1.   The use of linear programming as an aid to Decision making when allocating scarce investment funds has been widely advocated.

2.   The city understands that it faces competition for scarce investment from its neighbor, the Leningrad region.

3.   With foreign investment scarce and most Cambodians dependent on subsistence farming, tourism has become a prime source of hard currency.

4.   Bulgaria may give private companies a three-year tax holiday in an effort to boost scarce foreign investment.

5.   Bulgaria is planning to allow private companies a three-year tax holiday in an effort to boost scarce foreign investment, a government official said Saturday.

6.   The cash-strapped Indonesian government has been under mounting pressure to reform and deregulate its economy to vie for scarce foreign investment in an increasingly competitive regional environment.