C. Investing in physical infrastructure

Lachin town's physical and social infrastructure is well developed.

Experts said that trade and transport facilitation must not exclude physical infrastructure.

Physical infrastructure had also suffered due to years of neglect and misuse.

reconstruction (exhibiting a wider range of social and physical infrastructure, and at higher quality).

Investment in physical infrastructure is one very concrete expression of official support for volunteering.

Inadequate physical infrastructure also continues to cast a shadow over efforts to improve the investment climate.

Aspects of the legal, financial and physical infrastructure are considered part of the general enabling business environment.

Companies also need educated, hard working, ethical employees and reliable, efficient suppliers. And companies need public infrastructure not only physical infrastructure like highways and airports, but also social infrastructure like good schools, safe neighborhoods, and effective legal systems.

While the importance of good physical infrastructure is well known, social infrastructure is equally important and should be understood to incorporate an underlying social contract between citizens and the State.

In addition, the physical capital loss is estimated to be around 3.5 billion, as a result of destruction of private and public infrastructure and capital stock and overuse of surviving physical capital.

It's a physical infrastructure that allows us to get from point A to point B and move things that way.

Limitations in physical infrastructure especially power, telecommunications and transport are a major obstacle for the activities of enterprises in developing countries.

Furthermore, economic and financial losses due to technical inefficiencies in major physical infrastructure are mainly felt by small and large businesses.

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

The conference report stresses the strategic importance of investing in physical infrastructure (telecommunications, electricity and roads) that link rural areas to urban centres.

Without sufficient infrastructure, roads, storage facilities and irrigation services are susceptible to physical damage from climate related events, and farmers become increasingly vulnerable.

However, the latter could only thrive in an enabling environment characterized by economic and political stability, transparency and adequate (physical, institutional and social) infrastructure.

They should also complement government action, especially in areas where the private sector lacks capacity or sufficient incentives, for example development of physical infrastructure services.

Noting with serious concern the effects of the civil war in Somalia and in particular the destruction of the physical, economic and social infrastructure of Somalia,

Noting with serious concern the effects of the civil war in Somalia and in particular the destruction of the physical, economic and social infrastructure of Somalia,

The governance challenge stems from the fact that cyberspace is a combination of virtual properties, which defy geographical boundaries, and physical infrastructure, which fall under sovereign jurisdictions. Control of the physical layer can have both territorial and extraterritorial effects on the virtual layers.

(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

Against this backdrop, physical infrastructure in Africa is in need of rehabilitation, upgrading and expansion in order to compensate for many years of neglect and poor maintenance.

After 23 years of war we were faced with a number of challenges, including a country with a physical and institutional infrastructure that was destroyed beyond belief.

These activities will aim to create an environment conducive to sustainable return in sectors such as physical protection, water, sanitation, education, livelihoods, community infrastructure, reconciliation and coexistence projects.

All aspects of service delivery need to be strengthened, including qualified and motivated workers accessible to all communities, adequate physical infrastructure and sustainable and pro poor financing mechanisms.

We underline the need for measures to further strengthen cooperative and collaborative efforts to address transit transport issues, among others to improve the physical infrastructure and non physical aspects of transit transport systems and to develop joint ventures and strengthen institutions and human resources.

The justice system still requires structural reform, more qualified and committed officials, adequate legal education, and the necessary administrative tools and physical infrastructure to administer justice fairly and effectively.

There are multiple needs, especially in developing countries, for human and physical infrastructure to ensure all segments of the population have access to meaningful and properly supported volunteer opportunities.

Landlocked developing countries are in greater need of technical and financial assistance for their physical infrastructure development which remains one of the main bottlenecks for economic growth and development.

Infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure and discipline.

Advances since 2001 in the recognition and promotion of voluntary action have been backed up by efforts to facilitate volunteerism through the establishment and strengthening of human and physical infrastructure.

On justice sector reform, progress has been made with respect to the adoption of essential legislation, training of personnel and the rehabilitation of physical infrastructure, including courts and correctional facilities.

Private sector growth is hampered by a fragile business environment characterized by poor physical and financial infrastructure, small scale industries with a limited contribution to GDP, and a vast black market.

Modern physical infrastructure (roads, power, ports, water, telecommunications and electric power generation) can directly contribute to the improvement of living standards of poor people and encourage the growth of business activities in Africa.

This would require efficient physical infrastructure effective institutional arrangements and administrative procedures the development of human resources access to financing an investment and business friendly environment and appropriate domestic policies and regulatory frameworks.

Similarly, sustainable, long term capital flows, particularly greenfield FDI, are primarily attracted to countries that have already achieved rapid economic growth and steady improvements in human and physical infrastructure Thus, for those with a robust investment dynamic in both physical and human capital, trade and FDI can reinforce an established virtuous growth circle.

Infrastructure is being developed to facilitate volunteerism, both in terms of the human capital needed to recruit, train and support volunteers and in terms of the physical structures to sustain and enhance those activities.

An effective state also strives for education and health systems which create a productive and skilled workforce, includes civil society in policy dialogues, and invests in the institutional and physical infrastructure to complement private dynamism.

In this regard, Governments could welcome public private partnerships, including various forms of joint ventures, build operate transfer (BOT) schemes, and similar business arrangements, which could contribute to the upgrading and expansion of physical infrastructure.

However, the availability of one doctor for 1,466 persons, one dentist for 29,405 people, one nurse for 3,347 and one hospital bed for 1,517 persons underlines the need for further improvement in the physical infrastructure.

Reports about the tsunamis that devastated Southeast Asia barely a month ago have understandably been dominated by tales of death, suffering, and the physical destruction of infrastructure. But man was not alone in feeling the impact.

Of particular concern are the lack of youth friendly services, insufficient education and information, outdated and obsolete legislation, poor physical infrastructure and medical equipment, inadequate resource allocation to public health priorities and unequal access to services.

The latter were the building blocks of vibrant industrial activity and, together with appropriate policies, a strong legal framework and the necessary physical infrastructure and trade facilitation measures, could create an environment conducive to industrial development.