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GDP friendly

English translation: conducive to the growth of the GDP

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English term or phrase:GDP friendly
Selected answer:conducive to the growth of the GDP
Entered by: Narasimhan Raghavan

04:35 Jul 26, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
English term or phrase: GDP friendly
"Investment is GDP friendly to the local economies."
Can anybody help me make sense of this? Does it mean it will spare the GDP? I know it needs a hyphen, but it's the way they wrote this. :-)
TIA
sarahl (X)
Local time: 02:25
conducive to the growth of the GDP
Explanation:
An investment is said to be gdp friendly, when it is conducive to the growth of the GDP of the country to which investments are directed. By the same token there are investments that are not gdp friendly.

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Note added at 13 mins (2005-07-26 04:48:39 GMT)
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In other words, the investment in question should contribute to the generation of jobs and infrastructures that are in turn valuable in generating more jobs and goods.
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Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 14:55
Grading comment
thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5 +9conducive to the growth of the GDP
Narasimhan Raghavan


  

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gdp friendly
conducive to the growth of the GDP


Explanation:
An investment is said to be gdp friendly, when it is conducive to the growth of the GDP of the country to which investments are directed. By the same token there are investments that are not gdp friendly.

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Note added at 13 mins (2005-07-26 04:48:39 GMT)
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In other words, the investment in question should contribute to the generation of jobs and infrastructures that are in turn valuable in generating more jobs and goods.

Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 14:55
Native speaker of: Tamil
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RINA LINGUISTIC SERVICES, Katarina Radojevic- Mitrovic
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agree  Can Altinbay
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agree  Kurt Porter
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agree  Balasubramaniam L.
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agree  Balaban Cerit
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agree  Richard Benham: Yes I agree. And I agree with Sarah that it needs a hyphen. Hi Sarah!
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agree  Anabel Martínez
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