Initial investment support

e. Investment decision support system ( 100,000)

Support private investment in Africa, both domestic and foreign.

But public sector support and domestic investment are crucial.

Public investment and donor support are also important in this regard.

(f) Strengthen the information technology infrastructure to support investment and operational processes

Support has continued to the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), which includes 46 investment promotion agencies from Africa as members.

Investment should be made in social sectors, with support from the international community.

He supported the agreed conclusions of the Expert Meeting and said that, with UNCTAD s support on investment promotion, countries could increase inward investment.

25. Encourages developed countries and other partners to support the promotion of private investment in African countries from their countries, in particular in the key productive sectors of the economy, to provide investment guarantees for such investment and to support policies of African countries aimed at promoting a conducive environment to attract foreign investment

Investment in physical infrastructure is one very concrete expression of official support for volunteering.

Some of the interregional projects entail assistance tailored to each country's needs, such as support for WTO acceding countries, investment guides, and investment policy reviews.

In this regard, UNCTAD was encouraged to offer greater support to the OECD NEPAD Investment Initiative to improve the investment climate in African countries so as to promote both domestic and foreign direct investment.

Several least developed countries,63 with the support of donors, have also made sustained efforts to improve their investment and economic governance through the implementation of investment policy reviews, good governance in investment and least developed country investment guides executed by UNCTAD.

Furthermore, in order to support SMEs proactively, the Government had created the National Agency for Private Investment (ANIP) with the purpose of facilitating foreign investment in the country and a national institute for the support of SMEs.

For their part, developed countries should inter alia support human and institutional capacity building activities improve market access for developing countries' products organize investment events offer investment insurance guarantees and support the transfer of technology and business linkages.

In this regard, UNCTAD should continue to support country level processes in policy implementation through its programmes on investment policy reviews, investment guides and the linkage programme.

A network of independent investment promotion units had been created in Mediterranean countries with Italian support.

UNIDO should continue to support countries through regional programmes to promote productivity, quality, investment and technology.

a. Official development assistance building domestic support for official development assistance i. Foreign direct investment ii.

Thanks to the investment of the State and support of international organizations, education facilities were improved substantially.

This policy has led to the inclusion of private cultural investment among the priority investment sectors (development support sectors), which enjoy many fiscal and financial advantages under the new Single Investment Code (tax exemptions, grants, access to bank credit ...).

Experts underscored the significance of information technology for improving governance in investment promotion and the need to provide support to developing countries through programmes such as the UNCTAD Investment Gateway.

As a direct result, the necessary investment in infrastructure required to support such development hasn 't been made.

The effective mobilization of financial resources to support investment requires the development of domestic financial sectors and institutions.

Governments should recognize the importance of infrastructural support and of investment in education and training for enterprise development.

Those abolished for 1998 1999 occurred mostly in document processing and support functions, reflecting investment in technological innovations.

Non investment costs had been higher in the past, although they had not included agency support costs, and he noted that most of those non investment costs had already been approved.

UNCTAD began work in 2004 on a new technical assistance project to assist the Palestinian Investment Promotion Agency (PIPA) in implementing an Investment Retention Programme, aimed at providing investment support services to existing enterprises in coping with and surviving the present crisis.

Our dream can be made a reality through further support and investment from the United Nations and developed countries.

The international community was encouraged to continue its support to the processes of reconstruction, social investment, stabilization and development.

Concerning the medium term programme framework for 2006 2009, technological innovation would play a role in enhancing the investment climate, and he encouraged UNIDO to help set up national agencies for investment support.

TRADP has already been instrumental in creating the Ranjin Sonbong free trade and investment area within the Democratic People apos s Republic of Korea and is helping to support other investment promotion fora.

This review found that the Office of Project Services investment in systems management, training and user support aspects lagged behind its investment in technology areas and had not been accorded a high priority.

Assistance is required to support national investment related institutions and policy advice to create regulatory frameworks conducive to attracting FDI.

The G77 and China attached great importance to the Investment Policy Reviews and support for the implementation of their recommendations.

The Information Systems Section of the Service provides data analysis and technological tools to support investment decisions and accurate accounting.

The G77 and China attached great importance to the Investment Policy Reviews and support for the implementation of their recommendations.

We are convinced that actions and support in capacity building and infrastructure development can increase private investment flows into Africa.

This data warehouse system, as the core of the infrastructure of the Investment Management System, would integrate with the other specialist investment applications which support risk and performance, compliance, trading, accounting and internal reporting functions.

Further support is needed to ensure that other interested countries also benefit from evaluations and improvement in their investment policy framework.

Furthermore, the support account seemed not to reflect the downsizing of missions or gains from investment in information technology and training.

(e) Increase use of investment funds to support the global HIV AIDS campaign as well as income growth at country offices

10. UNCTAD should prepare a directory of institutions and programmes of home countries that support outward investment, particularly to developing countries.

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.