When social entrepreneurs deliver power, water, and other goods to poor communities, they create foundations for economic growth, opening frontier markets to other forms of investment.
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The credit goes to the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, which in 1937 pushed through laws ending the growth, trade and consumption of all forms of cannabis, including the inert but commercially useful hemp plant.
This is not a good development, as it reduces competition and siphons off more of the important capital and entrepreneurial resources needed for growth and innovation into activities such as filling out forms.
Though they have many advantages over other forms of property ownership, their future growth will depend, among other things, on whether the stockmarket remains strong, so that they can raise more capital, and whether they retain their substantial tax privileges.
This country now has the world's largest mobile phone network, and it is investing in the new forms of energy that can both sustain growth and combat climate change -- and I'm looking forward to deepening the partnership between the United States and China in this critical area tomorrow.
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Start with an important universal fact: growth in electric demand outpaces that of all other energy forms.
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Innovation capability drives value creation, which drives economic growth, which in turn creates new opportunities as well as new forms of employment.
Broadband services, also known as high-speed internet services, come in two forms, DSL and FiOS, and broadband providers are witnessing greater growth in FiOS because download speeds are up to 5x faster for FiOS than traditional DSL broadband making streaming content, movies and other media easier to view online.
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Big Data refers to the growth of data sets that have become so large that they defy the ability of conventional forms of information technology to store, manage, analyze and gather important insights from them.
And economic growth and development that is self-sustaining can liberate people, allow them -- it forms the basis for folks to get an education and to expand their horizons.
Government incentives, in forms of tax credits, rebates and grants, have played a big role in boosting the solar market growth.
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As the prices for traditional forms of energy like coal and oil rises and global warming concerns increase, government subsidies will drive significant growth in the renewable energy industry over the next few years.
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