< avoiding unfair placement of the burden of the economic downturn on the poor and the vulnerable; < supporting and protecting, in as far as possible, activities aimed at strengthening the capacity of the economy to grow and create decent jobs; < maintaining the already planned high levels of investment in public infrastructure, while encouraging the private sector wherever possible, and to maintain and improve their levels of fixed direct investment and corporate social investment programmes; and < interventions must be timely, tailored and targeted as is appropriate.