The Joint Social Investment Programme

Why Public Investment?

General comments on the IPR programme

It was stressed that the Invest in Peace programme should be extended to other such countries, with the assistance of UNCTAD's IPR programme.

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

Direct public investment in resource protection

Vice Ministry of Public Investment and External Finance (Ministry of Finance)

Direct public investment in resource protection 39 41 19

Annual investment in equipment increased by 7.7 in 2006, while overall investment, including construction, was up by 5 .

And what I've found is, rather than investing their money in food subsidies and other things, they invested in a school feeding program.

Luxembourg and Spain, both major recipients of FDI in 2003, received lower FDI inflows last year.

Public investment and donor support are also important in this regard.

Cooperation with the Organization had included the Director General's visit to Jordan in mid 2005, the establishment of an investment development unit with the help of the Government of Italy and the implementation of an integrated programme for technical cooperation.

Unlike other social projects, which seek to solve a specific problem, the PAC seeks to create a novel system of public and private investment to respond to the changes continually taking place in a global market.

Experts underscored the significance of information technology for improving governance in investment promotion and the need to provide support to developing countries through programmes such as the UNCTAD Investment Gateway.

1. Notes the proposals of the Secretary General on investing in information and communication technology

But, as a result, it now has no further scope for increasing public consumption or investment.

An emphasis on investment shifts the focus of development strategy to the entrepreneurial class and its interaction with the state, including whether and how public investment crowds in private investment.

Investment

The Good Governance in Investment Promotion programme, the linkages programme, the Invest in Peace initiatives and the Blue Books were all designed to help countries in their efforts to implement the IPRs' recommendations.

The agenda represented the priorities set out at the World Summit and reflected the reform agenda of the Secretary General.

The process should start with an increase in public investment to meet critical needs, and to trigger an increase in private investment, which is impeded by the lack of basic infrastructure, and of a healthy and skilled labour force.

By the second half of the year, the investment bust in real estate, infrastructure, and industrial capacity will accelerate.

Support of the Secretary General's OIC Reform Plan

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Submission of the Secretary General apos s final report on the programme of activities for the Decade

The UNCTAD secretariat concluded the discussions by stressing that it would follow up on all the proposals made regarding the improvement of the IPR programme.

The secretariat informed the Commission that the IPR programme was undergoing an evaluation by a donor country, for the purpose of improving its impact and methodology.

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

No politician has publicly stated that US solvency requires such draconian adjustments, because the American public is far from agreeing to the sacrifice needed.

Indeed, China has done this by expanding its qualified domestic institutional investor program to allow more investment abroad.

In addition, the Local Governance Unit was rebranded' as UNCDF Local Development. Projecting a focus on local development allows UNCDF to better reflect its comprehensive support through the local governance approach to local development, by piloting activities with local governments, ensuring alignment of these activities with sectoral and other forms of deconcentration, and, to supportinging national decentralization policies and regulatory frameworks.

That investment, primarily from the private sector, has been fostered through a programme of State sponsored education, research and financial incentives.

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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.

However, in the United Arab Emirates, public investment is largely generated at the Emirate level and investment has been significantly expanded, in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

The economic reforms put in place in the late 1980s, culminating in promulgation of the Investment Act No. 15 of 1991.

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.