This treaty improved the investment climate and encouraged investment.

This is untrue. During the massive investment associated with the Kyoto treaty, the participating countries investment in R D as a percentage of GDP has declined , not increased.

Mention was made of South East Asian treaty practice, which allowed host States to regulate appropriate forms of foreign investment.

Commercial ties between the two countries have expanded substantially in recent years, with the signing of a bilateral investment treaty in 2004 and a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement in January 2007.

The cumulative total of all known cases brought under bilateral, regional (e.g. NAFTA) or plurilateral (e.g. Energy Charter Treaty) agreements that contain investment clauses, or international investment agreements (IIAs), is now 160.

Action must begin with investment or with an intraregional treaty that affords extraterritorial rights and protection for regional capital and labour.

A delegation noted that, under the UNCTAD least developed countries (LDC) programme, Benin had signed a bilateral treaty for investment promotion and protection.

By voting for the fiscal treaty, we can guarantee that stability and support and thus guarantee continued confidence and investment in the Irish economy.

As for Europe, the Lisbon Treaty gives the European Union exclusive competence in investment related matters, but no mechanisms have been implemented to exercise this authority.

The number of cases has risen to at least 159 confirmed arbitrations under bilateral, regional (e.g. NAFTA) or plurilateral (e.g. Energy Charter Treaty) agreements that contain investment clauses.

She also had an opportunity to interact with other Special Rapporteurs and other treaty bodies at the Meetings of Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies but such interaction was at a very general level, and she stressed the need for some direct investment in collaboration mechanisms.

The cumulative number of treaty based cases brought before the World Bank Group's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) rose from three at year end 1994 to 106 in November 2004.

According to another view, draft article 18 seemed contrary to the Commission's original intention of giving precedence to special treaty provisions, such as those contained in investment protection treaties, over the draft articles.

An investment in youth is an investment in the future.

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But, according to the Bundesbank, net investment abroad (including financial investment) has already roughly matched domestic investment in recent years.

Investment policies should extend to both domestic and foreign direct investment.

Mr. Darmawan Djajusman, Director of Investment Deregulation, Investment Coordinating Board, Indonesia

Investment suffered.

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The investment policy reviews and investment guides produced by UNCTAD had been valuable in improving the investment policy environment in those countries.

Front loaded public investment could be funded through an enhanced European Investment Bank.

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But in any investment decision, the key question is, What is my alternative investment?

Licensing requirements for foreign investment have also been reduced, making investment easier for enterprises.

(d) In view of the size and diversification of the investment portfolio, the Investment Management Service should increase the number of investment managers or review the possibility of hiring additional discretionary investment advisers (AS2001 95 1 14)

Profitability index (PI), also known as profit investment ratio (PIR) and value investment ratio (VIR), is the ratio of payoff to investment of a proposed project.