Reigning-in corruption is crucial to attracting foreign investment to a nation where 80 percent of people are unemployed.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

Nagesh Kumar,chief economist at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, says foreign investment will also suffer.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

The dramatic transfer of power brought to a head weeks of confrontation that killed more than 100 people and hurt tourism and foreign investment.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

(VOICE) Kane says promoting women's rights and their access to quality health care across Africa will lead naturally to a stable political environment, economic prosperity, foreign investment, and sustainable development.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

The Cape Verdean government has taken steps in recent years to promote foreign investment in tourism infrastructure, resulting in large scale development on a few of the ten principal islands.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

"But despite the tremors to which it is still subject and which still render it vulnerable, the government has resolutely committed itself to creating conditions which can give confidence to local investors and attract foreign investment."

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

But analysts say foreign direct investment is hampered by high corporate taxes and a legacy of socialist-era policies and bureaucracy.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

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

Konishi says that once stability is re-established, foreign investors will again view Vietnam as a desirable investment destination.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

It says the economic crisis has cut the amount of foreign aid and investment going to poor countries.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

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

"It depends on what the Egyptians will do out of it and how they focus the investment foreign policy-wise in key spaces which are relevant to national security issues where Egypt has a greater chance of success."

VOA: standard.2009.11.03