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The index considers 100 indicators based on five categories: business perception, economic fundamentals, financial services, institutional framework, and international standards and policies.
According to the report, Denmark ranked third on economic fundamentals, which measure macroeconomic performance, workforce talent and “commitment to creating resilient and sustainable economies and societies.”
According to the latest GOI report, the top five countries considered attractive by investors are:
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Finland
- America
- England
The United States moved up one place this year to fourth place, ranking highest in the Institutional Framework category, which tracks the protections a country’s institutions provide to investors’ rights and assets.
The country was ranked fifth in the financial services category, which evaluates a country’s overall financial system and ease of access to finance.
In third place overall, Finland ranks highest in the International Standards and Policy category, which assesses economic openness and how well a country’s policies align with global regulatory and intellectual property protection standards. Ranked.
According to the report, emerging and developing countries in Asia fared well compared to other E&D regions, attracting more than half (53.2%) of the funds flowing into E&D countries from 2018 to 2022.
“Developed countries provide stability, but investors looking for high-growth returns continue to turn to emerging and developing countries,” said Maggie Switek, senior director of research. milken instituteSo said. statement.
Among Asian E&D economies, Malaysia has emerged as an investor favorite, ranking 27th globally.
The country has the “best investment conditions” of all E&D countries and ranks among the top institutional frameworks, partly due to the fact that it “has very strong investor rights.” Switek said.
Malaysia is also currently the world’s sixth-largest chip exporter, packaging 23% of all chips in the United States. new york times.
Overall, the E&D region “offers attractive opportunities for investors interested in emerging markets with high growth potential,” the report said.
However, rising tensions between the US and China have hurt capital inflows to Asian E&D economies, which fell by 75.4% in 2022, the report added.
China, the world’s second largest economy, ranked 39th. “This is actually quite high,” Switek told CNBC’s Squawk Box Asia, adding that Asian economies remain in emerging development according to the IMF.
“China attracted more than half of the total capital inflows to E&D Asia from 2018 to 2022, but its attractiveness to investors appears to have declined recently, perhaps due to rising geopolitical tensions with the US. ” states the report.
The top 10 E&D countries in Asia according to the Global Opportunity Index are:
- Malaysia
- Thailand
- China
- Indonesia
- Vietnam
- India
- mongolia
- Sri Lanka
- Philippines
- Cambodia
Singapore topped Asia as the most preferred region for investors and ranked 14th globally. In Asia, Hong Kong ranked 15th and Japan ranked 16th.
