... significantly behind Brazil. The specifics of the Russian legislation, domestic consumers’ low incomes, state-owned companies, and government agencies with their sometimes unorthodox approaches to choosing IT suppliers, difficulties in attracting investments and limited export opportunities for Russian IT firms due to Russia’s international isolation all combine to reduce domestic business opportunities dramatically. As a result, the IDC suggests the Russian IT industry will only grow 3.7% in 2019 against a world average of 4.9%. While, in the previous years, domestic growth opportunities were already very scant, the current circumstances ...
... industry will also be vital during the reconstruction of Syria where he will be able to provide materials and products needed for reviving the agricultural sector, one of the greatest contributors to Syria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Trends in investments of Syria’s Businessmen
Rebuilding Syria will be largely controlled by Al-Assad’s inner circle of businessmen who have preferential access to investments and are best positioned to receive projects and tenders in the upcoming period.
In general, businessmen involved ...
... of economic crisis, it becomes increasingly difficult to build new businesses and develop existing ones. In an interview with RIAC,
Alexander Rappoport
, a lawyer, an expert on investment, and a restaurateur, shares his insights on how to set up in business, work with investments and look for a niche in the restaurant business.
You have worked for many years in US investment banks. Could you give some advice to an investor who is starting his career in a declining market?
Any advice to an investor should be given on ...
... Mauritius, Ghana, Nepal, Zambia, and Tunisia improved their investment attractiveness, rising in the ranking of the ease of doing business by 21 points on average [
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Soviet heritage
Africa for decades has remained a priority of both Soviet and Russian foreign policy. The USSR made substantial investments in developing the primary sector of the economy of African countries. Thus, in the period of 1954 to 1987, the amount ...
