51. Venezuelan authorities are counting on IMF backing for their reforms to lure foreign investment. 52. Its primary aims were to deregulate trade and lure investment so as to create jobs, and cut public expenditure. 53. OPEC giant Saudi Arabia needs a formal stock exchange to replace the existing interbank bourse so as to increase transparency, accountability and lure foreign investment, economists say. 54. Peiris, who is also deputy finance minister, admitted that the bomb was a setback to government plans to lure foreign investment. 55. Tax breaks and special import procedures were introduced to lure foreign investments and Shenzhen has since seen spectacular growth. 56. The commodities will be exported to the local and external markets at cheaper prices and officials said this would lure investment into the Gulf. 57. The government is hoping higher interest rates will lure back investment that has fled Mexico since the peso devaluation began in mid-December. 58. The new measures have been taken to try to aid economic development and to lure foreign investments. |