11. Environmental investments total investments

Improving the climate for private investment

Environmental offset investment programmes

This treaty improved the investment climate and encouraged investment.

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81. Creating a positive environment for investment.

An investment climate providing legal protections for investors could help to attract technology based investments.

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C. Investment climate and international competitiveness

An environmental offset investment is a financial programme in which one country foregoes a domestic environmental investment in favour of financing a more cost effective programme in another country addressing a global environmental problem.

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

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(i) Assistance in the creation of conducive investment climate

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Improving the investment climate in each of the five States and establishing conditions for increasing investments in economic projects in their territories.

Second, development requires both money and the right conditions. But, in many cases, the conditions placed on funding create barriers to investment.

(5) labour peace, since it offers a propitious environment for investment and development.

Creating a positive environment for investment and economic growth

Strengthening public administration by creating a positive environment for investment

Major investments were made for the protection and management of the environment.

In that regard, we look forward to the launching of an investment climate facility.

(d) Governments should introduce measures aimed at improving the environment for foreign direct investment in their countries.

The investment policy reviews and investment guides produced by UNCTAD had been valuable in improving the investment policy environment in those countries.

The investment policy reviews and investment guides produced by UNCTAD had been valuable in improving the investment policy environment in those countries.

Fostering an enabling environment for development financial flows, including capital flows investment trade

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Such investment will greatly facilitate social, environmental and economic linkages.

Creating and maintaining a favourable climate for investment is essential.

Ultimately a compromise needed to be struck between creating an environment attractive to investment and one that had people at its core.

Consequently, attracting FDI is not the same thing as building a dynamic investment climate.

The lack of a secure environment for economic growth can discourage foreign investments.

It was thus clear that building and maintaining appropriate conditions for investment, both at the national and international levels, was a task for all.

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.

A number of laws have been adopted to improve the investment climate, attract foreign investment and enhance the taxation regime.

Improvements and reforms of transit regimes could start out with an initial investment which then induced a virtuous cycle, where more transit trade encouraged more investment, which in turn facilitated further transit trade.

In relation to investment, it was suggested that, by employing the same environmental criteria both in operations at home and investments abroad, TNCs could contribute to raising environmental management standards in host countries.

The international environment Trade liberalization, FDI and integration

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

The private sector responded to the favourable investment climate by investing in services, construction and other resource based industries.

Notwithstanding the growth in the Fund s assets and a complex investment environment, there had been significant improvements in the efficiency and cost effectiveness of investment management.

Furthermore, few foreign and domestic investors are willing to risk investing in countries with deficient regulatory environments, infrastructure problems and often unstable economic or political environments.36

(a) To create an enabling environment to help further stimulate private sector investment in, and transfer of, environmentally sound technologies and

Increased investment in environmentally sustainable water, sanitation and human settlements programmes has multiple dividends benefiting women, the poor and the environment.

to identify and record the techniques used by financial sector stakeholders to integrate environmental performance data into their investment decisions

For a start, financial institutions and investors are more reluctant to lend in such an environment.