World's first Serbia for foreign investment, Kosovo scomat at all

After Serbia, Montenegro is ranked, while Kosovo is not measured at all in this index. This has, for years, failed to make such investment and that the only big foreign investment is estimated to be the new object of the American Embassy, writes Koha Ditore.

FDI investment data “Grenfield” is provided by FDI markets and that only large investments are accounted for in this index. At least 10 such projects must be realised in the preceding year to enter the middle of 105 countries in 2019.

This year the index has been added: Bolivia, Cyprus, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Kuwait, Laos, northern Macedonia, Montenegro, Paraguay, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Zimbabwe.

Kosovo has not managed since the post-war to secure any major investors. Foreign direct investment consists mainly of remittances coming from the diaspora, which mainly go towards building houses. Because Kosovo is failing to be placed on the strategic investment map, according to economic issues connoisseurs, it is legal security and political stability in the country.

Berat Rukiqi, chairman of the Kosovo Economic Ode, has told the paper that Kosovo has problems with the failure of courts and property issues, which directly affect investors. The problem, according to him, is frequent political vacuumes, as there are often blockades of institutions due to frequent elections being held in Kosovo.