The question is how to increase the absorptive capacity of the region and build a modern industrial base.

Namibia s government, for example, while recognizing that the country will never build a strong industrial base, takes a clear, balanced, and determined approach to attracting, and getting the most out of, multinational corporations.

In 893 Yahya entered Yemen from the Hijaz, trying to build up a Zaydiyya power base in the area.

But how was China able to build a modern industrial base within a relatively short period of time from its traditional, patrimonial family contracts and archaic constitutional structures?

Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu province in the west, might never catch up with Suzhou, a well known manufacturing base near Shanghai.

It's artificial.

If the orders did shift to another company, Pratt Whitney could decide to move some of the industrial base work it is currently doing in Canada, Hess said.

Without a robust industrial base, African countries in general and LDCs in particular will remain disadvantaged and dependent on declining prices of natural resources and on largely agricultural, rural based economies.

UNHCR needed strong partnerships and a healthy funding base, as well as transparency, accountability and structural reform.

The Grimaldi's stronghold was now a power base from which the family ruled a large but very vulnerable area of land.

The Ottomans conquered Nicaea in 1331 and Nicomedia in 1337, thus building up a strong base from which they eventually swept away the Byzantine Empire as a whole.

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But rising CO2 emissions constitute what is really happening on the ground a rapidly growing industrial base in emerging markets is being hard wired to intensive use of coal.

The arms race between Britain and Germany eventually extended to the rest of Europe, with all the major powers devoting their industrial base to producing the equipment and weapons necessary for a pan European conflict.

Religion provides a profound and powerful base of solidarity, and to marginalize it would be a big mistake, just as marginalizing atheistic philosophies would be a mistake.

The French economy, with its strong industrial base and dynamic private and public sector companies, benefited from these devaluations, thanks to increased exports (including to its former African colonies).

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And we knew, once that worked, that we actually had a chance if we could make the synthetic chromosomes to do the same with those.

In other words, investors from Singapore may not be classified as manufacturing firms, even though they are investing in manufacturing activities abroad.

It's now owned, right, much of it by big industries.

However, many countries lack the resource base necessary to conduct regular industrial enquiries on short term indicators and structural business statistics, which limits the number of countries reporting industrial statistics to international agencies.

The northern section of the island has been turned into an industrial area.

One sensible pointer from surveying the experience of today's advanced economies, including the newest arrivals from East Asia, is that a broad and robust industrial base is a likely component of success.

I am strong, I know I am.

In an earlier era, states owned substantial industrial assets.

This implies good industrial relations and respect for trade union rights.

To ensure a country's firm footing on the sustainable path of growth and prosperity, a strong economic foundation is equally as essential as short term flows of aid and debt cancellation.

I know I m strong, I ve always been.

A strong version of the so called Volcker Rule (designed to force government insured banks to return to their core mission of lending) might work.

Aalborg (or Ålborg ) () is an industrial and university city in the North of Jutland, Denmark.

This methodology is now being used in other manufacturing sectors as well.

Strong grassroots movements sprung up in Sweden during the latter half of the 19th century (trade unions, temperance groups, and independent religious groups), creating a strong foundation of democratic principles.

If the United Nations is to tackle the ever more numerous and challenging tasks entrusted to it by Member States, it is essential that the Organization have a strong and dependable financial base.

She is concerned that the electricity produced will mainly prioritize the needs of Cameroon s industries

So far, they have been able to lay a solid foundation through critical political and social reforms to facilitate the implementation process and eventually allow African States to become fully integrated into the global economy.

Thus, regional disparities in terms of economic prosperity may never narrow indeed, they could often widen. Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu province in the west, might never catch up with Suzhou, a well known manufacturing base near Shanghai.

But Europe cannot build an industrial strategy on cheap energy.

There are a total of 291 large industrial enterprises and 1002 small business enterprises.

It is not a treaty only for those possessing weapons or having the industrial capacity to develop them.

There is much too much competition for that position.

The competition is fierce.

Many people can drive a cab, including many who are unemployed, but not so many can get permission to do so in many major cities in Europe and the US.

China s manufacturing investments, however, are often located in industrial parks or special economic zones (SEZs).