Nicaragua seeks to position itself as an attractive and reliable place for foreign investment and to attract innovative projects, states the investment promotion agency ProNicaragua, which is preparing three business forums this year.
The forums will highlight the opportunities the country has to offer in the automotive and footwear industries, and, in addition, the second annual European Meeting will be held in Nicaragua, whose first event was successfully held last year, reported ElFinancierocr.com. In 2011, Nicaragua attracted about $900 million in foreign direct investment, less than projected (approximately $1 billion), however, that has not dampened the optimism of the authorities.
The presidential delegate for the promotion of investments, Alvaro Baltodano was quoted as saying on the official site El19, that talking about FDI of $900 million, which represents a 97% growth compared to 2010 - is a “success” and it "creates a platform to make Nicaragua an attractive country for investment", reported Gustavo Alvarez correspondent in Nicaragua for ElFinanciero.com.
Baltodano attributes the momentum of investment attraction to the partnership between business, government and workers, which defines rules of the game for those who wish to invest. For example, as mentioned, the issue of minimum wage increases which have been defined for three years in an agreement between the three parties in the export processing zones (zonas francas), which also includes the improvement of working conditions and medical care for employees.
Source: elfinancierocr.com
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