Investment: Taiwan's Negative Assessment of Honduras

High costs, legal uncertainty and insecurity are the reasons why Taiwanese investment is shying away from Honduras and also Guatemala.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

So explained Elisa Chu Li-Hua , second secretary of the office of economic advice at the Taiwan embassy in Tegucigalpa. According to the diplomat, recently the global business advisory firm FTI Consulting evaluated 19 countries for investment risks, where Haiti, Venezuela, Honduras and Guatemala, are located in the top four, ie countries that are not suitable for investment.

"At the moment there are security problems ... and this influences ... business investors in Taiwan. We appreciate the support of the government and the Honduran people are looking for solutions to this, we hope that Taiwanese investors continue to come here and make investments," she added.

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