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As economies undergo prolonged structural transformations, individuals and families need the resources to
invest
in new skills.
She has promised that the European Commission will
invest
more than €2 billion ($2.27 billion) to support the private sector in the developing world by 2020.
And in many countries, the system of land registration and property rights needs to be formalized, so that individuals and companies gain equity against which they can borrow to
invest
in their businesses.
The effect will be to increase the number of bankable projects in which both local businesses and international firms can
invest.
But if the EU had agreed on a VER, European producers would have received that $4 billion from higher sales revenues, and for them this sum would have been a very important shot in the arm, allowing them to
invest
in higher productivity and more sustainable production.
Yet many European governments continue to
invest
in razor wire and detention centers, rather than in schools and teachers.
But can an emerging economy
invest
too much?
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.
Just a couple of years ago, India was developing a reputation as the cool place to
invest.
So, to reduce the trade deficit, households, businesses, and governments must increase their saving – obviously the preferred solution – or
invest
less.
Another factor that will shape the process of technological upgrading in developing countries is global firms’ willingness to
invest.
But an economy also needs sufficient size and depth in order to allow investors not only to invest, but also to exit when appropriate.
To reduce its current-account deficit, the US must either save more or
invest
less in its economy.
Another, related challenge concerns resource mobilization: countries need funds to
invest
in infrastructure, human capital, and the creation of trade and digital links within and beyond Africa.
For many investors, credit ratings dictate where and how much they can
invest.
An arms race will continue between the social media companies and the states and non-state actors who
invest
in ways to exploit their systems.
There are several reasons why so much perishable food is lost, including the absence of modern food distribution chains, too few cold-storage centers and refrigerated trucks, poor transportation facilities, erratic electricity supply, and the lack of incentives to
invest
in the sector.
Otherwise, we will continue to
invest
in wars and conflicts, or in fighting crime and domestic instability, rather than in promoting development and thereby eliminating poverty.
It provides governments additional resources to
invest
in initiatives that can empower their people.
This impedes their participation in the global economy by restricting their ability to buy goods and services, to borrow and save, or to
invest
in their future and that of their community and country.
A national investment bank would be capitalized by the government, borrow from the private sector, and
invest
in infrastructure, housing, and “greening” the economy.
As they continue to develop, India’s dynamic economic clusters will themselves need to
invest
in modern sanitation and water systems, education and health, airports, railways, and road links.
Additionally, prosperous countries and oil-producing states should phase out their carbon-dioxide emissions no later than the middle of the century; turn away from “unethical profit from the environment”; and
invest
in a green economy.
But if all firms cut wages simultaneously, the resulting weakness of overall demand undermines companies’ incentives to invest, in turn depressing productivity growth.
In order to do so, however, South Korea will need to
invest
in its capabilities to stabilize North Korea and manage its transition.
Policymakers should abandon fraught carbon-reduction negotiations, and instead make agreements to
invest
in research and development to get this technology to the level where it needs to be.
Healthier, wealthier, and better-educated women tend to produce healthier, wealthier, and better-educated families, because women typically
invest
more of their earnings than men do in their children’s wellbeing.
With the continent’s population forecast to double by 2050, there is hardly a better time to
invest
in women and girls.
Unions and workers associations are the natural vehicles to monitor such behavior, but they must
invest
in the expertise to do so effectively.
But they should make sure that such programs are administered in employees’ interest, because companies that encourage their employees to hold options or to
invest
directly in the company’s stock are asking them to take on some of the company’s risks.
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