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

The representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) focused on the investment climate and the creation of an environment conducive to FDI.

Inadequate physical infrastructure also continues to cast a shadow over efforts to improve the investment climate.

A key priority must be to increase investment by creating a climate of trust.

Private infrastructure developers and long term investors essentially withdrew as Governments were unable to put in place sustainable policies that assured adequate and predictable returns, particularly in the politically contentious power and water sectors (World Bank, ibid.).

UNDP would fund implementation of the action plan and would follow its recommendations, in cooperation with UNCTAD and local partners.

We also support the report's call to build capacity in developing countries, to strengthen national strategies, to improve the climate for private investment and to increase investment in infrastructure to promote economic growth in developing countries.

Second, improvements in the investment climate are vital, especially if India is to realize its potential in manufacturing.

That was why the international community needed to adopt specific and targeted measures to help improve the investment climate in this continent.

London's climate differs from that of Tokyo.

Uganda, for example, has adopted a wide range of measures to improve the investment climate, including the setting up of the Ugandan Investment Authority, a one stop facilitator for investors, whose aim is to attract, promote and facilitate investment.

Taking advantage of the improved investment climate in the country, young people are initiating small scale business ventures in numbers never seen in the history of our region.

Regionally funded investment guarantees and non discriminatory region wide tax incentives would also impact favourably on the region's investment climate.

In spite of our efforts to make the investment climate more attractive and to stimulate the economy, it is clear that there will be no real progress until the status issue is resolved.

A private sector participant noted that the main weaknesses of the investment climate in Benin were the lack of coordination between government ministries, the lack of clarity and security about ownership rights, and the strict investment code and procedures.

The Climate of Security

Broadly based improvements in the investment climate expand the pool of potential investors, increasing incentives of informal firms to become part of the formal economy.

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Electricity shortages have intensified on Yar Adua s watch, producing blackouts in many areas of the country and darkening the foreign investment climate.

The objectives of our plan promote the MDGs. A number of laws have been adopted to improve the investment climate, attract foreign investment and enhance the taxation regime.

Creating a climate conducive to peace

Climate of impunity

It should be possible to reach this target, but that would require improving the investment climate and promoting exports to push economic growth up to 5.4 per cent, the growth rate the country had achieved during the 1960s and 1970s.

While the entrepreneurship of domestic small, medium sized and large enterprises is a major engine for job creation in Africa, state efforts to improve the investment climate for foreign investment is an important complement to the dynamism of the domestic private sector.

Overall, countries that had implemented at least one regulatory change that made the investment framework less welcoming in 2006 2007 accounted for some 40 of world FDI inflows during that period an impressive figure that demonstrates that something very dubious is afoot.

There have been some significant developments on economic issues that have helped, to some extent, to improve the investment climate, including in the areas of privatization, access to loans from the European Investment Bank, and long term lease possibilities for investors.

Climate The climate north of the equator is affected by a monsoon climate.

(a) the climate of the region, and its influence on rainfall patterns

Cameroon has taken measures at the national, regional and international levels to combat racism, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination.

However, we believe that the cancellation of debts by itself, without effective financial and budgetary policies and structural reforms and without strengthening public institutions or improving the investment climate in the poorest countries, will not allow us to achieve the expected results.

According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, only 6 of all the changes in national FDI regulations around the world between 1992 2002 were in the direction of making the investment climate less welcoming.

The result of all this was a pervasive climate of fear.

Necessary clean up of information is conducive to providing everyone a better communicating atmosphere.

Surrounded by the sea, Japan has a mild climate.

The climate of the interior of Alaska is subarctic.

The climate of most of the plains is either subarctic or continental.

Improve the business climate for Small and Medium Enterprises.

Children must always be brought up a climate of peace and harmony.

I have one climate crisis I don't really need the second one.

The region s climate and geography mean that water resources are unavoidably shared.

Two factors differentiate global climate change from other environmental problems.

Thus, global climate change is a public good (bad) par excellence .

Finally, the energy security problem has been complicated by the problem of global climate change.

Even oil and mining companies have reported a less hostile environment.

That is the only way to create an atmosphere conducive to confidence and trust.