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PAIZ logo Poniższy dział "Dlaczego Polska" ("Why Poland") jest kopią informacji zawartych na stronach Polskiej Agencji Informacji i Inwestycji Zagranicznych (PAIiIZ). Całość jest opublikowana w języku angielkim. Text source: Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ)

• Education system in Poland (6393)  • Human Capital (4083) Poland has the largest working population in the region of the Central Europe. It is also one of the youngest countries on the continent - 35% of the Polish society is under the age of 25 years.  • Investment Friendly Environment (3561) Poland is a politically stable country. Since the return to democracy in 1989, there have been no serious domestic conflicts, either ethnic or religious. Legal wise, Poland is now a country friendly to foreign companies. The income tax for legal entities amounts to 27%, and it will be lowered to the level of 19% as of January 1, 2004. The government's incentive policy is another investment-favoring factor.  • Investment Incentives (4404)  • Location (3648) British historian Norman Davis entitled his history book about Poland "The Heart of Europe". Nothing can explain shorter the complexity of our history which has for centuries been determined by its geographic location. While in the past Poland's location between Germany and Russia used to cause disasters, nowadays it has turned out to be an advantage.  • Market potential (3666) Market size is one of the most important reasons for foreign investors when making a decision to locate the capital in Poland. Even companies, which focus on export, value a firm base on the domestic market. Figures speak for themselves. Poland is the largest economy in the region of Central Europe. With almost 40 million consumers it is a market larger than those of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary combined. For the last decade the Polish economy has been growing rapidly - the average GDP growth amounted to 4.4% over the last ten years.  • No. 1 Investment location in CCE (3840) The high inflow of foreign capital is a direct evidence of country's attractiveness for foreign investors. Thirteen years after the introduction of successful economic reforms, Poland is the Central European leader in terms of attracted foreign direct investment.  • Special Economic Zones (SEZ) (11460) A Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is an administratively separate part of Polish territory, in which a more favourable business climate is created. However, the zones are neither exterritorial, nor fenced, nor isolated in any physical way. A SEZ offers preferential tax conditions, as well as special premises on which entrepreneurs may conduct business activities without being subject to the payment of income taxes.