Also driving China s high investment rate is the declining efficiency of investment capital, reflected in China s high incremental capital output ratio (annual investment divided by annual output growth).

Doha High Level Forum on Trade and Investment

Meanwhile, high domestic borrowing costs are undermining private investment.

That means that investment is extremely high and that, despite the high share of infrastructure investment, there is an urgent need to manage the potential risks.

But gold is also a high risk and highly volatile investment.

The first is the high return on foreign investment in China.

In 2004, China's direct investment in Africa reached 135 million, a record high for China's annual direct investment in Africa.

Without high speed Internet, foreign investment and indigenous entrepreneurship are almost impossible.

Countries that have signed such investment agreements have paid a high price.

Investment is high, but further investment growth risks misallocating money, so reductions in China s trade imbalance may be hard to achieve.

High priority in public investment will continue to be required for infrastructural investments.

Business investment is also weak, even though large corporations have very high cash balances.

Indeed, rapid growth in investment may translate into high import growth and trade deficits.

The last time China saw such high growth in domestic investment, the savings rate was not as high as it is now.

At the same time, high oil prices have enabled higher social spending and infrastructure investment.

For this purpose, creating an attractive investment climate should be a high and urgent priority.

Infrastructural investment was a high priority in sustainable development policies, in particular in developing countries.

As far as Chinese demand is concerned, investment in infrastructure is continuing, although the share of capital investment in GDP has been approaching very high levels.

The strength of the Indian economy is underpinned by a high saving rate and robust investment.

In earlier times, growth was fueled by capital scarcity capital investment attracted a high rate of return, and this created a virtuous circle of saving and investment.

Meanwhile, the World Bank and the European Investment Bank have stopped lending to high emission coal plants.

So monetary policy has since remained tight, with high interest rates contributing to slowing investment and consumption.

Instead, product, labor, and financial markets must be reformed so that high quality private sector investment emerges.

The production of high quality forest products for international markets can require significant investment in advanced technology.

This is one investment which has never failed. On the contrary, it has consistently yielded high dividends.

Another major factor discouraging foreign investment is the perception of the Territory as a high crime area.

High priority should be given to investment in productive social sectors such as education, health and sanitation.

And business investment in gear in equipment and hardware and software is at an all time high.

But if the problem is weak investment, then a reduction in such incentives will lead to excessively high real interest rates when the factors holding back investment dissipate.

This ramification is highlighted by the consistently high domestic absorption (private and public consumption and investment expenditures to GDP ratio) and the allocation switch from investment to consumption.

At the same time, since returns to capital are kept low by high wages, very little investment occurs. The excess of savings over investment flows abroad as capital exports.

The outlook for investment growth in Slovenia was positive, and foreign direct investment was expected to play an important role in areas involving a high level of technology transfer.

Despite severe financial repression, it has experienced extremely high savings and investment, owing mainly to Chinese households strong propensity to save and massive government driven investment, particularly by local governments.

An investment grade rating reflects the credit rating agencies' belief that the probability of payment of the bond is high and the financial risk associated with the investment is low.

This balance sheet configuration has helped China to respond to shocks and sustain high levels of public sector investment.

A new study for the Copenhagen Consensus project shows that eliminating this disparity is an investment with high payoffs.

Investment in environmental and natural resource sustainability has been proved to yield very high returns in the long term.

These key actors must be convinced of the high social and private returns on investment in science and technology.

But domestic demand, which determines imports, consists not only of consumption, but also of fixed asset investment. Indeed, rapid growth in investment may translate into high import growth and trade deficits.

Highly focused investment forums and other high visibility events are planned by and in cooperation with the network in order to increase the flow of investment and technology into developing countries.

The joint high level session of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) with UNCTAD's Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues focused on attracting FDI in service clusters.

The Investment Fund was set up in the early 1990s with funds generated from the high number of stamp sales. Sales have since declined and the Investment Fund is now empty.

The second oil shock and high international interest rates, coupled with a lack of foreign investment, led to significant internal and external imbalances and high levels of foreign debt.

High investment may cause economic overheating and increase the price of capital goods in the medium term, eventually triggering inflation.

Unlike most countries, China has not struggled to get public sector investment up to levels that support sustained high growth.