1. In Europe, he suggests, jobs are created from the top down as big business and big government mobilize scarce capital and expand production capacity. 2. Last week, for instance, Vietnam opened a long-awaited stock exchange in the hope of mobilizing private capital. 3. The IMF is deeply committed to mobilizing international capital, reducing risk for investors and pressing countries to open markets at virtually any cost. 4. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development -- the World Bank -- would mobilize capital to rebuild the shattered world economy. 5. The report said ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs in networks often share market intelligence and are able to mobilize capital at short notice so they can occupy highly profitable market niches. 6. Yasuo Matsushita, governor of the Bank of Japan, said he hopes the ADB can do more to mobilize private capital through co-financing of projects. 7. Government capital spending will be even more limited this year, necessitating measures to mobilize domestic capital, he said, calling for a hastening of the equitisation process. |