Polish Investment and Trade Agency

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Headquarters of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency at 50 Krucza Street in Warsaw.

The Polish Investment and Trade Agency (Polish : Polska Agencja Inwestycji i Handlu, abbreviated to PAIH) is a Polish government agency which promotes Poland as an attractive destination for foreign investment.

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History

In 1992, the Polish Agency for Foreign Investment (PAIZ) was created, which in 2003 was merged with the Polish Information Agency (PAI) to form the currently named Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ) to co-ordinate the promotion of Poland as an attractive destination for foreign investment.[ citation needed ] In 2017 the Agency change the name to Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) [1]

Role

Aside from the promotion of Poland for economic investment, PAIH also assists investors to overcome the administrative and legal hurdles that one must jump over when investing in Poland. [2] The agency conducts investor surveys to determine the outlook of the investment climate in Poland. Its reports occasionally inform initiatives pursued by the Ministry of Economy. [3]

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References

  1. "PAIiIZ transforms into the Polish Investment and Trade Agency". paiz.gov.pl. Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. Bandelj, Nina (2011). From Communists to Foreign Capitalists: The Social Foundations of Foreign Direct Investment in Postsocialist Europe. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-1400841257.
  3. Grzegorczyk, Małgorzata (18 December 2012). "Hungary beats Poland in terms of foreign investments". Obserwator finansowy. Retrieved 24 June 2014.

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