Attainment of the MDGs would largely hinge on how the productive sector was harnessed to enable it to generate the resources necessary to achieve the goals in question.

10. Support for women s reproductive role to reduce gender inequity

The issue was an important one, considering that the key dimensions of development plans, from trade to many aspects of the productive sector, were covered almost exclusively by agencies that did not have offices in the field.

Indeed, agriculture remains the primary productive sector in the world s poorest countries, employing 65 of the working population and, on average, contributing more than 25 to GDP.

When, despite an improved macroeconomic environment and progress towards more open policies, growth impulses remain weak or lethargic, the national development strategy and productive sector policies assume particular importance.

Mercantilists, by contrast, emphasize the productive side of the economy.

Second, they need to use their workforces efficiently, which requires modern labor legislation that encourages employment of women, the young, and senior citizens.

Owners of private capital that could be allocated to productive investment will remain hesitant.

Thus, a 10 increase in working time is the same as if the economy s stock of productive capital were increased by 10 .

To reclaim its promise, India must foster a new generation of productivity growth.

General description Economy wide productivity performance is crucial if developing countries' reform programmes are to be sustainable.

The problem, advocates of this view claim, is a shortage of productive supply rather than a shortage of aggregate demand.

Rabello de Castro argues that the country lacks an institutional model or a productive order that comes to terms with fast growth.

In a time of crisis, countries in which luxury goods play their selective role effectively are the safest bets for productive investment.

Investment in equipment the key to strengthening productive capital in the tradable goods sector has generally suffered even more.

But, too often in Africa s history, money that should have financed productive investment has been looted or squandered.

Successful case studies are sought which bring the already degraded land back into productive use for creating sustainable livelihoods.

On 1 January 2006, COPRA will become the production system for the processing of trade data at the Statistics Division and OECD.

(f) Convening workshops for capacity building in public private partnership development and management of public private partnership programmes

These inferior substitutes often imply exorbitant costs for borrowers and financing that is usually too short term for productive investment activity.

Finally, while assets nowadays are much more liquid, this has not boosted long term productive investment.

On the basis of political and operational priorities, UNMIS has established a full time military observer presence in Juba (Sector I), Wau (Sector II), Malakal (Sector III), Kadugli (Sector IV), Ed Damazin (Sector V), Abyei (Sector VI) and Kassala (redeployment coordination headquarters).

(e) Provision of technical support for the development of national management action plans and public private partnership preparedness strategies and management of public private partnership programmes

The knowledge and skills required for developing and implementing public private partnership projects are often lacking in the public sector, and the private sector is unaware of the potential of the public private partnership relationship.

UNIDO's services under this service module cover the fields of rural energy for productive use and energy efficiency, as well as climate change.

One means of developing the knowledge and skills needed for developing the public private partnership modality has been the creation of dedicated public private partnership programmes.

(b) Organization of an interregional meeting and regional meetings among officials, public private partnership alliance members, existing networks and national institutions and public private partnership facilitators

The situation, far from being merely the result of present circumstances, clearly reveals the extreme fragility of our system of production and, furthermore, the precariousness of the situation and the living conditions of the people of the Niger.

Public sector

Private sector

Sector 2

Sector 3

Sector 4

The agricultural sector

Formal Sector

External sector

Sector VI the Abyei area the sector headquarters would be located in Abyei

In this context, the provision of affordable energy for productive use and income generation as well as the provision of safe water for both human and commercial consumption are essential elements.

Primary sector

Secondary sector

Sector status

Engaging the private sector

Informal Sector

Private sector development

Security sector reform