Poland ranked as leader in attracting foreign investment

The country was also seventh in the world with regard to the number of investment projects carried out in 2005, while only one year before it was outside the top 15 countries. Poland is third in terms of the total number of investment projects in Europe, following Great Britain and France. "Poland has almost doubled the number of projects to 200 and entered the leading rank. This is an excellent result," said Sebastian Mikosz, former deputy president of PAIiIZ. "Investors choose countries ensuring market access. This is the reason why so many investments are located in the UK and France," said Roel Spee, author of the report. The majority of investment projects located in Poland envisage manufacturing, while investments in R&D are located in 12th position. "I think it is important for the Polish government to strongly define strengths, by which it can attract R&D investments, as this market will grow," said Spee. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 9) M.M.