On the other hand, if we just throw money at poorly planned projects or failing schools, then we'll remain in debt to those same countries for decades to come.
Mr Mustow claimed that flood defences repaid their investment by a factor of 8-1 but admitted that continuing to invest would be a "challenge", after government cuts to planned projects.
As part of this process, we have reviewed and assessed all current and planned projects for the short and medium term and have decided to make some changes to our European Studios.
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Other planned projects which have fuelled a demand for building workers include a proposed 30-turbine offshore wind farm at Scarweather Sands, off Porthcawl, the proposed development of film studios at Llanharan, near Bridgend and city centre developments in Swansea.
Komen for the Cure Foundation briefly cut funding for some Planned Parenthood projects, saying it decided it would no longer fund groups under federal investigation.
Extension of the highway was one of the major infrastructure projects planned between 2011 and 2016.
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The council has other projects planned to cater for the increase in demand of students with special needs.
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The Hebrides Range Task Force said the MoD was opposing renewable projects planned for Uist because the turbines may interfere with military equipment.
In a micro version of the public investment projects planned by governments throughout the world, Tuxpan council intends to implement several schemes to stimulate the local economy.
It also called for "modest" business tax cuts and urged the speeding-up of planned capital spending projects, such as for the building and refurbishment of schools and for social housing.
More than a dozen planned rail engineering projects led to disruption, but Network Rail said more trains were running over the Christmas and New Year period than in the festive period last year.
Ten new projects are planned, which together should double Britain's storage capacity by 2010.
Still other hotel condo projects are planned in Punta del Este, Uruguay and Cartagena, Colombia.
When big projects are planned - the buyer may put it out to tender.
The Middle East is especially hot, though many of these projects were planned a few years ago.
With forecasters predicting continued slow growth in 2013, "this year we will see who will have the capacity" to carry on the large projects now planned for the Porto Maravilha area, he says.
Further projects are now planned for Felinfoel, Cross Hands and Cefneithin.
It will take in two other mega-projects: the planned administrative center of Putrajaya and a separate "intelligent city" nearby that will provide commercial and residential facilities for the MSC's high-tech work force.
Some, including EC Commissioner of Energy Gunter Oettinger, have suggested that one day Greece could transport its wealth of solar power to the rest of Europe through sprawling projects like the planned Helios facility.
According to media reports, around 30 real estate projects in Beijing have failed to get sales licenses as planned because their project pricing was deemed much higher than previous projects, and higher than average home prices of similar size in the city.
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Some have filed a lawsuit to block the planned demolition of four major housing projects in the city.
The council has already carried out a number of improvement projects and has more planned for the future.
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His position required Maehara to confront the vested local government and public works interest groups for on-going or planned pork-barrel public works projects, including some notoriously wasteful and unnecessary dams.
There were 3, 200, roughly, projects that were initially planned.
Last month, the cost of the planned power cable to link renewable energy projects on the Western Isles and mainland Scotland increased by 75%.
We know that there are a number of new refinery projects under way, with more planned.
The cost of a planned subsea power cable to link renewable energy projects on the Western Isles and mainland Scotland has risen by 75%.
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