As a result, with investment demand remaining robust, inflation could spread.

Knowledge and technology have contributed less and less to economic growth as a result of lower investment rates.

The US lacks investment in infrastructure and has excess investment in financial derivatives the result of opaque leverage from over consumption.

The Libyan Arab Jamahiriya will significantly increase its FDI inflows as a result of the end of sanctions in 2003.

Unsurprisingly, investment in renewable energy has fallen to a four year low.

OFDI has been driven largely by investment in resources as well as by investment opportunities in neighbouring countries as a result of privatizations (e.g. in Mozambique).

And urbanization, if done right, leads to better catastrophe planning and stricter construction standards, which might actually reduce risks. In fact, long term insurance may encourage homeowners to invest in risk reducing measures because the premium discounts they will obtain for taking this action will justify incurring the cost of investment.

Economic scarcity, meanwhile, is caused by a lack of investment in water or insufficient human capacity to satisfy the demand for water.

The share of profits earned by government from FDI operations was insignificant, the result of a race to the bottom .

The private sector s growth is hemmed in by its inability to invest in economic sectors that the government still monopolizes.

The decrease in post requirements ( 128,100) reflects the abolition of one General Service (Other level) post, as a result of investment in technology.

One fifth of respondents named these factors as an outcome of their OFDI activities.

A positive result with respect to the IPR methodology was reflected in the time needed to prepare an IPR, which had been reduced from more than two years for the first reports to an average of six to eight months.

The fall in aggregate demand while potential aggregate supply has been rising because of overinvestment by China and other emerging markets will sharply reduce inflation.

In economic terms, the informal institution of sharing may become a disincentive to invest and thus result in opportunistic behavior, because there is no obligation to reciprocate.

The decrease in post requirements ( 256,200) reflects the abolition of two General Service (Other level) posts, reflecting a return on investment in the automation of processes within the Division.

The United Nations Millennium Project report entitled Investing in Development A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals1 concluded that geographical conditions made the poverty trap more likely.

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.

In this context, productivity growth whether through technical progress, better allocation of resources, or productive investment is as important a variable for the southern economies as wage restraint is.

The third interpretation for slow growth during these three years is that the depressed investment and long term unemployment caused by the deep recession of 2008 2009 had taken a toll on the capital stock and the size and skills of the labor force.

Similarly, OFDI has increased the strategic assets and revenues and strengthened the market position of Russian enterprises, including efficiency gains from control of supply chains and access to natural resources.

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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).

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.

Aging is a side effect of being alive in the first place, which is to say, metabolism.

In the US, people are twice as likely to die from suicide as from homicide.

I would like to underscore here that the outcome of the comprehensive review is not a foregone conclusion.

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.

1.37 In spite of the heavy investment in staff training and development, programmes are finding it increasingly difficult to find staff for senior and mid level managerial positions due to uncompetitive salaries and conditions of service.