Entrepreneurs are of the opinion that the following elements improved most: political stability, tax rates due to the personal income tax, the height of the social security contributions and transport infrastructure. The aim of the report consisted in assessing the investment climate in Poland in 2008 on the basis of research carried out among companies operating in Poland. The analysis included three kinds of elements of the investment climate i.e. macroeconomic conditions, the quality of governmental institutions and transport infrastructure. The participants gave the general investment climate a 3.1 out of 5 mark.

Besides the investment climate assessment in Poland, an analysis of Poland-based BPO centres active in the international market in the form of a case study was also presented. This was a new and unique research project carried out by the DiS Research and Analysis Office at the request of PAIiIZ. The survey provided detail information on over 300 Poland-based centres. The analysis gave a clear picture of the big economic potential of the country in the field of advanced technologies, finance, electronics, telecommunications and consulting.
Over 45 thousand people active in the sector testify to the capacity of the BPO sector. Half of them work in the IT connected sphere, one third renders services within call centres and the rest carries out research and development activities. Moreover, the report shows that employment in the field is expected to rise by almost 50%.to 70 thousand by 2010.

PAIiIZ president Paweł Wojciechowski emphasized that despite the world economic turmoil, Poland remains an attractive investment destination. The positive outlook was confirmed by international reports, among others, by the Ersnt&Young investment attractiveness report where Poland ranked 1st from among European foreign investment destinations and also by the preliminary data on FDI inflow for 2008. PAIiIZ President estimates that the FDI inflow in 2008 may be lower than achieved in 2007 and hover round 10-12 million EUR. Yet the decline should relate mainly to reinvestment projects and capital in transit. Greenfield investment should remain on a similarly high level. (PAIiIZ)