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Opportunities to Foreign Investment in Kosovo Executive Summary Aware of the importance of foreign investments for the economic development of Kosovo, the project identified the motivations and concerns of foreign investors for investing in Kosovo and for exploring opportunities that Kosovo offers. In addition, this project examined the process of privatization as one of the opportunities to attract foreign investment and the role of Kosovo's Diaspora in attracting foreign investment. Methods of analysis included via e-mail and face to face questionnaire as well as case studies with regard to the privatization of three major Public Owned Enterprises: Post and Telecom of Kosovo (PTK), KEK Electricity Distribution and Supply Network (KEDS) and Prishtina International Airport (PIA). Main reasons for the reluctance to invest in Kosovo 58 17 33 33 50 Source: Data obtained during project survey ■Trade limitations Corruption&nepotism ■Bureaucratic procedures Political environment ■Infrastructure & Physical environment Results of data analyzed shows (see above figure) that according to potential foreign investors the main reasons for the reluctance to invest in Kosovo are weaknesses in: infrastructure & physical environment (58 points from survey respondents), political environment (50 points), corruption & nepotism (33 points), bureaucratic procedures (33 points) and trade limitations (17 points). The project found that Kosovo offers good investment opportunities in many fields such as: agriculture, energy and mining, tourism, construction, ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and shared services, 7

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