Investment simultaneously generates income and expands productive capacity.

But infrastructure is a long term investment, revenues from which will be lower without accompanying investment in manufacturing capacity.

Although much depends on greater regional investment in increasing export capacity, further Chinese investment in the region would most likely follow.

Moreover, the European Investment Bank s lending capacity could be increased substantially, and European Union structural funds mobilized, to finance investment projects in the peripheral economies.

Thanks to decades of low investment in statistical capacity, no one trusts the Greek government s figures.

This figure assumes that China's restraint policies succeed in reducing investment in new steel producing capacity.

Investment, including foreign direct investment (FDI), played a central role in this connection, since it provided a crucial link between creation of productive capacity and international competitiveness.

Meanwhile, corporations reduce home country manufacturing capacity and investment, which reduces home country exports while increasing imports.

Topics such as trade capacity building, innovation, technology upgrading, investment promotion and SME development would be covered.

Lack of institutional structure and lack of capacity are obstacles to intra African FDI and portfolio investment.

It was also reported that UNCTAD had carried out an assessment of the investment promotion capacity of the national investment promotion agency (Agence Nationale de Développement de l'Investissement).

This did not work very well, because investment was constrained by deficient domestic aggregate demand relative to capacity.

And, with growing over capacity, investment in goods production may fall even further, with serious implications for GDP.

Developing countries must address this problem and significantly enhance investment in higher education and scientific and technological capacity.

The resources request for the investment team are to build up its capacity to implement the following recommendations

But, given increasing capacity utilization in the export industries, as well as higher investment requirements owing to the normal capital replacement cycle, domestic investment demand is now also rising.

Not surprisingly, Turkey s capacity to attract foreign direct investment is now comparable to other fast growing emerging market economies.

By the second half of the year, the investment bust in real estate, infrastructure, and industrial capacity will accelerate.

ODA is especially important in those countries which currently have limited capacity to attract private and foreign direct investment.

Economic constraints have, in effect, led to under investment raising questions about institutional capacity to deliver on children's entitlements.

(e) Investment in disaster risk reduction thus enhances sustainable development and enables humanitarian assistance capacity to be applied more effectively

But tomorrow s capacity expansion from today s investment would mean a permanent increase in the number of jobs created from tomorrow onward.

Such a move would deter excessive investment in productive capacity, and ease the implementation of a more flexible exchange rate regime.

Above all, it concluded that the sustainability of ongoing reform programmes hinged on substantial investment in human and institutional capacity building.

Increased costs for investment in real assets would help to rein in property prices and reduce over capacity in infrastructure and manufacturing.

Economic scarcity, meanwhile, is caused by a lack of investment in water or insufficient human capacity to satisfy the demand for water.

Other activities by TrainForTrade included participation in and contribution to the Consultative meeting on trade, investment and capacity building interventions in Sub Saharan Africa , organized by the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) in Zimbabwe.

As one of the main recipients of foreign direct investment his country was aware of the need for effective investment policies in order to promote economic growth, generate employment, enhance domestic capabilities and expand export capacity.

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.

The MDBs have been able to leverage large flows of private investment by mitigating risks and developing the capacity of domestic financial institutions.

UNOTIL advisers in the areas of trade and investment continued to support the Government's capacity building efforts and to provide valuable technical assistance.

Implementing the IPR recommendations could improve Benin's capacity to attract FDI and benefit from FDI by reforming the regulatory and institutional investment framework.

They required considerable national investment, international assistance and assistance from public private partnerships, as well as capacity building and institutional and policy reform.

African countries have made progress through the Short term Action Plan in infrastructure development, covering facilitation studies and investment and capacity building projects.

First, consumption has to give way smoothly to investment, as past excess capacity is worked off and as expansionary policies in industrial countries normalize.

In general, those countries lacked the technical capacity and expertise to participate effectively in international negotiations on investment treaties and to implement the latter.

Investment (especially in infrastructure in backward areas and social investments) should not bear the brunt of the expenditure squeeze, because today s investment is also tomorrow s growth in production capacity and the production of more goods tomorrow would reduce inflation.

Turkey s successes have deep roots in governmental capacity and its people s skills, reflecting decades of investment and centuries of history dating back to Ottoman times.

UNCTAD could help developing countries build their institutional capacity to reap benefits from global trade and investment, thereby supporting their development and poverty reduction efforts.

Gulf countries also need to ensure that potential exporters have the necessary supply capacity in place, including access to investment funding, and the right production technology.

African countries, particularly the least developed ones, would continue to need a significant amount of help with issues related to international investment arrangements and capacity building.

The financial resources required for achieving sustainable forest management are often beyond the capacity of Governments, and there is an increasing need for private sector investment.

In that regard, Malawi wished to utilize UNIDO's competencies in the areas of productivity improvement, standardization, investment and technology promotion, SME development and institutional capacity building.

Programmes such as the establishment enhancement of a standards, metrology and certification infrastructure, supply chain management, information networking, enhancing capacity of investment related institutions, regulatory frameworks for investment promotion and technology development and transfer will be the focus area for these countries.

Investment in statistical capacity would help governments and businesses worldwide to make better policy decisions, based on a more accurate accounting of the associated costs and benefits.