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MPs also concluded the bundling together of train manufacture and financing in large procurement exercises would skew the market towards larger multinational firms, possibly at the expense of excellence in train design and domestic manufacturing.
BBC: Bombardier report: Credit rating 'settled rail deal'
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At the country level, the meeting noted that the development of African LDCs had continued to be constrained by shortcomings in physical infrastructure and human resources development, low levels of domestic resource mobilization, shortcomings in macroeconomic policy design and management, and severe socio-economic consequences of local or regional conflicts.
UN: [21 Jul 2000] DEV/2253 : LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR THIRD UN CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, 24 - 28 JULY
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Eventually, though, a really big solar storm will deliver its full fury on the American heartland, and then the accumulated design decisions that have been made as the domestic electrical grid expanded tenfold over the last half-century will lead to disaster.
FORBES: Intelligence Community Warns Solar Storms Could Collapse Electric Grid
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Local stakeholders have a direct role to play in the delivery of broader water management initiatives, through domestic initiatives such as rainwater harvesting and water-friendly garden design or simply reducing water usage or enhancing local wetlands.
UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES
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But this liberation will be for domestic producers only, it turns out, and that's by their own design.
FORBES: Magazine Article