Serbia tops fDi Intelligence greenfield FDI index 2016

Serbia tops fDi Intelligence greenfield FDI index 2016: Serbia topped the fDi Intelligence (a Financial Times data division) global performance index for greenfield foreign direct investment for 2016. The index measures the appeal of countries as destinations for greenfield FDI relative to the size of their GDP. Serbia took the top spot on the back of its drive for regulatory reform, its low labour costs and access to the EU single market, scoring 12.02 in the index, closely followed by Cambodia (11.24) and Macedonia (9.18), according to the FT.

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