This unexpected diversification in business activities has provided Singaporean SMEs with a new avenue for business growth and development.

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In developing countries, import substitution as a way to jump start economic diversification can work for a while but, over time, as productivity growth lags and comparative advantage is over ridden, growth grinds to a halt.

If invested in infrastructure, education, and external financial assets, natural resource revenues can accelerate growth. But, too often, such revenues distort economic incentives, which come to favor rent seeking and interfere with the diversification that is essential for growth.

3. Reiterates the importance of maximizing the contribution of the commodity sector to sustained economic growth and sustainable development, while continuing diversification efforts in commodity dependent developing countries

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Economic growth rates in other systemically large countries, including Turkey and Mexico, have risen as well, despite European and US headwinds. Many African countries, too, are showing a broad pattern of sound macroeconomic fundamentals, durable growth acceleration, economic diversification, and investor confidence.

1. Reiterates the importance of maximizing the contribution of the commodity sector to sustained economic growth and sustainable development, while continuing with diversification efforts in commodity dependent developing countries

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean promoted more market oriented regional integration in order to realize greater stability, reduce deficits, encourage export growth and diversification and increase foreign investment.

This supports income generation and diversification activities.

5.2 Diversification of intervention options

6. Reiterates the importance of maximizing the contribution of the commodity sector to economic growth and sustainable development, while continuing with diversification efforts in developing countries, especially in commodity dependent countries, and, in this respect, stresses that

In addition to the transformation of socio economic structures, the recent rapid developments in communications technology and transportation have promoted globalization, with the growth of transactions and diversification of economic activities, which are becoming increasingly transnational in nature.

The programme is aimed at promoting the transformation and diversification of micro and small scale enterprises to growth oriented activities, and at increasing the productive capacities of women and rural people to enable them to participate effectively in the national economies.

Reiterating the importance of maximizing the contribution of the commodity sector to economic growth and sustainable development, while continuing with diversification efforts in developing countries, especially commodity dependent countries, and bearing in mind paragraph 6 of resolution 55 183,

A vibrant and progressive private sector facilitates economic diversification and adaptive structural change.

These include crop rotation, increased crop diversification, and introducing integrated pest management systems.

The main challenge for Brazil is to increase its investment rate from 18 of GDP currently to closer to 25 , thereby sustaining rapid growth and economic diversification. Commodity dependence, even with the creation of considerable domestic value added, remains high.

Unfortunately, since the debt crisis in early 1980, the external environment of African countries had experienced a rapid deterioration, with major blows to manufacturing industries, sluggish investment, an increasing debt burden, limited improvement of infrastructure, product diversification and income growth.

In 2008, Medvedev was installed in the Kremlin as part of Putin s plan, the substantive part of which was known as Strategy 2020, a blueprint for continued economic growth and diversification. The intervening crisis only made the Kremlin modify and sharpen its plan.

Fragmentation of international law difficulties arising from the diversification and expansion of international law.

Fragmentation of international law difficulties arising from the diversification and expansion of international law.

(f) Mainstreaming trade policy into national development strategies achieving structural diversification and enhancing competitiveness

Diversification of investments of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund

UNCTAD stressed the role of diversification in avoiding this downward spiral.

(b) National institutions and organizations are supportive of efforts for diversification of United Nations suppliers

IFAD developed a number of projects for rangeland rehabilitation and income diversification (IFAD, 1995, 1997 and 2002).

The developed countries encourage the adoption of modern technologies in the agricultural sector and crop diversification.

This law upholds the principle of gender equality and justice in business activities, fair competitiveness and product diversification.

Improving Africa's supply capacity is critical, including through diversification, industrial modernization and the development of modern and dynamic sectors.

Among the thematic areas, particular emphasis will be given to product innovation and diversification for enhanced market access.

(a) Study Group on Fragmentation of international law difficulties arising from the diversification and expansion of international law

The Expert Meeting will review national and international policies and actions to enhance developing country participation in the above mentioned three sectors. It will also consider enhancing the contribution of these sectors to the diversification of the economic and technological base of developing countries, improvement in export value added and growth performance.

For many developing countries, especially the LDCs, tourism represents a viable means of economic diversification.

11. Recalls the potential of regional integration and cooperation to improve the effectiveness of traditional commodity sectors and support diversification efforts

2. Recalls the potential of regional integration and cooperation to improve the effectiveness of traditional commodity sectors and support diversification efforts

The needs and opportunities for livelihood diversification within the context of globalization place increased time demands on rural women and girls.

Report of the Study Group on Fragmentation of International Law Difficulties arising from the Diversification and Expansion of International Law

The Government considers that Anguilla's fisheries and marine resources hold the potential for the diversification of the tourism dependent economy.

Report of the Study Group on Fragmentation of International Law Difficulties arising from the Diversification and Expansion of International Law

It offers the prospect of enhanced social and economic development through diversification and expansion of opportunities for sustainable use of forest resources.

She wondered what measures the Government was considering to overcome occupational segregation and promote diversification of occupations and upward mobility for women.

In 2003, the Government continued to pursue diversification of the tourism industry through the Sports Tourism Taskforce.

The key trend in the global development of organized crime over the last decade has been diversification.

7. Reiterates the importance of maximizing the contribution of the commodity sector to economic growth and sustainable development, while continuing with diversification efforts in developing countries, in particular commodity dependent developing countries, especially those in Africa and the least developed countries, as well as small island developing States and landlocked developing countries, and, in this respect, stresses that