This will require devoting a substantial share of public resources to the agricultural sector and improvements to the legal and institutional environment to encourage Ethiopian farmers to invest in their land and innovate.

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The Davos report warned that Russia needs "significant changes in its domestic institutional environment" to keep the economy growing.

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So while the average American may find it more difficult to buy a home, despite the current rate environment, deep pocketed buyers like Blackstone Group and other institutional investors have gobbled up home by the dozens, fixed them up and rented them out.

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