Africa Foreign Investor Survey 2005 - unido
Africa Foreign Investor Survey 2005 - unido
Africa Foreign Investor Survey 2005 - unido
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Annex: Chapter 8<br />
Annex table 8.1<br />
Location factors ranked by their importance for each host country<br />
TOTAL score TOTAL Ranking Burkina Faso Cameroon Côte d’Ivoire Ethiopia Ghana<br />
Economic stability 4.11 1 2 2 3 2 1<br />
Political stability 4.08 2 1 1 1 1 2<br />
Physical security 3.96 3 3 3 2 4 4<br />
Local market 3.93 4 4 5 5 5 8<br />
Skilled labour 3.83 5 8 4 6 9 3<br />
Quality of infrastucture 3.79 6 11 7 8 7 7<br />
Legal framework 3.68 7 6 6 4 6 12<br />
Presence of key clients 3.65 8 5 8 7 14 6<br />
Labour costs 3.65 9 9 10 10 11 5<br />
Transparency of investment climate 3.61 10 7 9 9 8 9<br />
Quality of life 3.49 11 10 17 13 13 13<br />
Raw materials 3.41 12 17 12 17 3 15<br />
Incentive package 3.30 13 13 11 11 12 14<br />
Local supplier 3.23 14 16 15 15 15 19<br />
Existence of foreign investor 3.13 15 14 18 14 18 18<br />
Government agency support services 3.12 16 19 16 19 10 10<br />
Regional market 3.08 17 12 13 16 23 11<br />
Double taxation treaties 2.99 18 15 14 12 16 22<br />
Bilateral trade agreements 2.74 19 22 23 18 20 21<br />
IPA assistance 2.72 20 18 21 21 17 20<br />
Acquisition of existing assets 2.63 21 21 24 20 19 17<br />
Availibility of export processing zones 2.55 22 23 22 22 22 16<br />
Specific investment project proposal 2.47 23 20 19 23 21 24<br />
Presence of JV partner 2.23 24 25 20 26 24 23<br />
Taking advantage of AGOA 2.03 25 24 25 24 26 26<br />
Taking advantage of EBA 1.94 26 26 26 25 25 25<br />
Note: The rankings in bold indicate that the given factor yields the highest ranking compared to other survey countries (see also the following<br />
Annex table 8.2<br />
Location factors and their relative importance<br />
Countries in which location factor is relatively more important<br />
Highest rank<br />
Economic stability Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda 1<br />
Political stability Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal 1<br />
Physical security Kenya 1<br />
Local market Nigeria, Tanzania, UR 1<br />
Skilled labour Tanzania, UR 2<br />
Quality of infrastucture Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal 3<br />
Legal framework Senegal 2<br />
Presence of key clients Tanzania, UR 3<br />
Labour costs Ghana 5<br />
Transparency of investment climate Burkina Faso 7<br />
Quality of life Guinea 7<br />
Raw materials Ethiopia 3<br />
Incentive package Madagascar 6<br />
Local supplier Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda 12<br />
Existence of foreign investor Malawi 11<br />
Government agency support services Ethiopia, Ghana 10<br />
Regional market Ghana, Senegal 11<br />
Double taxation treaties Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar, Mali 12<br />
Bilateral trade agreements Mali 16<br />
IPA assistance Tanzania, UR 15<br />
Acquisition of existing assets Ghana 17<br />
Availibility of export processing zones Guinea 15<br />
Specific investment project proposal Cameroon 19<br />
Presence of JV partner Cameroon 20<br />
Taking advantage of AGOA Madagascar 19<br />
Taking advantage of EBA Guinea, Uganda 24<br />
202 <strong>Africa</strong> <strong>Foreign</strong> <strong>Investor</strong> <strong>Survey</strong> <strong>2005</strong>