It is primordial to increase investments in LDCs, including investments to develop and strengthen trade infrastructure, which is a major determinant of international competitiveness.

(c) Poverty alleviation by, inter alia, increasing investments on infrastructure and basic services

So, social investments in health, education and infrastructure, and electricity is really what is needed in India and China.

This requires significantly increased investments in human capital and development oriented infrastructure, such as energy, transport and communications.

What matters more for long term growth are investments in the future including crucial public investments in education, technology, and infrastructure. Such investments ensure that all citizens, no matter how poor their parents, can live up to their potential.

Communities may also be able to mobilize in kind labour contributions for system construction and maintenance and to pool savings for investments in sanitation infrastructure and other community infrastructure.

Expressing dissatisfaction with the current status of the regional infrastructure and the lack of significant investments in this area

African agriculture requires substantial investments in and maintenance of infrastructure, which cannot always be undertaken by the private sector.

In the case of mining, major investments in infrastructure are often necessary to allow the development of mineral deposits in remote areas.

The report calls for co financing of MDG based investment, and concludes that aid financed infrastructure development and human capital investments can make a vast difference in promoting investments, especially FDI.

Reforestation was also recognized as a priority for protecting watersheds, mitigating natural disasters, and protecting investments in agriculture and infrastructure.

Therefore, we believe that increased investments in the area of capacity building and infrastructure development will yield long term benefits.

As a result, massive infrastructural investments were made, dramatically improving the quality of the telecommunications infrastructure.

Investments in physical infrastructure such as transport, water, sanitation, power and communications, unlock growth potentials and overcome geographical handicaps in low income countries.

For example, over the centuries Governments in the Netherlands have made massive investments in the dyke and canal infrastructure which provides protection for cities and agricultural regions far from the locations where the investments have actually been made.

A holistic approach to sanitation could include measures for changing attitude and behaviour as a complement to investments in sanitation facilities and infrastructure.

Expenditures on human capabilities can be as high yielding, in the long run, as any investments in highways, factories or other items of industrial infrastructure.

Saudi Arabia is boosting its spending on social and infrastructure investments substantially, as well as expanding oil sector capacity.

Investments in infrastructure and human capital are the bedrock for increasing average productivity and for ensuring high growth over a sustained period of time.

Growing infrastructure investments and the important United Nations role in peacebuilding and post conflict reconstruction, through increasingly integrated missions, expand opportunities for UNOPS services.

Setting up certification infrastructure may require considerable investments on the part of the Government but reduces costs for individual organizations.

Governments and local authorities could assist in creating employment opportunities and in enterprise formation in the vicinity of informal settlements through appropriate land development policies and infrastructure investments.

Private sector development should be accompanied, in turn, by strong fiscal systems that provide adequate tax receipts for government investments in health, education, social protection and infrastructure.

This extreme free market ideology, also called structural adjustment, went against the practical lessons of development successes in China and the rest of Asia. Practical development strategy recognizes that public investments in agriculture, health, education, and infrastructure are necessary complements to private investments.

4. Urges Governments to promote pro poor investments in services and infrastructure, in particular water and sanitation, in order to improve living environments, in particular in slums and informal settlements

During the nineteenth century, large investments were made by the private sector in the infrastructure and public utilities of many countries under various types of concessions.

These countries also faced serious problems in terms of adapting their infrastructure to new security measures for international transport, which required important investments in equipment and human resources.

However, a backlog of investments in pipeline and port capacity and more generally in energy infrastructure has put a limit on growth in the sector, at least in the short term.

(d) Supporting targeted investments in infrastructure that would establish the physical foundation for the operation of Internet services and pave the way for commercial and development applications

Many of the poorest countries will need major capacity building investments to put in place and maintain the necessary infrastructure and to train and employ qualified personnel.

I believe we need considerable, ongoing contributions of outside resources to finance more ambitious investments in infrastructure and the productive sectors, which create jobs for young people.

This is one of a number of options for relieving external debt burdens in poor countries, including debt cancellation, in order to free resources for investments in essential infrastructure and services.

We mobilize private financing for public goods, such as infrastructure. Our investments are aimed at overcoming structural problems that have plagued the region.

African countries have already identified their high priority investments in health, education, agriculture, and infrastructure (including roads, power, and internet connectivity). These investments could be increased systematically during the period from now until 2015, in order to enable these countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

The need to follow customers, neutralize competitors' strength, access low cost labour and take advantage of opportunistic investments in real estate, infrastructure or services projects are also specific reasons.

It was also underscored that an appropriate mix should be found of aid flows into human development, infrastructure and other investments, in particular the universal provision of electricity services.

11. Environmental investments total investments

17. Urges the donor community to support the efforts of developing countries to make pro poor investments in services and infrastructure in order to improve living environments, in particular in slums and informal settlements

Investments must lead to a tangible improvement in living conditions, in particular by granting people access to infrastructure and essential socio economic services such as education, health care and drinking water supply.

Following the strategic decision to invest in information technology in previous biennial budgets, the priority of ITD is to protect the investments made in the improvement of systems integration, infrastructure and global network connectivity.

At this stage, the Committee notes that these investments in information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure have not yet produced any discernible reductions in the costs for travel of staff or pouch services.

You have to realize that the investments we do in progress are long term investments.

Reliance on the traditional method has resulted in missed opportunities, particularly given that productive public sector investment can more than pay for itself. Investments in infrastructure, education, and technology help drive long term growth.

In the words of the Secretary General Many of the poorest countries will need major capacity building investments to put in place and maintain the necessary infrastructure and to train and employ qualified personnel.

This requires sufficient investments, large numbers of motivated and adequately paid health workers, scaled up infrastructure and supplies, strong management systems and the elimination of user fees.