International Sector

FDI

Attracting Foreign Direct Investments

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On 22 May, the Ministry of Tourism announced a 30 percent reduction in acquisition costs for 16 islands tendered on 9 April, citing the ‘current investment climate’ posing challenges to...

SAARC remains largely in the doldrums

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The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) came into existence 36 years ago in 1985. The South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement (SAPTA) had come into existence in 1993 and...

Capital control not the answer

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The Maldives had a free-floating exchange rate between 1987 and 1994, and the exchange rate of US dollars (USD) in terms of Rufiyaa (MVR) ranged between MVR8.50 and 11.50. In...