But the trend has reversed. From April to June, India received about $15 billion in foreign direct investment, the highest since 2007.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

It led to a rapid decline in foreign direct investment in Georgia and a rapid decline in growth, reinforced,of course, by the economic crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Microfinance,however, is a kind of aid that helps on a small scale in ways that are direct and local.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

He says the current interest in straw bale houses is a direct response to the problem of climate change.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

In nineteen forty-seven, he began to direct the Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton University on the East Coast.

VOA: special.2009.06.14

The environmentalist Paul Hawken had a very direct message for graduates at the University of Portland in Oregon.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

Genes direct the making of proteins which do much of the work in building an organism, whether a person or a potato.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

Japan's desire to use East Asia to gain natural resources and sell manufactured products was in direct conflict with American plans for Asia.

VOA: special.2011.05.26

About ten different projectors direct the image of the candle on different walls in the room.

VOA: special.2011.05.18

For example, genes direct formation of the fetus's brain at set times in a woman's pregnancy.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

Experts said there was still no experimental evidence to prove that the drop in crime was a direct result of efforts to clean up city neighborhoods.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

They feel a direct connection, like they can really participate in eradicating poverty."

VOA: special.2010.06.28

She will direct other experts in scientific restoration during the five-year project.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

He wrote in a way that was extremely detailed, honest and direct.

VOA: special.2009.12.27