This treaty improved the investment climate and encouraged investment.

_______________ (2004b). World Development Report 2005 A Better Investment Climate for Everyone.

Regionally funded investment guarantees and non discriminatory region wide tax incentives would also impact favourably on the region's investment climate.

Medvedev has in the past recognized both the need to attract Russian and foreign investment and the country s dismal investment climate.

We know it is also crucial to improve the business and investment climate.

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.

The panellist from Pakistan gave an overview of his country's investment climate, pointing to sectors in which investment had occurred and those in which more investment was needed.

A key priority must be to increase investment by creating a climate of trust.

Malawi offered a good business climate and many investment opportunities that should be tapped.

He recognized that human rights crucially complemented sound economic policies and a good investment climate.

For this purpose, creating an attractive investment climate should be a high and urgent priority.

The bottom line is that the investment climate for foreign direct investors is becoming less welcoming.

Inadequate physical infrastructure also continues to cast a shadow over efforts to improve the investment climate.

Government initiatives to rebuild infrastructure to replace waning private investment with state investment in health care, climate control and energy conservation do not have that downside.

First, governments need to adopt urgent business climate reforms in order to foster investment, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

World Bank (2004a). Strengthening the foundations for growth and private sector development investment climate and infrastructure development.

The objectives of our plan promote the MDGs. A number of laws have been adopted to improve the investment climate, attract foreign investment and enhance the taxation regime.

Second, improvements in the investment climate are vital, especially if India is to realize its potential in manufacturing.

Two government priorities have been strict fiscal policies and creating a good climate for incoming investment in the republic.

That process would have a positive impact on economic development and on the climate for foreign investment in Kosovo.

That process would have a positive impact on economic development and on the climate for foreign investment in Kosovo.

Unfortunately, there is often a conflict between long term investment directed against climate change and short term food security.

Uganda, for example, has adopted a wide range of measures to improve the investment climate, including the setting up of the Ugandan Investment Authority, a one stop facilitator for investors, whose aim is to attract, promote and facilitate investment.

The agenda is virtually limitless, including trade and investment, energy and climate change, and confidence building in the security sphere.

Likewise, the trade and investment implications for developing countries stemming from the Framework Convention on Climate Change will be discussed.

In addition, speakers welcomed African commitments on governance, anti corruption measures and the creation of a good climate for investment.

The productivity of aid has also improved because of progress in the policy environment and the investment climate in developing countries.

Electricity shortages have intensified on Yar Adua s watch, producing blackouts in many areas of the country and darkening the foreign investment climate.

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

That was why the international community needed to adopt specific and targeted measures to help improve the investment climate in this continent.

The representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) focused on the investment climate and the creation of an environment conducive to FDI.

But there has been something of a return to the former approach more recently in discussions of the investment climate and growth diagnostics .

The transition process must be managed carefully to maintain a favourable investment climate and to safeguard the values of forest goods and services.

We also support the report's call to build capacity in developing countries, to strengthen national strategies, to improve the climate for private investment and to increase investment in infrastructure to promote economic growth in developing countries.

We are also working to improve the business environment and investment climate by cutting red tape and simplifying the administrative burden on foreign investors.

Promoting the investment climate to enable the private sector to realize the opportunities given by the largely unexploited resources in the food processing sector

Moreover, several African countries continued to implement long term reforms to improve their business and investment climate, despite the daunting challenges presented by the crisis.

Public investment in infrastructure (such as a massive expansion of the European railroad network), as well as climate protection and environmental technology, will be needed.

Broadly based improvements in the investment climate expand the pool of potential investors, increasing incentives of informal firms to become part of the formal economy.

A private sector participant noted that the main weaknesses of the investment climate in Benin were the lack of coordination between government ministries, the lack of clarity and security about ownership rights, and the strict investment code and procedures.

There have been some significant developments on economic issues that have helped, to some extent, to improve the investment climate, including in the areas of privatization, access to loans from the European Investment Bank, and long term lease possibilities for investors.

It stops us from focusing on long term strategies like investment in energy R D that would actually solve climate change and at a much lower cost.

Instead, the panel recommended focusing investment on research into climate engineering as a short term response, and on non carbon based energy as a longer term response.

In conclusion, delegations expressed their confidence in the political leadership and economic situation in Benin and in its capacity to be competitive and improve the investment climate.

Furthermore, a diagnostic study of the investment climate was prepared for the CEMAC countries and an investor targeting strategy for the garments sector was initiated in Botswana.