The capital expenditure was robust.

A reputation for integrity soundness, honesty, adherence to standards and codes is one of the assets most valued by investors and financial institutions.

Growth is projected at 9.5 per cent on the back of macroeconomic stability, market reform and healthy foreign direct investment.

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

11. The DOH Ten Year Investment Plan (1996 2006) entitled, Investing in equity in health embodies the overall goals and strategies for the health sector.

So defense investment is also investment in security and stability, in diplomacy and cooperation, and in technology and innovation. It is an investment in a safer and more prosperous future for our own countries and for the rest of the world.

And they invested in social programs health and education.

Deregulated and open financial markets would not only increase the availability of investment finance both domestic and foreign, it would also help create a more stable and disciplined investment climate, and free deficit countries from the unpredictable politics of ODA flows.

In order to encourage domestic investment and to attract foreign direct investment, it is essential to have in place a stable, supportive, effective and transparent legal framework.

(b) Carrying out investment activities to stabilize and strengthen the assets of the special schools for education and upbringing

Steady Antares.

Investment in human development is an investment in long term competitiveness, and a necessary component of a stable and progressing society.

In order to encourage domestic investment and to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), it was essential to have in place a stable, supportive, effective and transparent legal framework.

23. There is an urgent need for policies that will both inhibit the flow of volatile short term capital and encourage long term capital, especially foreign direct investment.

The family health programme continued to emphasize cost effective investments in human resources to enhance capacity building and improve the quality of care.

The Parkway Healthcare Group is the biggest investment group in the field of health care in Singapore and one of the largest health care organisations in Asia.

Also important for the facilitation of outward FDI are investment guarantee schemes, especially for investments in countries in which the political and legal situation is not considered stable.

Investing in the capacity of local government to provide universal basic services is investing in healthier women and families.

The government has invested in basic education, has invested in basic health.

Steady on the Renminbi

The core components of the strategy include macroeconomic stability and a stable investment environment integration into the international economy a reliance on the private sector as the driving force for economic growth long term foreign direct investment, especially in support of export oriented activities adequate investment in human development areas such as health and education a fair and reliable legal framework and the maintenance of basic physical infrastructures.

The focus of investing in healthy child development continues to be a government priority.

But just when our societies should be making such investments, the public sectors in the US and Europe are on a veritable investment strike. Governments are cutting back public investment in the name of budget balance, and private investors cannot invest robustly and securely in alternative energy when publicly regulated power grids, liability rules, pricing formulas, and national energy policies are uncertain and heavily disputed.

In addition, prudential regulations have lagged behind.

The funding of public and community health services also requires substantial reorganization in order to ensure a balance between investment in prevention and investment in personal remedial services.

Third, investment decisions are based as much on the expected stability of policies over the full term of the investment, as on the actual policy stance.

Lurching a little, but it's building.

Invest, invest, invest.

The Government of Canada has steadily increased its investment in the NCB Supplement.

While the political and macroeconomic stability in Benin were important factors in attracting FDI, the IPR nevertheless highlighted certain weaknesses relating to the investment framework.

About 23 per cent of total public expenditure on health is devoted to primary health care (primary care for both insured and uninsured individuals).

This relatively favourable situation is a result of the priority that the Government of Cuba has placed on health and the investments that it has made in health services.

A stable, predictable and conflict free environment acts as a magnet for foreign direct investment.

This could be tackled in various ways, including tax holidays for investments in health care and liberalization of investment in hospital and medical institutions, including financing by banks and financial institutions.

Major investments were made in the area of primary health care, prevention, as well as services for the elderly.

Countries need to ensure sustainable public investment in the essential public health functions.

To the extent that international agreements focused on the protection of investment after entry, they could create a stable climate that could encourage further flows of investment beneficial for development.

The number of persons insured with the statutory health insurance funds rose steadily after the introduction of the statutory health insurance scheme until it reached 72 million or almost 90 per cent of the population.

India can continue to thrive if it invests in physical and human capital and pursues prudent fiscal and monetary policies.

Key determinants for attracting external private sector capital are, inter alia, a stable domestic political, legal and economic environment, based on the rule of law, sound economic policies and an openness to foreign investment.

The process should start with an increase in public investment to meet critical needs, and to trigger an increase in private investment, which is impeded by the lack of basic infrastructure, and of a healthy and skilled labour force.

Among the six public investment packages is the Women apos s Health and Safe Motherhood Package estimated to cost about 8.1 billion pesos. It aims to address the basic health needs of women especially at critical periods of their life cycle.

Its stock of foreign capital will increase steadily as foreign firms invest and reinvest in China. FDI in the country will continue to garner substantial returns, partly owing to local government hospitality.

A long term perspective is necessary when considering investments in the areas of education, health and migration.

Particularly in the form of short term loans and portfolio equity, these inflows could be highly unstable and an unreliable source of development finance.