Private initiative and public action, new relationships to invest ?

Alain TURC Senior adviser, Confrontations Europe [vc_btn title= »Download the article » style= »outline » color= »blue » align= »right » i_icon_fontawesome= »fa fa-file-pdf-o » add_icon= »true » link= »url:http%3A%2F%2Fprod.confrontations.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F03%2FRevue-107-Private-initiative-and-public-action-new-relationships-to-invest-p34.pdf||target:%20_blank »] Html code here! Replace this with any non empty text and that's it. In relation to the crisis, the share of investment in GDP has decreased in the Eurozone, both for total investment (21.9% in 2007, 17.7% in 2013) and public investment (2.7% in 2007, 2.1% in 2013). The decline of total investment has been twice as steep as in the United States or in Japan. The challenges of globalisation and technological mutations require huge investments in the coming years. It is necessary on the one hand to adress the gaps of the previous years and, on the other, to adapt to the structural changes in the world economy. Among other concerns, the action against climate change requires major investments, with appropriate methods for valuing costs, expected benefits and durations(1). It is thus