In other words, rather than shifting from investment led to consumer led growth, China appears to be continuing along its investment led growth track.

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

Stronger safety net programs might reduce the need for precautionary savings in the future, but such reforms cannot be accomplished overnight.

Shortfalls in investment eventually diminish growth and employment opportunities.

The main ingredient needed to achieve faster sustained growth is increased investment.

Knowledge and technology have contributed less and less to economic growth as a result of lower investment rates.

Most investment in modern biotechnology has been in developed countries.

Indeed, infrastructure investment is recognized as a key ingredient in sustaining and accelerating growth.

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The basic legal structure for foreign investment in Peru is formed by the 1993 constitution, the Private Investment Growth Law, and the November 1996 Investment Promotion Law.

Indeed, rapid growth in investment may translate into high import growth and trade deficits.

To be specific, we need to foster growth, based on increased investment.

Without sustained investments in human capital and institution building, growth is condemned to peter out.

The size of that investment would vary according to the rate of economic growth (between 3 and 5 per cent).

Without the inventory investment, the growth rate of final sales averaged less than 1 .

The unprecedented growth of OFDI during the SW is accompanied by significant changes in the financing patterns of OFDI.

A country's domestic growth prospects played a significant role in FDI site selection.

For China, it is excessive reliance on fixed asset investment for growth.

With corporations cautious about investing and governments prudent about expenditure especially given the grandiose investments of the past exports have led growth.

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But the main problem is that public sector investment remains well below growth sustaining levels.

The engines of growth include public and private investment, particularly for the new technologies needed to raise farm productivity.

US growth will be driven by the recovery of investment, which fell precipitously during the crisis.

For now, investment in a shift to a sustainable growth and employment pattern has been crowded out.

We know that investments in education and infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase growth.

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.

This is due primarily to the lack of significant economic growth and to the increasing decline in foreign direct investment.

When investment returns to normal levels, economic growth will slow further.

Without that investment, economic growth will be slower and the standard of living lower than it would otherwise be.

Recent economic growth has been fueled by macroeconomic stability, improved terms of trade, and rising investment and consumption.

Over the course of Uribe s presidency, foreign investment increased 50 and annual economic growth averaged 4 .

Growth has resumed, financial risk premia have fallen sharply, foreign investment is picking up, and exports are booming.

Private infrastructure developers and long term investors essentially withdrew as Governments were unable to put in place sustainable policies that assured adequate and predictable returns, particularly in the politically contentious power and water sectors (World Bank, ibid.).

Although public investment has been on the rise, the country s poor infrastructure remains a barrier to higher growth.

The developed world still accounts for nine tenths of world outward FDI flows, but FDI from developing countries has shown higher growth rates in the recent past.

A significant portion of this growth can be attributed to FDI activities in Asia Pacific region and Central and Eastern Europe.

The economy of the developed countries is maturing, which results in diminishing investment returns in those countries in general.

Indeed, even after the new stimulus package, China will still depend on investment and export for growth.

To accelerate economic growth, the priority has been to stimulate investment and recovery in manufacturing, the sector that was hardest hit by the international crisis.

China s economy is prone to rapid growth, with buoyant investment demand sustaining powerful short term inflationary pressures.

To revive growth in the short run, India must improve supply, which means shifting from consumption to investment.

Every major economy must recognize that investment in green growth can create jobs and bolster economic development.