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As a result, both the public and private sectors must accept the need for additional investments, as well as the potential costs of early capital retirement, in order to accelerate this process and deliver deep cuts in emissions.
Iran is also reaping the returns of long-term investments.
Since the 2008 financial crisis, many governments have reduced their investments in health, education, housing, and other forms of human capital.
Massive investments will be made in these areas, and the European Central Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and many other institutions are devising mechanisms to finance them.
Likewise, sovereign wealth funds with immense clout in the global financial system are redirecting their investments toward the green economy.
And India, China, and South Korea are rapidly shifting their investments away from coal, and toward renewable-energy sources.
Strengthening agriculture is one of the best investments any African country can make.
Governments must create the right policy environment to allow for appropriate investments in research and development to enhance productivity and increase production.
All of this will take time, costly investments, and lots of collaboration between scientists and engineers in universities, government laboratories, and private businesses.
While each of these countries had very different starting points, progress has been aided by the political will to measure outcomes and learn from results, define a sustainable path for change, and make smart, effective investments.
When banks borrow on the wholesale money market to finance their investments, they borrow in dollars.
In Ethiopia, for example, public investments in irrigation, transport, and power have produced a significant increase in agricultural productivity and incomes.
Beijing, for example, raised the required down payment for residents purchasing a second flat for investment to as much as 80% of the price, and barred non-residents from such investments altogether.
The Japanese still live comfortably, better by one-third than the South Koreans, thanks to their past investments.
European investment in the US is eight times larger than its investments in China and India combined.
To protect that and maintain public support for the investments and policies that sustain growth, Singapore needed to prevent corruption from gaining a foothold, and to establish consistency in the application of rules.
But there is an alternative that could help us get past this political divisiveness: using data to help us focus on the policies and investments that would have the biggest positive impact on society.
Earth Calling the Financial SectorNEW YORK – Financial markets serve two crucial purposes: to channel savings toward productive investments, and to enable individuals and businesses to manage risks through diversification and insurance.
To seize the benefits of these new technologies at scale, and to avoid investments that aggravate cascading environmental crises, the finance industry will need to understand how the SDGs will reshape the investment landscape.
The standardized disclosure label should not, however, include past returns on investments.
Nevertheless, a smart strategy for Europe will require greater investments in hard power.
Even a lukewarm Russian attitude would block massive investments.
Because investing in human capital is the most important long-term action a government can take, the Human Capital Project focuses on identifying the factors that are undermining the efficiency of investments in this area.
Implementing a Marshall Plan-type initiative by mobilizing EU budget resources and additional lending by the European Investment Bank to finance investments in weaker countries could be an alternative, but it lacks political support.
Many European banks may not have understood this, yet they still shied away from revealing these dubious investments on their balance sheets.
Upgrading the service sector is low-hanging fruit for Asia, because tremendous investments are not required.
In Mexico’s Mayan Riviera, for example, public support for investments in lodging and transportation helped create a world-class tourist destination.
The problem is not that emerging economies have no desire to borrow; they desperately need funds for infrastructure and other investments.
Europe urgently needs an economic doctrine that, despite today’s deficits, preserves funding for the investments and research that promote growth.
And price volatility, whether triggered by drought or short-sighted national policies, could deter investments in agriculture and decrease the poor’s purchasing power.
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