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The main advantage of this new draft law for foreign investors will lead to increasing the percentage of foreign ownership of projects up to 100% in the sectors or the activities prescribed by the law and meet the standards set for foreign investment projects by the law. Those standards include (...) environment preservation.

The economic policies are aimed at bringing Malaysia closer towards its goal of becoming a high-income nation that is both inclusive and sustainable by 2020. (…)

(...) Major projects include the construction of hydropower generation facilities (Section 4.2.2), roads and wharfs, and legislative reforms (...)

In 2011/12, budgetary assistance for the electricity, gas, water and waste services industries, mainly in the form of transitional assistance under the industry-specific Energy Security Fund (92.8% of total assistance to the sector), peaked ($A 1.1 billion) and was the highest among all sectors. This assistance was a one-off and in 2012/13 budgetary assistance for this sector dropped markedly to just $A 129.6 million. (...)

The agriculture sector is the primary source of employment in rural areas, where most of the country's poor households are located. Revitalizing the agricultural sector is necessary in order to drive growth and alleviate poverty. Therefore, one of the objectives of the National Development Strategy 2010 2030 is now to raise the productivity, competitiveness and environmental and financial sustainability of agricultural production chains so as to enhance food security, take advantage of export potential and generate employment and income for the rural population.

In addition to the successful Tenth Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, good results were achieved multilaterally at the end of last year through the adoption at the United Nations of the 2030 sustainable development agenda, and the agreement reached at the Paris Conference on Climate Change, demonstrating the international community's ability to negotiate and secure important multilateral outcomes.

Iceland, as a signatory of the EEA agreement, is integrated with Norway and Liechtenstein together with the European Union to form the Internal Market, providing for the free movement of goods, services, capital and workers. The European Economic Area also provides for cooperation in competition, state aid, research and development, environment, education, consumer protection, enterprise, tourism, and social policy. (...)

(...) Mozambique is also prone to natural disasters and ranks third amongst African countries most affected by weather-related hazards.

Panama has notified the WTO of the (…) infrastructure services (irrigation, reservoirs, environmental programmes, roads, etc.), natural disaster relief, and structural adjustment through support for investment (Livestock Improvement Programme, Agricultural Conversion Programme and Agricultural Competitiveness Programme). (…)

Over the past few years, imports of electricity showed a persistent upward trend (Table 4.5). In 2013/14, electricity sales rose substantially, reflecting an increase in consumption, mainly for irrigation power and commercial uses. Domestic generation also rose to a record 346.6 GWh on account of abundant rains that supported hydro-power generators, however, an additional 859.9 GWh had to be imported to satisfy demand. The volume of domestic electricity generation remains unstable and highly dependent on weather conditions. A major challenge for the sector is to increase local production so as to diminish reliance on imports, especially in the face of frequent electricity supply shortages in the region. Imports of electricity are duty-free.