In turn, the government began to offer corporate incentives for domestic investment and development in the tourism sector, doubling tax deductions for costs related to training tourism staff and providing significant depreciation benefits for investments in tourist facilities.
Conservation International support the development of electricity generation for domestic consumption and export as these are critical components of development for Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
This has forced the country to look to foreign investors for the development of its domestic industries, in particular, its oil and natural gas sectors.
The Japanese government had less direct control over its corporations, but its officials co-ordinated their domestic development before earmarking sectors for overseas expansion.
Other potential steps toward 4% include smarter immigration policy, freer trade, more encouragement to entrepreneurship and more domestic energy development, and, for the longer term, serious education reform and substantially more basic research.
The plan calls for nearly doubling the share of gross domestic product devoted to research and development, to 2.5% from 1.3% in 2005.
Unfortunately it will do nothing to solve the root of the problem, which is that for 30 years Congress has done little to support the development of domestic clean energy industries.
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Like many congested urban airports, Sao Paulo's domestic air travel hub is surrounded by development and has no room for the runway extensions recommended by air safety groups.
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China is in the stage of its economic development where it needs, and wants, to increase domestic demand for its products, and move away from dependence on exports.
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Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey said the development would "give confidence to our domestic manufacturing supply chain".
"Takeda is a strong competitor in the Japanese market, and is still seen as the benchmark in many respects for domestic companies and multinational companies alike, " says Mark Milton-Edwards, director of business development at AstraZeneca KK (Japan).
According to Xinhua, Beijing will "withdraw support for foreign capital in auto manufacturing... because of the need of the healthy development of domestic auto making".
Other nations have leapt ahead by implementing clean energy strategies that coordinate long-term investment in integrated research and development, low-cost financing for clean tech manufacturers, and stable policies to ensure domestic demand for clean energy.
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As a member of the technology-based economic development community in Northeast Ohio, I am excited about what this project could mean for secure, domestic energy production.
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