A recent report of IBM shows that the number of foreign investments made in Belgium fell down from 240 projects to 192 projects in 2008 and an even bigger decrease is seen in employment statistics: in 2007 there were 10,000 jobs created by foreign investments whereas only 6,700 in 2008. In comparison to the rest of the world Belgium is doing worse concerning job creation and therefore dropped from place 27 to 33 on the Global Location Trends index. Striking news is that the companies, mainly from the US, Germany and the Netherlands, invested more in the metal and chemistry industry than in informatics, biotechnology, services and the pharmaceutical sector. There are also a few geographical differences, two-thirds of the investments went to the Flemish part of Belgium, where Antwerp and not Brussels is the most popular.
DeMorgen
Nathan Goddefroy
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Belgium loses popularity in the global economy
A recent report of IBM shows that the number of foreign investments made in Belgium fell down from 240 projects to 192 projects in 2008 and an even bigger decrease is seen in employment statistics: in 2007 10,000 jobs were created by foreign investments whereas only 6,700 in 2008. In comparison to the rest of the world Belgium is doing worse concerning job creation and therefore dropped from place 27 to 33 on the Global Location Trends index. Striking news is that the companies, mainly from the US, Germany and the Netherlands, invested more in the metal and chemistry industries than in informatics, biotechnology, services and the pharmaceutical sector. There are also a few geographical differences. Two-thirds of the investments went to the Flemish part of Belgium, where Antwerp and not Brussels is the most popular.
DeMorgen
Nathan Goddefroy
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