Return on investment in the case of industrial products.

The case of South South FDI

In the case of ASEAN, intraregional FDI accounts for close to one fifth of the total FDI.

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In the case of China, OFDI approval procedures have been simplified and the Investment Promotion Agency, established under the Ministry of Commerce, provides support in helping Chinese enterprises to invest abroad.

It was noted that there were considerable differences in the OFDI situation among the transition economies, depending on their size and geographical location.

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Foreign investment is also declining, and local production is paralyzed, necessitating expensive imports.

US budget deficits as far as the eye can see might excite fear of losses on US Treasury bonds.

In more than 40 past episodes in which GDP fell and private investment declined by 10 , recovery took an average of five years.

The situation of these vulnerable young people must be improved as a critical matter of human resource investment for development.

The investment being made in Kosovo, if it is to be successful, has to lead to a Kosovo at peace at home and with its neighbours, as Mr. Jessen Petersen put it in his intervention.

Comparing Pakistan's investment position with those of India and China, he stressed the need to continually analyse and evaluate investment determinants, including in relation to government policy.

While proponents argue that investment treaties reduce uncertainty, the ambiguities and conflicting interpretations of these agreements provisions have increased uncertainty.

Taiwan and Israel are testimony to the role played by migrants abroad, with their diasporas playing a vital role in terms of political support, investment flows, and technology transfer.

The recently created Social Investment Fund was a flexible, innovative and effective tool for attending to the needs of people living in poverty with no access to the public services systems.

The case of Mexicali, in Mexico, which was diversifying into attracting FDI in research and development activities clustered around its core base of investors in manufacturing, was highlighted.

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.

Even if we project a relatively rapid economic recovery, by the time this lesser depression is over, the US will have experienced an investment shortfall of at least 4 trillion.

In the case of inward FDI, protectionism involves new official measures that are used to prevent or discourage investors from coming to or staying in a host country.

American businesses have postponed much needed capital spending and, with American airports and bridges in appalling condition by developed country standards, investment in infrastructure is crucial as well.

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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).

The lack of the rule of law and transparency often stimulated OFDI, as did the need to follow clients in the case of banking and other service industries.

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

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

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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.

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

The second source is private investment. The world s central banks are already cutting interest rates on safe assets, and will cut them more as the proximity and magnitude of the likely global slump becomes clear.

In the case of Greece, the saving of businesses and households exceeds the level of investment in businesses and housing by just enough to outweigh the dissaving by the government, resulting in a very small current account surplus.

One is that, facing declining growth, policymakers will resort to excess investment or leverage (or both), creating instability.