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

Enhancing supply capacity through improved investment and trade finance

by developing country firms

Global value chains as a way to upgrade the capabilities of domestic SMEs 10

strategies for commodity companies 15

(c) Mobilization of domestic and foreign direct investment in Africa through investment and technology promotion activities and cooperation with other United Nations agencies and financial institutions

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

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

For example, the Government of China is promoting outward FDI by providing loans on preferential terms, tax rebates and investment insurance.

Over the past 10 years, there has been increased investment in water and sanitation projects.

More emphasis should be placed on investment and technology promotion in order to attract foreign direct investment through South South cooperation.

It was important to strengthen alternative development programmes through national investment and international cooperation.

A better future for all nations and the entire world can be ensured only through adequate investment in the children of today.

Rather than securing investment for productive sectors of the economy, the financial industry has become adept at securing investment in itself.

Most important, Europe was able to achieve it only by investing heavily in a multilateral trade system through the GATT and then the World Trade Organization.

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

They also believe in taking a long term view by investing in their people and in infrastructure and by creating an enabling environment in which people can fulfil their potential and aspirations.

Investment cost describes the resources invested in implementing management improvement measures during the reporting year.

Is it possible that the cash rich corporate sector will more than make up for the slack by increasing investment? There may well be some increase in gross investment, as obsolete equipment and software are replaced.

That means investing in education and building incentives to increase productivity through changes in products, processes, or organization.

Experts noted that the internationalization of developing country firms through OFDI has been increasing.

Developing countries' economies must be strengthened through promotion of private investment, employment generation and integration of their production base in the world economy.

Africa s share of global flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) also fell, from 1.8 in 1986 90 to 0.8 in 1999 2000.

During the reporting period, UNCTAD and WAIPA undertook a number of joint activities.

These patterns are underlined by investment, transfer of technology and enterprise level interaction at the regional and interregional levels.

This could be achieved through UNCTAD's existing intergovernmental forum and by preparing short investment policy briefs aimed at policy makers and investment promotion agencies.

Kuwait was seeking solutions through investment in refineries and partnerships in Asia and America to meet the future needs of the global market.

With a view to disseminating UNCTAD's analytical work through the WAIPA network, the secretariat launched a new web based Investment Brief , which highlights selected issues of its current work aimed at investment practitioners.

Lower interest rates worked (a little), but for the most part by encouraging households to refinance their mortgages, not by stimulating investment.

Nicaragua has introduced a national development plan that focuses on economic development through investment in the production sector and in the economic infrastructure.

Investment in people through their health and education is seen as the key to sustained economic growth and development. The ICPD also gave new impetus to safe motherhood programs by including them under a broadened mandate of reproductive health.

Singapore has engaged in a greater amount of OFDI through its indigenous enterprises, than have other developing countries.

Stronger safety net programs might reduce the need for precautionary savings in the future, but such reforms cannot be accomplished overnight.

Financial repression distorts choices by channeling savings to budget financing and away from investment.

Higher investment and social spending in poor countries will stimulate the entire world economy, spur economic development, and promote environmental sustainability through investments in renewable energy, efficient water use, and sustainable agriculture.

Through the corporative , it provided marketing services as well as investment and working capital finance.

While China has kept its economy going by making investments in education, technology, and infrastructure, Europe and America have been cutting back.

This paper considers issues related to internationalization of developing country firms through outward FDI and global value chains.

To help meet its commitment to youth employment, the European Union is investing more in human capital through better education and skills, including through the European Youth Pact for Young People adopted in February 2005.

Faced with depressed private investment and consumption, rising fiscal deficits can play a useful role, offsetting the deflationary effects.

IPAs in developing countries could take advantage of this potential by tailoring promotion and targeting strategies to encourage FDI.

Public sector co investment properly targeted, however, could shift these incentives by lowering the cost of private technology investment.

Accordingly, getting the investment climate right for Africa has become synonymous with attracting more FDI.

(c) Development policies through private sector support, diffusion of environmentally sound technologies, investment promotion and enhanced access to markets

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