1.   A Junta official said recently that a dialogue is unnecessary as evidenced by improving foreign investments and relations.

2.   A United Nations report showed that foreign investment can have a positive impact on the poor only if it is regulated.

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

4.   But it is becoming increasingly important that an accord on foreign corporate investment is negotiated between leading industrial nations.

5.   Demagogic governments sometimes paint foreigners as scapegoats, leading to nationalization or laws restricting foreign investment.

6.   Foreign aid has actually made a larger contribution to the national economy than foreign investment in the past five years.