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46% increase in investments in Syria

posted on Friday, 11 Mar 2011 by Alessandro Ravanetti Comments Off

In 2010 the number of investment projects in Syria increased by 46,5% compared with the 2009 figures. According to the Syrian Investment Agency (SIA), approved approved 400 investment projects in Syria, with a total value of $1.9 billion. About …

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$1bn Chinese investment in Zambia

posted on Wednesday, 19 Jan 2011 by Alessandro Ravanetti 1 Comment

The Zambia Development Agency (ZDA), the investment promotion agency of the Zambian government, said Chinese investment in the country has reached $1 billion and created 15,000 jobs in 2010.

George Kunda, Zambian Vice President said that investment will now …

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FDI at the top for Ireland

posted on Tuesday, 18 Jan 2011 by Alessandro Ravanetti Comments Off

11,000 new jobs have been created in Ireland in 2010, through foreign direct investments (FDIs) of multinational companies supported by IDA Ireland, the Irish Government’s inward investment promotion agency. The jobs created by foreign …

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Support renewed for the Daresbury Research Center

posted on Tuesday, 14 Dec 2010 by Alessandro Ravanetti 1 Comment

The UK government has committed to support Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus for twenty more years. The expectation is to create at least 6,000 more jobs. Established near Warrington in 2006 the aim of the Campus is to …

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Ireland wins investment – economic woes continue

posted on Thursday, 9 Dec 2010 by John Hanna 1 Comment

Ireland has had more bad publicity that it would like in recent times – the last two and a half years to be precise. Even today the spectre of Ireland defaulting on its debts, failing to secure …

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A network of Investment Promotion Agencies for South East Europe

posted on Friday, 12 Nov 2010 by Alessandro Ravanetti 1 Comment

The Foreign Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) of six countries from the south east of Europe (Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia) have created last year a network to improve the investment opportunities for the region …

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Croatia’s trade and investment agency to close

posted on Friday, 8 Oct 2010 by Site Editor Comments Off

APIU Croatia to close

It’s hard to believe!  But Croatia’s government has decided to close TIPA/APIU, the trade and investment promotion agency after just a few years of activities.  If the rumours are true …

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UK economic promotion goes local!

posted on Friday, 8 Oct 2010 by John Hanna Comments Off

No sooner than the impending demise of the UK’s regional development agencies has been announced than a barrage of criticism is being levied at the plans for their replacements – the local enterprise partnerships (LEP).  …

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Export performance not as good as expected for Scotland

posted on Sunday, 19 Sep 2010 by Alessandro Ravanetti Comments Off

Scotland’s performance in the attraction of Inward Investment and in export markets are well under expectations and very irregular. This is what has emerged from a new parliamentary report that has been published recently by the Scottish government.

The report revealed that only the 5% of UK exporters were based in …

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GDP Global Team is attending WIF and is available at CIFIT

posted on Wednesday, 8 Sep 2010 by Christina Knutsson Comments Off

GDP Global Team is attending WIF 6-9 September  in Xiamen

http://www.unctad-worldinvestmentforum.org/

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GDP Global Team is available at CIFIT 8-11 September in Xiamen

http://www.chinafair.org.cn/english/index/index.aspx

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