Efforts to attract private investment for infrastructure have had only patchy success.
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Labor unions will launch renewed calls for investment in infrastructure this week at the OECD forum.
So, despite India's high saving rate, capital available for investment in infrastructure is scant.
One of the reasons infrastructure investment by British pension funds is relatively low, compared with (for example) infrastructure investment by Canadian pension funds, is that the UK's pension fund industry is fragmented: there aren't that many huge pension funds with the resources and appetite to make big long-term investments in new roads, or railways or airports.
In his speech, Mr Obama went on to call for federal investment in infrastructure, clean energy and education.
He will also call for federal investment in infrastructure, clean energy and education, the White House has signalled.
The watchdog also warned that the government's calculation of the extent of the UK's need for infrastructure investment might be inaccurate.
For now, the gas tax is the main vehicle for infrastructure investment.
Since the middle of last year, Beijing has been accelerating approvals for infrastructure investment, notably for railway and subway networks, to stimulate the economy.
No one argues the need for investment in water infrastructure.
There is also a question over whether the 18bn euros earmarked for infrastructure investment might be diverted into easy vote-winning, pet projects ahead of the general election in September.
The government might want to re-introduce tax relief for infrastructure investment in buildings and structures, recognising that the UK is the only country in the G20 that has no such allowance.
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Insofar as there is an alternative Tory economic strategy, it seems to revolve around finding more money for infrastructure investment (by cutting spending elsewhere, not by borrowing) and kick-starting the economy with massive new construction projects.
This means: enhancing transparency on gas prices and flows (collecting data and making it widely available), improving the interconnection between markets, creating liquid trading hubs and providing clear and stable regulation for infrastructure investment, among other measures.
South Africa, with a strong economy, provides attractive fixed-income opportunities while India, with a massive need for infrastructure investment, is a hard market to access given relatively under-developed capital markets. (Read: No Credit Bubble In Brazil, Just Dangerous Consumer Debt Burden).
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But they now realised investment in infrastructure was crucial for economic recovery, he added.
Although PPPs are not new to America, they remain underused as an engine for transportation infrastructure investment.
Infrastructure investment, for example, is expected to grow from 8 percent to 10 percent of gross domestic product by 2017.
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There had been particularly big cuts to the Welsh government's capital budget which pays for investment in buildings and infrastructure, she said.
CBI's annual conference on November 28th, Mr Brown was once again burnishing his credentials as a long-term planner, saying that investment in infrastructure was vital for Britain's future.
Infrastructure investment, for example, is an area that has traditionally won the support of Republicans and Democrats, Chamber of Commerce and labor, and we hope that that can be the case going forward.
Warning against "Father Christmas" tax cuts or giveaways, he said targeted investment in infrastructure, support for manufacturing and a fundamental restructuring of the banking system were important steps to "rebuilding our broken economy from the rubble".
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China's involvement on the continent has increased dramatically over the past several years, fueled by Africa's growing demand for cheap Chinese products and the need for greater infrastructure investment in the African energy and transportation sectors.
When asked about where he sees opportunities as a global investor, aside from being bullish on telecom, Slim said that industries ripe for investment include housing, infrastructure, mining, food, oil, energy, medicine and ones that provide environmental solutions.
They paid for the investment in network infrastructure and software development that has allowed us to have reliable broadband connectivity, multimedia websites, online chat and all the other cool stuff that we are coming to enjoy and rely upon.
There were lots of other reasons for Democrats to hate Mr Boehner's Plan B: it would have hit low income families by allowing benefits to expire for lots of unemployed people, and it would stall the President's plans for extra infrastructure investment.
Perhaps anticipating the exit of her closest ally in terms of economic policy, Merkel has recently began voicing support for greater infrastructure investment and participation from the European Investment Bank, echoing Hollande and other critics of the austerity path she and Sarkozy have championed this past year.
Since 1990 economic reforms ushered in an era of solid economic growth based on continued investment in infrastructure, improved incentives for production and exports, lower inflation, better domestic security, and the return of exiled Indian-Ugandan entrepreneurs.
They will ask for 1 trillion euro investment into infrastructure -- less than half of the public money handed to the banks, according to estimates across Europe and the U.S. They will also ask for climate action, progressive taxation measures, a cessation of the attacks on collective bargaining and a universal social protection floor.
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