The private sector responded to the favourable investment climate by investing in services, construction and other resource based industries.

The first decision I adopted on my Government's first day in office was to cut back military expenditure in my country by 23 per cent in order to allocate it to food, health, education and social investments.

Member of the National Committee for Investment.

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Motives and drivers for companies to invest abroad

To the maximum extent, new TRAC 1.1.2 resources would be released up front, at the beginning of a country programme cycle, for investments in capacity development.

Lessons for the AIIB

The same is true of foreign direct investment (FDI).

Working for open partnerships between civil society and governments Working to place people and human rights at the centre of development Promoting equitable investment in social and economic development, and, Ensuring inclusion and participation of all those affected by government policy.

Mason, the Chairman of the National Investment Commission, Roosevelt K. Quiah, and the Deputy Minister of Finance, Tugbeh Doe, in place of Minister of Finance Lucinee F. Kamara, Sr.

That will enhance Africa's attractiveness to foreign direct investment.

Education and training The lack of proper resources to invest in schools and ensure the schooling of girls determines the disadvantaged position of the women of the future.

That was the moment to invest in the future.

By design, these funds are intended to be invested outside Russia.

Secure land and resource tenure and a stable political environment are important.

They offer better and more opportunities for investment, trade and development.

As a result of the reforms, Africa has certainly become much more attractive as a location for mining FDI, leading some observers to warn of a new scramble for Africa's natural resources.

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A new management team had been appointed for the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI).

Returns the number of periods needed for an investment to retain a desired value.

And by the time we get around to investing in it, all we hear is,

Reaffirming the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development, which recognizes sustainable debt financing as an important element for mobilizing resources for public and private investment,

Tailoring financial products for diaspora communities could attract resources for investment, while reinforcing migrants ties economic and otherwise to their home countries.

But critics are wrong about the impact on the deficit of focused investment.

Investing in women is paramount for ensuring sustainable development.

South Africa is by far the most important African source of FDI.

The Ugandan Government would strive to create an enabling investment and business environment.

Policy measures that support OFDI

To explain the major reasons for, and impact of, OFDI and

He was recently appointed a member of the Presidential Advisory Panel for Foreign Investment, Nigeria and Ghana.

(5) labour peace, since it offers a propitious environment for investment and development.

North America emerged as the most important investment destination among the developed countries.

Egypt is launching a first large industrial zone 2.8 billion investment.

This is where we need to mobilize Africans, in the Diaspora especially, to invest in this.

Meanwhile, net savings in developing economies are increasing, and low yields in developed economies are providing an incentive for investors to channel more resources to productive investment in these countries.

OFDI has been driven largely by investment in resources as well as by investment opportunities in neighbouring countries as a result of privatizations (e.g. in Mozambique).

Reaffirming the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development, which recognizes sustainable debt financing as an important element for mobilizing resources for public and private investment,

Efforts are under way to develop a large scale investment programme in sustainable mountain development that could have far reaching results in combating poverty and natural resource degradation in the country's poor mountainous areas.

Doing so is not anti investment it is pro development.

Only a few such treaties, however, provide national treatment for direct investment.

Mauritius is the largest host country for FDI from India and Malaysia.

In Nepal, the Government was in the process of creating a conducive environment to that end, particularly for investments in drinking water, sanitation and housing.

(d) Fulfilling compliance and accounting requirements, such as redrafting a statement of investment policy.

Policies and programmes to support developing country firms in investing abroad

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