The quality of developing country OFDI has also improved, as it becomes increasingly strategically oriented.

This significant rise in the number of OFDI projects contributed to a 177 times increase in Indian OFDI stock, from 0.037 billion in 1976 to 6.6 billion in 2004 (figure 2).

An increase in customer complaints could signal a decline in business.

The Brazilian Government has invested in increasing the number of reference services.

The largest percentage of the total volume of loans was concentrated in industry, trade, and agriculture.

Some had been able to benefit through increased investment flows, surging exports and an appreciable rise in per capita income.

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These can reduce total chemical inputs and at the same time help farmers maintain or increase yields.

As a result, the amount of capital trade on international markets had surged in recent years.

The flows generated through new and innovative mechanisms must be additional and should complement the regular flows, including foreign direct investment.

Measurement of labour input

A large amount of Singapore's OFDI to China was also channelled through Hong Kong (China) (table 1).

OFDI also leads to better product service quality and greater technological edge.

While foreign direct investment flows kept increasing, the trend could not be guaranteed.

They vote with these chemical votes, the vote gets counted, and then everybody responds to the vote.

How does OFDI affect enterprise competitiveness, and how can it be measured?

The growing demand for energy will require massive investment.

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who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!

That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

Since 1993, substantial OFDI from Singapore has helped increase the competitiveness of Singaporean firms and the Singapore economy.

The maintenance of such a systematic approach is, however, resource intensive, both in terms of staff and financial resources for attending and organizing coordination meetings.

Energy Return on Energy Invested.

Latin America and the Caribbean are the second largest investing region in the developing world, with an outward FDI stock reaching 184 billion in 2003.

Higher rates of economic growth could not be sustained without increased investment, especially in research and development which was crucial to boosting productivity while improving the quality of human capital and technology.

Audit of the Investment Management Service investment performance measurement system

There are positive signs, too, that momentum is indeed building to increase investment and aid flows.

The large investment already made in Timor Leste must be protected.

They account for 42 per cent of the total inward FDI stock of Latin America and the Caribbean in 2002.

China, India, the Republic of Korea, Hong Kong (China) and Singapore projected higher inflows.

During the past decade, the number of international investment agreement (IIAs) among developing countries increased substantially, both in number and in geographical coverage, pointing to growing South South cooperation in investment.

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Although worldwide FDI flows have expanded, including flows to developing regions, much of it is concentrated in a small number of countries.

Key factors in that regard would be active participation in international trade and a major inflow of foreign investment.

Reducing the budget deficit by limiting government spending and combating a culture of tax avoidance will increase total domestic savings available to invest. Convincing foreign direct investors that India is a reliable destination will increase the inflow of long term funds.

When the contribution of women to the purchase of agricultural inputs increased, their share in decision making increased from 25 to 29 per cent and when the labour input of women to marketing increased from 47 to 56 per cent, their share in related decision making increased from 53 to 61 per cent.21

The Board reaffirms that the savings would have increased significantly if the Administration had resorted to competitive tender earlier.

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C. General Investment trends and financial flows

Countries with the largest FDI outflows are among those with the highest number of bilateral investment treaties, for example, India, Malaysia and Singapore.

One of the reasons for this is that in most Latin American and Caribbean countries, FDI policies focus on attracting large quantities of FDI and do not pay much attention to the nature of FDI.

Improving the rule of law and instituting the fair and impartial administration of justice in Afghanistan require significant and coordinated action and investment.

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

In that regard, we call upon the international community to increase the flows of official development assistance (ODA) and foreign direct investment.