AICEP
Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has achieved remarkable results in recent years, but the resurgence of growth remains dependent on donor assistance.

Before the euro area economy could recover firmly from the global crisis, it was hit by market concerns related to the sovereign debt of some of its members.

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Monday, 19 July 2010 in Tunis, a USD 25-million equity investment in the second New Africa Mining Fund.

Краткие сведения о Португалии, обзор экономической ситуации  с акцентом на современные перемены в международной торговле и инвестициях.

葡萄牙经济概况，聚焦于近期对外贸易和外国直接投资方面出现的变化

Novo PEC traz cortes adicionais de 43% entre 2011 e 2013 face ao previsto em Março. Défice público cai para 3% um ano antes.

O estudo "African Development Indicators' 2010" do Banco Mundial vem chamar a atenção para a importância da chamada  “corrupção silenciosa” (“quiet corruption”).

The EBRD is boosting its support for the development of the Turkish real economy with a newly launched financing facility of up to $185 million for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

O BERD divulga um concurso na Rússia, para a Reconstrução de Estações de Bombagem, que inclui projecto, fornecimento e instalação de equipamentos e ainda trabalhos de reabilitação e construção.

Italy has made significant progress in cutting regulatory costs, liberalising product markets and modernising its public administrations in recent years.

Consumer prices in the OECD area rose by 2.1% in the year to March 2010, up from 1.9% in February.

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Bigger budgetary adjustments are not always better.

IN THE depths of the financial crisis a year ago, it was easy to see how the woes of the ex-communist economies could cause huge problems for the rest of Europe.

BELIEVE the headlines and Europe’s worst economic headache by far is Greece, financially feckless and socially volatile. Uncontained, its problems could infect other Mediterranean countries like Spain, Portugal and even Italy. The euro’s future and the European Union’s credibility are at risk. And so on.

The European Union on Wednesday approved Greek efforts to tame its debt crisis but placed Athens under unprecedented economic scrutiny as its prime minister unveiled a series of austerity measures.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development envisions Turkey to become the second-largest country for its operations. Michael Davey, the bank's director in Turkey, said the EBRD is looking to lend and invest 1.5 billion euros into local companies annually.

The EBRD has announced a sharp increase of nearly 60 percent in 2009 investments as it responded to the impact of the sharpest world economic downturn in generations.

The BDI expects GDP in Germany to grow by 1.5 to 2 percent in 2010.

Italian industrial production is recovering slightly, consistent, benefiting from the recovery of Germany and France and continued strong growth in China.

The Expected Defaults Frequency Indicator in Norway has fallen consistently since March 2009. However, current levels suggest the maintaining of a high risk of default.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group; the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; and CRG Capital, a leading restructuring fund manager have launched the first fund dedicated to investing in distressed assets in Central and Eastern Europe.

BRAZIL has long been known as a place of vast potential. It has the orld’s largest freshwater supplies, the largest tropical forests, land so fertile that in some places farmers manage three harvests a year, and huge mineral and hydrocarbon wealth.

The economic data for the third quarter of 2009, released almost two weeks ago, confirmed an impressive recovery in China’s economy, supported by very large fiscal and monetary stimulus.

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The Bank Group is preparing a new Environment Strategy to ensure that its support to client countries leads to sustainable development outcomes.

The historic capital of East China's Jiangsu province will hold its autumn economic and trade fair alongside a trade fair for Taiwan goods from September 17-19.

 The OECD welcomes the announcement today of a package of measures between Liechtenstein and the United Kingdom intended to ensure effective exchange of information for tax purposes between the two countries and to address the important issue of undeclared funds in a cooperative way.

Despite improved fundamentals, Mexico has not escaped the world economic recession.

Greece has initially held up better during the global economic crisis than many other OECD countries. It is unlikely, however, to avoid a recession as confidence, tourism and shipping receipts have all fallen substantially.

The current crisis is an opportunity to launch a new economic model, in which the environment, as a pillar of human welfare, must be central.

The global crisis has put a sudden end to the strong recovery of the Russian economy since the financial crisis of 1998.

Brazil is resisting  the global downturn better than many other countries thanks to sound policies developed over recent years and an improved balance of payments, said Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD.

The World Economic Forum today released ICT for Economic Growth: A Dynamic Ecosystem Driving the Global Recovery, an analysis of how information and communication technologies (ICT) can serve as fundamental enablers for the global economic recovery. Demonstrating the importance of ICT as a catalyst for growth, the report highlights the industry’s complex and interdependent relationships, new collaborative business opportunities and the need for stable policy frameworks to ensure sustained investment, innovation and fair competition.

In the first of an occasional series on the reform of finance, we look at the European Union’s proposals.

The Lithuanian Development Agency is among Top 3 government investment promotion intermediaries worldwide showing the greatest progress in attracting mobile investment and also No. 12 among 181 agencies, the Global Investment Promotion Benchmarking 2009 report shows.

WHEN demand collapses in an economy, the governments of rich countries can try to compensate by spending more of their own money. But poor countries have rarely risked such counter-cyclical fiscal expansion. Limited cash, and worries about debt, usually mean they must cut spending rather than increase it when times are tough and revenues dip.

The recession makes globalisation more necessary, but more precarious.

Chinese firms are finding new ways to buy access to foreign resources.

The World Economic Forum has launched the Davos Debates in Africa to coincide with its annual World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town on 10-12 June 2009. The Davos Debates (http://youtube.com/davos) is a video channel on YouTube dedicated to public debate and discussion with global leaders about the key issues affecting our world.

Jacob Zuma, the new President of South Africa, will host the 19th World Economic Forum on Africa, which will be held in Cape Town from 10 to 12 June 2009. Over 700 of the most prominent leaders from Africa and other parts of the world will gather to deliberate under the theme Implications of the Global Economic Crisis for Africa.

Two new social entrepreneurs with significant impact in the region have been recognized by the Schwab Foundation as winners of the Middle East Regional Social Entrepreneurs 2009. Naif Al Mutawa, Founder and Chairman of Teshkeel Media Group, Kuwait, and Ziad Al Refai, Chief Executive Officer, Tamweelcom, Jordan, will join other leading social entrepreneurs at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, 15-17 May 2009.

The Bank’s Vice President for the Africa Region Obiageli Ezekwesili says the next G-20 summit should focus on financing development if the negative impact of the global economic crisis on Africa is to be minimized.

The Bank and the United Nations Office against Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a new guide to help countries recover looted funds even when there has not been a conviction for the crime.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has taken a historic step to maximize its ability to mobilize capital to address the effects of the global financial crisis and serve longer-term development needs, setting up a subsidiary that for the first time will serve as a fund manager of third-party capital.

A global push to enroll children in school faces an immediate financing gap of some $1.2 billion—a situation that threatens the goal of universal education by 2015, say backers of the Education for All-Fast Track Initiative (EFA-FTI).

A AICEP edita, com periodicidade mensal, a revista digital Portugalglobal.

A AICEP edita, com periodicidade mensal, a revista digital Portugalglobal.

A AICEP edita, com periodicidade mensal, a revista digital Portugalglobal.

A AICEP edita, com periodicidade mensal, a revista digital Portugalglobal.

A AICEP edita, com periodicidade mensal, a revista digital Portugalglobal.

A AICEP edita, com periodicidade mensal, a revista digital Portugalglobal.

A AICEP edita, com periodicidade mensal, a revista digital Portugalglobal.

A AICEP edita, com periodicidade mensal, a revista digital Portugalglobal.

A AICEP edita, com periodicidade mensal, a revista digital Portugalglobal.

A AICEP edita, com periodicidade mensal, a revista digital Portugalglobal.

A AICEP edita, com periodicidade mensal, a revista digital Portugalglobal.

A AICEP edita, com periodicidade mensal, a revista digital Portugalglobal.