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Unfortunately, population growth, urbanization, and weak land rights are driving up demand for land, thereby undermining many farmers’ ability to
invest
in and replant their property.
Far more important, especially for Germany, is to get China to
invest
in and hold its bonds.
Firms and individuals need the prospect of higher incomes to save, invest, work hard, and innovate.
Other advanced industrial countries are far ahead of the US in providing an entire infrastructure of care to help families
invest
in the next generation and care for their own parents.
By helping French businesses recover lost margins, we can empower them to
invest
and create employment.
Countries must
invest
in equipment and infrastructure and share information across borders.
But the central government will need a large share of that income if it is to finance the construction of new institutions of governance,
invest
in critical infrastructure, undertake onerous reforms aimed at economic liberalization, and provide the resource-poor (and already restive) Sunnis of central Iraq with a greater share of the country’s wealth.
The additional supply, however, ultimately causes prices to fall, reducing the incentive to
invest
in alternative energy sources or energy efficiency.
A strategy that assumes that the market will punish those who do not
invest
in a low-carbon future is not realistic.
A better approach is possible: Directly reward those who do
invest
in a low-carbon future, whether by enhancing energy efficiency or developing clean energy sources.
This finding is supported by a recent OECD study, which revealed that over the last decade there has been no “appreciable improvement” in student achievement in the rich countries that
invest
most in technology for education.
The fact that loss-making enterprises were allowed to churn out cheap products, eroding the profitability of high-quality enterprises (and thus their incentive to invest), prolonged the deflation.
Fortunately, China still has room to
invest
in growth-enhancing infrastructure and innovative industries.
But if the goal is explicitly to improve human health, it might be more cost-effective simply to
invest
in a water-treatment plant.
The UK is poised to take similar action, “allowing” local government pension funds to
invest
in infrastructure projects.
Many developed countries are also failing to
invest
in high-return assets, but for a different reason: Their tight budgets and rising debts are preventing them from investing much at all.
Nonetheless, this most recent spurning of Chinese efforts to
invest
in the US comes at a time when capital-poor and job-scarce America (where unemployment is over 10%) could truly benefit from more receptivity to investment from capital-rich China.
That fact alone should be enough to convince fragile states and their donors to
invest
in expanding access to quality education.
While governments in Europe and elsewhere continue to
invest
in faster and better broadband, the biggest benefits will always come from providing Internet access to people who do not already have it, most of whom live in developing and emerging countries.
Moreover, countries that
invest
25% or more of their national income will be able to grow faster than those – including many in Latin America – with low levels of savings and investment.
Populations battling with disease lack the energy, productivity, or means to
invest
in their own future.
So even if companies do
invest
in breakthrough drugs, cheaper options will soon be available, reducing profit margins considerably.
If private pharmaceutical companies are not going to
invest
in the development of novel or more effective drugs and new and better diagnostics, the public sector has to step in.
So debt reduction will take longer than expected in the aftermath of the global crisis, which will deprive the coming generations of the fiscal space they might need to
invest
in climate action or in the containment of security threats.
The second response is even more important: as China develops its innovative capabilities, the US must
invest
more in its own science and technology base.
In contrast, by virtue of competing in the global market, South Korea's military dictatorship had no choice but to
invest
in education to improve its workforce.
If China wanted to continue to
invest
in foreign businesses and natural resources, it would have to become a net seller of bonds from its portfolio.
And Chinese and Western companies should be encouraged to
invest
in one another’s IP.
To arrive at an informed answer, we need to work out how the planet will look in 2100 if we
invest
different amounts in adaptation and carbon cuts.
Yet when a part of India has taken the trouble to
invest
in education and health it has reaped dividends.
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