The report is an annual publication on the investment potential of the regions, which is used to attract foreign companies to Poland. This is one of the few studies that includes the attractiveness not only of the provinces but also of smaller regions: municipalities (gminy) and counties (powiaty).
According to the latest edition of the report, the most attractive of the Polish provinces is mazowieckie, both in comparison with other Polish as with UE regions. Over the past four years, this province consistently maintains the highest class of attractiveness for all types of industry and service investments.
In comparison to the data from 4 years ago, following provinces has improved its assessment by one class of attractiveness: lubelskie (for the whole regional economy and industry, for trade and repair) łódzkie and małopolskie (for capital intensive industry and for business services), podkarpackie (for capital and labour-intensive industry), podlaskie (labour-intensive industry and for accommodation and catering) and pomorskie (for labour-intensive industry, business services, and for accommodation and catering). The biggest positive change was recorded at that time in the opolskie province, which improved by two classes of attractiveness for investment in labor-intensive industry.
The report indicates the important role of the special economic subzones in creating investment attractiveness in the local scale, especially if accompanied by other forms of supporting entrepreneurship, such as science and technology parks and business incubators. The effects of Special economic zones are particularly evident in the dolnośląskie province, which has the best developed network of locations for industry and business services.
For the purposes of the report in 2015, the study included about 160 business institutions operating in all provinces. “Attractiveness of Polish provinces 2015” was prepared at the request of Polish Infomation and Foreign Investment Agency by a team from the Warsaw School of Economics in Warsaw led by professor Hanna Godlewska-Majkowska.
Source: Polish Infomation and Foreign Investment Agency
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