Topic-8: “The value of investment climate in the development of investment activity”
Task# 8.1
Read the sentences and complete the words.
investment climate is complex of factors characterizing of concrete region or country and defining opportunities and incentives of legal entities which want to activate and expand of their activity in this region or country to get maximum profit.
Investment potential is a combination of factors that have historically evolved in the country for centuries and are difficult to change or improve the so-called "objective" factors.
Investment conditions are factors that created by the government, public policy, and in a relatively short period can be changed or improved.
Investment risks the probability event, resulting in which participants of investment activity will not get their planned profit completely or lose both the profit and the initial investment.
Some Economic factors that influence to the investment climate are: GDP growth, the level of inflation, employment, the rate of exchange and etc.
Some Political factors that influence to the investment climate are: political stability, wars, revolutions and others.
Some Socia factors that influence to the investment climate are: qualified and skilled personal, customs and traditions of local people.
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ICOR
BERI
orlds the largest popular rating agents assessing country’s investment climate are: , and Fetch Ratings.
Task# 8.2
Choose the correct answers to the questions.
Answers:
1 Investment potential; Investment conditions; Investment risks.
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5 It is characterized by the achievements of basic and applied sciences, expenditure on research and development (R & D) in the country, the degree of updating of equipment and technology, the availability of innovations, inventions and others.
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8 GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, the volume and structure of production, the level of monopoly, balance of payments, currency convertibility, foreign debt, investment and funding, the budget deficit, and others.
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6 It characterizes the ratio of consumption and savings, deposit and monetary policies in the banking sector, foreign borrowings, internal reserves, etc.
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3 Mineral resources, climatic and agro-climatic conditions, geo-political situation of the country, land, water and air space, plants and animals.
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2 Natural resources potential; Workforce potential; Production potential; Innovation potential; Financial potential; Consumer potential.
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Overall economic conditions;
Political conditions;
Market mechanism conditions;
Terms of informational support and terms of motivation;
Environmental conditions;
Socio-cultural and ethnographic conditions.
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7 It is characterized by established manufacturing facilities, means of production, the structure of the economy, the ratio of industrial, mining and processing industries, the number of successfully implemented investment projects, including joint ventures, small business development, etc.
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Questions:
The economic content of the investment climate determined by the factors which may be divided into 3 groups:
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Country’s investment potential includes…
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What are the natural resources potential?
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Investment conditions include…
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What is innovation potential of the country?
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What does characterize financial capacity of the country?
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What is the production potential of the country?
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What are the general economic conditions of the country?
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Task# 8.3
Match the questions to the answers.
 What does the term “investment climate of the country” mean?
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 The relationship between development of the investment climate in the country and investment conditions is...
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Political stability; macroeconomic stability and dynamic growth of the economy of Uzbekistan;
The favorable geographical position, agro-climatic conditions and the availability of optimal transport corridors;
The rich natural resource potential and the ability of exploration, mining, processing and export of resources;
Availability of skilled labor and relatively low levels of pay for work and others.
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 What kind of methods of assessment of the investment climate is developed?
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It is formed by the action, as the objective conditions and balanced investment policy; its economic content is determined by economic, political and social factors.
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 From how many indicators is calculated the index “BERI”?
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 Show the formula, which calculate the index “ICOR”?
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Directly proportional
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Uzbekistan has a number of advantages among the factors that make the investment climate, they are:
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From 0 to 4.
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Show the formula, which calculate the index “BERI”?
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I / ∆GDP
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How many points have each factors of the index of “BERI”?
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Methods of the quantitative evaluation of the quality of the investment climate.
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Task# 8.4
Solve the following task.
Calculate the index of ICOR of Uzbekistan using the following data:
Years
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Share of gross investments in GDP (in percent)
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Rate of additional growth of GDP (in percent)
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Index of
ICOR
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2003
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19,3
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4,4
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-
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2004
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20,3
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7,7
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2,64
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2005
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19,8
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7,0
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2,83
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2006
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22,8
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7,3
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3,12
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2007
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23,0
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9,5
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2,42
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2008
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25,0
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9,0
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2,78
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2009
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23
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8,1
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2,84
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2010
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25
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8,5
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2,94
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2011
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23,9
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8,3
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2,88
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2012
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22,9
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8,2
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2,79
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2013
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23
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8
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2,88
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2014
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23,1
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8,1
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2,85
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2015
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23,2
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8,0
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2,90
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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