1.   African leaders are worried, firstly about the official flow of aid, and also about levels of private investment.

2.   Although there are occasional highly publicised instances of expropriation ... foreign private investment is growing rapidly.

3.   An attempt to observe whether or not public investment leverages private investment has therefore been inconclusive.

4.   Belfast is attracting significant new private investment.

5.   But long-term private investment in the production of high-quality tradable goods and services is essential for long-term success.

6.   First, there is evidence to support the thesis that investing substantial public expenditure into Declining areas will attract future private investment.

7.   I was not alone in wanting to get private investment into public-sector industries.

8.   In essence I proposed that rather than having public investment we should substitute private investment without any Government guarantee.

9.   It sought to use federal resources and authority to support private investments that would contribute to local economic development.

10.   Once again it was asserted that urban problems resulted from too little private investment and their resolution required an extension of privatism.