lately been attracting some unfamiliar attention.

The question How Should Middle Eastern Women Dress in Public posed by the University of Michigan is attracting hilarious spoofs online.

It will strengthen its efforts to go global by attracting more scientific talent to Europe, whether researchers of European origin or others.

The issue of the size of host countries was mentioned by various experts as a factor in attracting R D related FDI.

Joint high level session with WAIPA Attracting FDI in service clusters

Attracting even a fraction of the assets held by institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, and public pension funds could boost development finance substantially.

But countries have so far had mixed success in attracting skilled immigrants.

Sweden carried out a technical programme aimed at attracting girls to engineering.

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

Already, some are making a notable difference on the ground, attracting widespread admiration.

Experts also discussed the role of incentives in attracting R D related FDI.

They do so partly in the hope of attracting much needed services FDI.

As stressed by UNCTAD in various issues of the World Investment Report, policies matter not only for attracting FDI but also for benefiting from it.

Now it is attracting attention as an example of United Nations led nation building.

Ankara has become a hub of higher education, attracting students from Africa and Asia.

The main concern was not attracting readers, listeners, and viewers, but avoiding political mistakes.

Attracting neighbors has long been a noble aspiration and something of a European specialty.

Tourism has become a significant industry, attracting millions of visitors to England each year.

The boom did little to reduce crime, and may even have contributed to it by attracting those who felt unfairly excluded from the rising prosperity around them.

These countries are being denied a useful tool for attracting FDI, with recent evidence suggesting that signing a BIT by itself does not lead to increased inflows.

This augmented news reports about Greek profligacy, and thus closed a negative feedback loop by attracting intensifying public interest, which eventually fueled crises in other European countries.

An international match can fill 100,000 seat stadiums, while attracting TV audiences of 350 million.

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

This has made the central government very powerful, attracting the best brains into its service.

The Guam Visitors Bureau has set the goal of attracting 1.3 million visitors in 2005.29

The drugs undergo a drying process and are packaged and concealed to avoid attracting attention.

Effective leadership from the middle often requires attracting and persuading those above, below, and beside you.

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.

But soft power will play a crucial role in attracting moderates and denying the extremists new recruits.

A wide variety of oriental medicine are available, attracting people all over Korea to visit the city.

This share, however, remained concentrated in a handful of countries, with many others attracting only small amounts.

The Agency has also been actively engaged in attracting new participants to its nuclear security cooperation programme.

General purpose funds also finance priority areas not attracting special purpose (earmarked) contributions, thus providing programme flexibility.

The attention economy is one in which people spend their personal time attracting others attention, whether by designing creative avatars, posting pithy comments, or accumulating likes for their cat photos.

These issues require cooperation in the provision of global public goods and the soft power of attracting support.

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

More than just a matter of necessity, making Singapore clean was a strategy for attracting business and tourists.

A lack of skilled professionals is considered a major factor holding back Brazil s economic development, a predicament that the government hopes to overcome by attracting suitably qualified immigrants to the country.

The Mission had experienced high attrition rates and difficulties in attracting staff, and the recruitment of staff on temporary contracts, as recommended by the Advisory Committee, would only exacerbate that situation.