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Private-sector flows have been much larger throughout Central and Eastern Europe as well, owing to attractive conditions for foreign
direct
investment – much of it comprising long-term projects with associated benefits like knowledge transfer and the introduction of international best practices.
Most importantly, lower exchange-rate risk will boost both domestic and foreign
direct
investment, thereby helping to alleviate unemployment.
Clean energy is a game changer, because it puts power over power back into the hands of citizens, posing a
direct
challenge to the fossil-fuel industry.
These links were not confined to credit relations, but also extended to
direct
and indirect shareholdings by the banks and their representation on the supervisory boards of firms.
Two-thirds of Europe’s largest corporates by market capitalization have made a
direct
investment in a tech company.
This body evaluates the risks of substances like 2,4-D, considering real-world variables such as the amounts in soil and nearby water, exposure to animals passing through treated fields, and the potential for
direct
human contact.
Opening up to foreign
direct
investment and other non-debt capital flows may serve to boost economic growth without adverse side effects on macroeconomic volatility or a risk of crisis.
Together, they will commit more than $7 billion over five years in financing, trade credits, insurance, small business grants, and
direct
government support to the energy sector in six partner countries.
Traditional media companies resent their reliance on Google to
direct
traffic to their sites and its ability to sell advertising based on snippets of their content.
China’s insistence on technology transfer increases the short-term cost of doing business (for US and other foreign
direct
investors) and creates the threat of future competition from Chinese firms.
Its signatories recognized a
direct
link between political and military issues and human rights concerns – and that this link is a fundamental component of peace and security.
China’s growing involvement in Africa is important not just for the
direct
economic benefits it can provide, but also for the impact it can have on development strategies.
As much as Trump may like to claim that he alone can fix the US, the truth is that government is too complex an enterprise for one person to manage and
direct.
Moreover, they have been granted
direct
control over resources – such as land, finance, energy, and raw materials – and local infrastructure development.
Direct
investment in both directions is higher than with Asia and helps knit the economies together.
Instead, it will shift demand towards US producers, much as
direct
foreign-exchange intervention would.
They can overextend their finances, fall victim to promotions, invest carelessly in the wrong assets, and
direct
production into regions and activities on the basis of momentary excitement rather than calculation of economic fundamentals.
Two parliamentary elections and two
direct
presidential elections - including the latest presidential run-off - have been free, fair, and peaceful, proving that Islam and democracy can coexist.
Instead of discussing how to adapt specific policies to Poland’s national interests or amplify the country’s voice at the European level, PiS writes off all European measures and decisions as a
direct
challenge to what makes Poland Poland.
War in these countries is a
direct
threat to Europe's interests and stability, so European governments have a
direct
interest in promoting peace.
Around the world, we will be getting direct, in-your-face democracy in a way that we have never seen before.
Since then, China has implemented a series of reforms to increase the renminbi’s usage in foreign trade and
direct
investment, as well as in cross-border financial investment.
Given this, China can be expected to continue to manage capital-account transactions to some extent, using macroprudential measures and, when appropriate,
direct
capital controls.
As it stands, Africa receives a total of about $60 billion in foreign
direct
investment each year.
And, needless to say, the country’s economy has been shattered, owing to the
direct
effects of the conflict and to sanctions that were imposed as part of the failed effort to force Assad into a political settlement.
A far better option is to offer
direct
financial support to individuals and families that are willing and able to return to their country.
Firms complain not only about the
direct
cost, but also about the complexity and the uncertainty introduced by such regulation.
The AfD’s rise since last summer has been the
direct
result of the surge in the number of refugees – close to one million in 2015 – entering Germany.
He seems incapable of connecting with ordinary Hong Kong citizens, instead coming across as a shifty politician who often dodges
direct
questions, offers vague answers, and evades responsibility for major failings by apologizing for minor shortcomings.
China is the European Union’s second-largest trading partner after the US, and it has become a key source of
direct
investment, having invested over €35 billion ($41 billion) in the EU last year.
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