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Investment Factors Foreign, and most domestic investors in a city are looking for three
main factors in deciding whether to entrust their money to a venture there:
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Some investors do proceed in cities where all of these conditions are not present. However, they rarely undertake projects of long-term benefit to either the municipal government or its residents under such difficult and risky conditions. They tend to be seeking huge financial returns for the very large risks they face. Alternatively, they may have motives unrelated to the investments themselves. An example would be "laundering" money from criminal operations elsewhere, operating fronts for unlawful ventures, etc.
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Infrastructure Financing Please click here to see a table ranking infrastructure financing in selected economies. This table is an abbreviated version of one presented in The Global Competitiveness Report, published annually by the World Economic Forum based in Geneva, Switzerland. It offers the views of international business executives on good places to do business around the world. |
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| From the same source is a ranking of economies according to whether private
sector financing arrangements for infrastructure are common. Examples are
"BOT" or Build-Own-Transfer arrangements, "BOM" or Build-Own-Manage, or
"BOO" or Build-Own-Operate. Please click
here for a table highlighting selected economies. If you require further details or wish to order the latest report please visit : http://www.weforum.org |
| From a similar annual review published by IMD, also based in Switzerland, is The World Competitiveness Yearbook. It contains somewhat different rankings which are also interesting to permit individual economies and cities within them to gauge where they stand in the eyes of potential investors. Please click here to view rankings for selected economies. For additional information, please visit www.imd.ch . |
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