Instead, direct policies to address New Orleans vulnerabilities could have avoided the huge and unnecessary cost in human misery and economic loss.

Our economic prospects have deteriorated with the decline in commodity prices, loss of traditional markets, erosion of preferences and declining levels of ODA and foreign direct investment.

In this context, some delegations welcomed the fact that the definition of damage covered both consequential economic loss and pure economic loss, including loss of income directly deriving from an economic interest in any use of the environment.

Iraq argues that Syria has not suffered any measurable economic loss either in terms of extraordinary expenditure or loss of revenue.

Moreover, direct investment and financial flows contribute further to economic interdependence.

They point out that paragraph 16 of Security Council resolution 687 (1991) states that compensation is due for any direct loss .

A market economy must rest on the economic principle of profit and loss.

It was stressed that it was important for economic loss suffered by fishing and tourism industries to be compensable, provided that the link between the incident and the economic loss was clear and demonstrable.

Since the Government of Kuwait has not suffered any direct loss, Iraq states that this part of the claim unit should be dismissed.

Similarly, paragraph 34 of Governing Council decision 7 provides that compensation is available with respect to any direct loss, damage or injury to Governments as a direct result of Iraq's unlawful invasion and occupation of Kuwait.

There is no direct relationship between economic growth and democracy, historically or theoretically.

The loss of the capital role provoked an economic and social crisis in Parma.

Whether or not any environmental damage or loss for which compensation is claimed was a direct result of Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait will depend on the evidence presented in relation to each particular loss or damage.

(2005) Economic Development in Africa Rethinking the Role of Foreign Direct Investment, Geneva, UNCTAD.

Economic development in Africa The role of foreign direct investment in growth and development

NEW HAVEN The world s fundamental economic problem today is a staggering loss of business confidence.

The Panel finds that the claimant has failed to prove any direct loss and therefore recommends no award of compensation for D2 (personal injury) losses.

Rapid economic growth is to be based on the private sector, including foreign direct investment.

That number has grown over the years, as Soviet officials broadened the definition of wartime deaths to mean total population loss, rather than direct military casualties.

The potential for loss of life, for Iranian retaliation, and for global economic disruption is high.

Economic Development in Africa Rethinking the Role of Foreign Direct Investment (UNCTAD GDS AFRICA 2005 1)

Market access and foreign direct investment would help to promote economic growth and generate productive employment.

They must have a more direct influence on the sustainable social and economic development of countries.

1st meeting Economic development in Africa The role of foreign direct investment in growth and development

But, as direct tax concessions have little or no effect in diverting international investment, let alone in attracting such flows, they constitute an unnecessary loss of revenue.

As a result, many Malay Muslims increasingly worry about the loss of familiar economic and political safeguards.

The summit rightly focuses on the direct links between nutrition and productivity, economic growth, and political stability.

This ice loss, caused largely by human induced global warming, has far reaching environmental, geopolitical, and economic consequences.

India, which has lost reform momentum, is experiencing an economic slowdown and a potential loss of investor confidence.

He associated every economic activity with an increase in entropy, whose increase implied the loss of useful resources.

Weak law enforcement often leads to illegal activities in the forest sector, causing economic, social and environmental loss.

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.

Cyber attacks may also interfere with financial markets and cause immense economic loss by closing down commercial Web sites.

Land degradation is in turn defined as the reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity of drylands.

Georgia s economic success has been largely dependent on direct foreign investment, for which there is hardly any appetite today.

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

Unfortunately, Europe s system of direct government financial support is falling victim to Europe s slow economic growth and budget deficits.

Other economic indicators, such as interest rate spreads and the rate of job loss, also turned around in early 2009.

Unlike the economic boost that may occur from recovery spending to restore damaged physical assets, this is a deadweight loss.

Nevertheless, the benefits in reducing the likelihood of another crisis and another loss of economic independence far outweigh the costs.

Many Parties were concerned most about the economic impacts in the coastal zones, and about loss of land and infrastructure.

In the first F4 report, the Panel noted that any loss which was incurred as a result of departures of persons from Iraq or Kuwait during the period from 2 August 1990 to 2 March 1991 would constitute a direct loss, damage or injury resulting from Iraq's invasion.

It was also noted in respect of pure economic loss, which according to the commentary is covered under paragraph (a)(iii), that loss or damage by impairment to the environment raised delicate issues of causation.

In their stead must come, on the one hand, direct talks, security guarantees, and support in political and economic integration.

This year, floods alone have affected more than 200 million people and resulted in direct economic losses of 17 billion.