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A deep understanding of plant science is essential in planning and executing conservation projects.
This is plain to see today, and it resulted in Obama’s knee-jerk imposition of a moratorium on deepwater drilling permits and suspension of existing projects in the Gulf of Mexico.
Dozens of protocols and agreements on new projects have been signed with China.
But the Chinese are already offering Russia projects that are similar to those that they promote in African states: the development of resources with Chinese money and Chinese labor.
The workforce can be found to undertake the development projects in Russia’s east, including clusters of high-yielding agricultural production for grain, fodder, meat, poultry, pork, and possibly beer.
Some Russians fear that if China is allowed to build these projects, crowds of Chinese will flock into the country.
Already struggling with low gas prices, increased competition, and now falling production Gazprom will be hard pressed to come up with the necessary funds without sacrificing urgent infrastructure projects.
And, as Japan’s recent experience demonstrated, protecting against the most powerful threats – such as the 9.0-magnitude Tohoku earthquake and the subsequent three-meter tsunami – would require massive, costly construction projects.
Government projects such as the United States’ Apollo program – intended to put a man on the moon – drove demand for more basic technologies (which are simply inventions that no one has asked for yet).
The first consists in increasing the use of existing tools, such as Clean Development Mechanisms (CDMs), which enable actors from rich countries to promote projects that reduce emissions in developing countries.
Up to now, Africa has missed out on the benefits of CDMs: to date, less than 2% of these projects take place in Africa, compared to 73% for Asia.
Historically, fiscal profligacy tends to take hold at times like these, with windfall revenues wasted on extravagant public projects.
As bureaucratic decision-making became more risk-averse, many large projects ground to a halt.
Only now, as the government creates new institutions to accelerate decision-making and implement transparent processes, are these projects being cleared to proceed.
Once restarted, it will take time for these projects to be completed, at which point output will increase significantly.
Similarly, as large mining projects stalled, India had to resort to higher imports of coal and scrap iron, while its exports of iron ore dwindled.
The immediate tasks are more mundane, but they are also more feasible: clearing projects, reducing poorly targeted subsidies, and finding more ways to narrow the current-account deficit and ease its financing.
The banking sector has undoubtedly experienced an increase in bad loans; but this has often resulted from delays in investment projects that are otherwise viable.
As these projects come onstream, they will generate the revenue needed to repay loans.
Another type of corruption involves siphoning enormous sums of money from large-scale projects.
In the absence of international leadership in forging a political end-state, Syria’s conflict has tragically become a sectarian civil war – one that is rapidly metastasizing, with far-reaching consequences for US interests in the region and for prior US political investments in projects like Iraq.
It also needs to continue to engage with Europe on international projects, including negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program – an issue of fundamental significance to international security.
Without adequate governance, oil revenues will be wasted on grandiose projects, corruption, or rearmament.
Investment, mainly by local governments and state-owned companies with easy access to bank financing, soared to more than 45% of GDP, and, consistent with China’s long-run urbanization strategy, was concentrated in infrastructure and property-development projects.
But, for now, many investment projects are not yet generating enough income to service their debts (some of them never will), and there is significant spare capacity.
Even if post-financial crisis regulations are tying banks’ hands, pension funds and insurance companies still need precisely the kinds of long-term, steady-return investments that infrastructure projects offer.
They have also pushed the World Bank and other global lenders to free up more funding for infrastructure projects.
Because bridges, power plants, and ports are complicated undertakings that often require extensive feasibility studies, environmental reviews, and regulatory approvals, G20 countries are also trying to boost the number of potential projects.
These efforts are a good start, but raising more money and generating longer lists of projects isn’t enough.
They are unlikely to be drawn toward infrastructure projects until they get some help in dealing with the potential risks.
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