But now, after years of benign neglect, GM is putting the pieces together, tapping the engineering, manufacturing and distribution resourcesof its global partners.
In addition to helping establish Greece as an energy producer for the rest of Europe, tapping into those reserves could help the country ease its heavy dependence on foreign resources, estimated to cost about five percent of GDP a year.
These educational reforms are crucial if Thailand is to attract the kind of foreign investment that boosts its productivity, rather than just extracting the country's resources and tapping its consumer markets.