It is one thing to borrow to make an investment, which strengthens balance sheets it is another thing to borrow to finance a vacation or a consumption binge.

Experts agreed that more research is required on R D related FDI from developing countries in order to develop a better understanding of this relatively recent phenomenon.

A premature termination of the tasks described above may jeopardize those very achievements as well as the significant investment that the international community has made in Timor Leste since 1999.

The Government would be following up on the implementation of the recommendations of the IPR, which related to modernizing the FDI entry regime, strengthening Board of Investment (BOI) core functions and reforming the tax regime on investment.

In order to attract foreign investment, the government has made improvement in reducing red tape resulted from excessive government regulations making the country one of the least bureaucratic places to do business in the region.

But this is what Alan Greenspan encouraged Americans to do. When normal mortgages did not prime the pump enough, he encouraged them to take out variable rate mortgages at a time when interest rates had nowhere to go but up.

The Best Investments

Investment costs

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

Second, investment in real estate development accounts for nearly one quarter of the total.

This agency acts as a one stop shop and as the focal point for investment promotion activities.

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).

It wasn't that I had to, but I chose to.

Rather than securing investment for productive sectors of the economy, the financial industry has become adept at securing investment in itself.

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

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

And the question he had is, Can I do it? Can it be done?

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

A World of Underinvestment

Why Public Investment?

Investment, enterprise and technology

The China Investment Challenge

The Quest for Investment

Foreign direct investment

Investing in development

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

In particular, the Thai Exim Bank and the Board of Investment have been providing facilities (e.g. information, outward investment missions) to help Thai firms venture abroad.

I think even NASA can do that, and they proved that they can.

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

Reaffirming the need for the integration of African countries into the international trading system by highlighting the importance of creating, at the national and international levels, an environment that is conducive to attracting foreign direct investment and promoting international trade as engines of growth and development,

Europe s Misguided Investment Mania

The Long Term Investment Challenge

Investing in Happy Endings

The Road to Full Investment

Investment Strategy after the Crisis

Losing the Foreign Investment Race

Underinvesting in Resilience

How to Boost Foreign Investment

Investment in developing countries

Foreign direct investment

Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues

Investment issues analysis

Investment Policy Reviews

International investment agreements (IIAs)

The bottom line is that the investment climate for foreign direct investors is becoming less welcoming.