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They do so knowing that the resulting trade deficit will allow them to make more investments, and achieve a higher rate of growth, than they ever could in a closed economy.
With Muammar el-Qaddafi’s fall from power in Libya, Chinese companies lost investments worth roughly $20 billion, which Libya’s new government has implied are unlikely to be recovered.
China’s critical needs today include reducing inequality, stemming environmental degradation, creating livable cities, and investments in public health, education, infrastructure, and technology.
Social returns from such investments far exceed the costs of capital.
The second coalition should be a group of countries – in particular, the 23 members of the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), which account for about 80% of global energy demand, 80% of greenhouse-gas emissions, and 90% of clean-energy investments – that agree to double their economies’ rate of energy efficiency.
In today’s knowledge economy, the countries that are the biggest success stories are basing their development not only on export growth but also on major investments in science and technology, and higher education.
Such a recovery requires efforts to create jobs and enhance countries’ productive capacity – for example, through infrastructure development – thereby encouraging complementary private investments and generating the conditions necessary to sustain long-term growth.
Moreover, the public sector must be more proactive in sustaining aggregate demand through investments in social and physical infrastructure.
The panel identified some remarkable investments.
But we are now in the worst of all possible worlds—prices so high that they are damaging the global economy, but uncertainty so severe that the investments needed to bring prices down are not being made.
And, in recent months, global leaders in auto and food manufacturing have announced multi-billion-dollar investments in new facilities.
Yet, while they are committed to maintaining the status quo, they have failed to coordinate their policies and investments in Myanmar and Sri Lanka, both strategically located countries vulnerable to Chinese pressure.
Asia’s powers should move beyond FTAs to initiate joint geo-economic projects that serve the core interests of smaller countries, which would then not have to rely on Chinese investments and initiatives to boost growth.
The panel’s findings reveal powerful, lasting benefits from investments that focus on a child’s earliest and most crucial years.
A second negative side effect, according to Cecchetti and Kharroubi, stems from the preference of bank finance for investment in real estate, where collateral is available, rather than less easily assessed investments in technology-based businesses.
These targets should be fully embraced, and policymakers should continue to encourage major investments in broadband, as well as in the infrastructure needed to support the wireless devices in which we have all come to depend.
According to a recent report published by Moody’s, interest in investments relating to climate change and sustainable development by institutional investors has grown rapidly in recent years.
Now, institutional investors with long histories of ESG investments, such as the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), are being joined by a growing number of their peers.
But, even without the agreement, the appeal of such investments stands: evidence indicates that integration of ESG considerations – when implemented intelligently and measured and reported transparently – could help investments outperform expectations, for both companies and investors.
Add to that financial-market incentives, and huge amounts of capital could be attracted to ESG investments.
That is why it is important to have citizens’ groups that can step in to ensure that investments operate fairly.
This is especially the case for infrastructure investments in energy, water, transport, and information and communications technology (ICT).
The key is to place people at the center of development efforts, by increasing investments in health care, education, and other public services.
The End of China’s SurplusCAMBRIDGE – China’s current-account surplus – the combination of its trade surplus and its net income from foreign investments – is the largest in the world.
Western sanctions instead paved the way for investments in Myanmar by those with less concern about human rights violations – first by ASEAN neighbors in hotels and other sectors, and more recently by China and India, which are vying for projects and influence in the strategic energy sector.
Such new financing mechanisms, in addition to national ODA investments, are an important means of supporting the beleaguered MDGs.
They would also incur losses on their claims and investments denominated in euros.
Each should understand the basic directions of change that will be required at the national level and globally, and all nations must share in the deployment of new sustainable technologies and in the co-financing of global responsibilities, such as increased investments in African infrastructure.
From their perspective, today’s high demand for long-term dollar-denominated securities is easily explained: Asian central banks are buying in order to hold down their currencies, the US Treasury is borrowing short (and thus not issuing that many long-term securities), and US companies are not undertaking the kinds of investments that would lead them to issue many long-term bonds.
The legislation also imposes a tax on universities like Harvard and Princeton – sources of numerous important ideas and innovations – and will lead to lower local-level public expenditure in parts of the country that have thrived, precisely because they have made public investments in education and infrastructure.
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