Mr. Michael Mortimore, Chief, Investment and Corporate Strategies, ECLAC, Santiago, Chile

While corporate coffers hold mountains of cash, private investment stagnates.

The role that corporate transparency plays in investment decisions was recognized.

Investment Opportunities and Corporate Responsibility How Can Developing Countries and in Particular LDCs Better Benefit from FDI?

The higher interest rates would also apply to corporate bonds and bank loans, weakening business investment.

Roundtable on Corporate Transparency and Investment (Summary), UNCTAD XI, São Paulo, 14 June 2004 (TD L.374)

Investment has been discouraged by the rejection of corporate culture, social and political tension, and uncertainty about the reforms.

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Finally, it was underlined that good corporate governance and transparency improve investor confidence, reduce the cost of investment and help to develop capital markets by mobilizing both domestic and foreign investment.

Focusing on the legal dimension of corporate responsibilities in the field of economic development, he said that trends in investment arbitration case law suggested that certain corporate conduct obligations were inherent in the protective principles found in international investment agreements.

Issues that could be addressed in this connection concern further corporate involvement in overcoming information market failures with regard to investment and business opportunities in developing countries and corporate participation in risk mitigation schemes.

This apparent paradox is explained by a combination of high corporate saving and low levels of residential and non residential fixed investment.

Microeconomic factors for investment site selection included the corporate tax structure, trade and customs regimes, the labour market situation and financial infrastructure.

The same negative effect on the current account could occur if the corporate sector increases its rate of investment in plant and equipment or reduces corporate saving by paying higher wages or dividends.

Even though the markets seem to be anticipating substantial levels of quantitative easing, US corporate investment remains subdued.

This, in turn, should revive corporate animal spirits, leading to higher investment in new plants and equipment, together with higher wages and salaries.

The economy can then use household savings (with appropriate financial intermediation) to finance corporate and government investment, rather than the US government.

Although corporate profits and business investment have been increasing, business sentiment remains cautious, because growth in Japan remains heavily dependent on external demand.

Instead of cutting proven tax incentives for business investment, the US should offset at least some of the revenue losses from a lower corporate tax rate by raising tax rates on corporate shareholders.

All these elements of work combined provided a balanced and holistic approach to investment and development, including on the issue of corporate contributions to development.

He welcomed the proposal for promoting a better understanding of international investment issues and noted the plan to facilitate and enhance positive corporate social contributions.

The combination of high corporate saving and low business investment has sustained the current account surplus, allowing Japan to fund its budget deficit domestically.

PSD will pursue greater growth from the consumer business, as this segment offers higher potential and requires lower investment compared to the corporate segment.

Politics and Corporate Money

The various themes of the framework included trade policy, competition policy, investment policy, tax policy, corporate governance, public governance, infrastructure development and human resources development.

Is it possible that the cash rich corporate sector will more than make up for the slack by increasing investment? There may well be some increase in gross investment, as obsolete equipment and software are replaced.

Clearly, the Fed s objective is to increase bond prices, in the hope that lower long term interest rates will propel corporate investment.

These findings have intrigued firms, investors, and corporate governance experts ever since they were made public, and have led shareholder advisers to develop governance based investment products.

He emphasized the general principle prohibiting unconscionable corporate behaviour and two economic responsibilities (a) to assess the risk of an investment properly and with due diligence, and (b) to conduct the investment with reasonable care in accordance with sound business principles.

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China s corporate sector has financed much of its investment out of retained earnings without having to raise capital from the household sector.

Foreign direct investment accounts by more than 1,000 overseas companies translates into 145,000 jobs in Ireland, 70 of total exports, and 2.8 billion in corporate tax receipts.

Corporate identity.

Corporate strategy

Corporate responsibility

Awaiting that restructuring, financial institutions could not perform as usual, which impeded financial intermediation and called into question plans, relations, and contracts such as corporate and residential investment or refinancing.

In the poorer countries, such as India, most of this investment is on government account, but the wealthier countries, such as Japan, have considerable private corporate investment, often in close cooperation with the Government, in both research and training.

Companies that try to seize all investment opportunities that come along may not achieve synergies or improve their chances of meeting overall corporate objectives.

America has expanded its corporate safety net in unprecedented ways, from commercial banks to investment banks, then to insurance, and now to automobiles, with no end in sight.

(a) Capping of corporate costs, while corporate functions address strategic matters of governance, oversight and inspection

Internal audit and corporate risk management

(l) Forest ethics and corporate responsibility

Corporate gender strategy and action plan

Strategic direction, corporate oversight and accountability

2) Market Economy and Corporate Governance