"foster consumption" is correct and can be used in written English.
Generally, it is used to mean to stimulate or promote the use of something, such as a product or activity. For example, "The company has implemented marketing strategies to foster consumption of its new product".
Luring more of them into paid work would provide multiple dividends: raise economic output, particularly in services; foster greater consumption; and add more taxpayers today and tomorrow.
Amazon itself holds seminars for start-ups in India, Indonesia and many other countries, hoping to foster more consumption of advanced technology among the developing economies.
Will this not just foster private consumption at the expense of public investment?
In the longer term, many economists say, China will have to rebalance its economy by fostering domestic consumption, and thus weaning itself from its reliance on exports.
Further, this research finding may help public policy makers in fostering green consumption and marketers in designing green marketing strategies.
Heather Zichal, deputy assistant to the president for energy and climate-change policy, makes a forceful case for the need to slash greenhouse-gas emissions and boost the efficiency of cars and small trucks: The moves will cut America's oil consumption, foster the nation's energy independence, save consumers money at the pump and help revive domestic auto manufacturers.
Of the total of freshwater estimated to be present on the earth, around 22%% of it exists in the form of groundwater, and it constitutes around 97%% of all liquid freshwater available which is used for human consumption (Foster 1998).
Similar conclusions can be drawn from our BrdU proliferation assays showing that both cells adapted their proliferation depending on duration as well as insult severity to similar levels - likely a crucial response to reduce energy consumption and foster cell survival.
It turns out that globalisation, while promising sameness through brand-name consumption, was fostering, through uneven economic growth, an intense feeling of difference.
