Monday, July 30, 2007

OBG: Lebanon: Best Prospect Sectors

Jorma Ollila, Chairman and CEO, Nokia and Marwan Hamadé, Minister of Economy and Trade, Lebanon

While last year's July war and ensuing political instability have severely impacted Lebanon's economic growth and led to a slowdown in investments, three sectors have been singled out as best prospect sectors by a US report on Lebanon 2007. The guide pointed to Lebanon's "many investment-enabling strengths" that had encouraged foreign companies to set up offices in recent years, including "a free market, a highly dollarised economy, the absence of controls on the movement of capital and foreign exchange, a highly educated labour force, a good quality of life and limited restrictions on investors". The three "best prospect sectors" were named as information and communication technology (ICT), pharmaceuticals and insurance... Read More here.

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