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Opportunities to Foreign Investment in Kosovo 2.2 Foreign investments in the Balkans region Improving the climate for investment is a strategic economic priority for South East Europe. The global economic crisis has highlighted the importance to the region's long- term prosperity of generating higher levels of direct investment. Many of the policy reforms needed to strengthen the investment climate are also necessary for membership of the European Union, to which countries in the region generally aspire. Table 2.1: Foreign investments in the Balkans region (2005-2010) ($ Millions) Countries Albania 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 264 325 656 988 979 1 097 Bosnia and Herzegovina 613 766 2 080 932 246 63 Croatia 1 825 3 473 5 035 6 179 2 911 583 Macedonia 96 433 693 586 201 293 501 622 934 960 1527 760 Montenegro Serbia 1 577 4 256 3 439 2 955 1959 1 329 Source: World Investment Report 2011 - UNCTAD FDI flows to Croatia and Serbia declined sharply in 2010, while Albania saw its FDI rise to more than $1 Billion for the first time ever, making it the second largest FDI recipient country in the sub region after Serbia. 16

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