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Poland in the top ten most attractive investment regions in the world
According to Ernst & Young’s European Attractiveness Survey 2007, Poland takes 7th place in the world ranking for attractiveness for foreign investors.
Top spots in the rankings are taken by China and the United States, and among European countries the leaders are Germany and the United Kingdom. Poland is the unquestioned leader among Central and Eastern European countries.
In spite of the fact that the investment attractiveness of our region has fallen since last year, Central and Eastern Europe is still highly valued by investors, chiefly thanks to conditions for production growth.
Varieties of foreign investment
Poland is the world’s second most popular country in respect of investment in industrial production – only China is more popular. The determining factors for our success are geographical location and low labour costs.
Poland’s position is also higher in the call centres sector. India remains world leader in this field, while Poland has moved to 5th position (from 7th last year).
New jobs
For the second year running, Poland is the leader in creating new jobs. In 2006, 31 115 new jobs were created, which is a slightly poorer result than 2005 (37 745); nevertheless, we are still ahead of all other European countries in this field.
The President of the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ SA), Dr Paweł Wojciechowski, believes that maintaining the position as Europe’s leader in job creation by new direct foreign investment will be the greatest challenge over the next few years. “In order to maintain the top position,” he said, “we have to follow a more active policy in the labour market, most importantly in the direction of increasing mobility and raising employees’ level of qualifications”.
“We have achieved success in attracting investment, thanks to which many new jobs have been created. Now it is time for innovation, not just in state-of-the-art solutions, but in creating the conditions for investment in the R&D centres where these solutions will be devised”, said Agnieszka Tałasiewicz, Ernst & Young Tax Services Partner, commenting on the survey results.
The Future
Investors confirm that they want to continue to be active in Europe, and Germany remains the most desirable location for future investment. Poland takes second place - the same as last year.
The European Attractiveness Survey 2007
A cyclic survey carried out annually by the advisory services company Ernst & Young. Over 800 people – representatives of international investors – participated in this year’s survey. 53% of those polled come from Europe, 35% from North America, and 11% from Asia.
Media coverage
- 15.07.2007 — Office Market in Poland , Warsaw Voice
- 15.07.2007 — On the Rise , Warsaw Voice
