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00:10a jak muszą ilimę
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00:23O to, w ULW
00:26World Investment Forum w Doha.
00:28We're speaking to investors and business leaders
00:30about where they see opportunities,
00:33what holds them back,
00:34what it takes to get projects off the ground.
00:39UN Trade and Development says more than 80%
00:42of foreign direct investment last year
00:45went to just 20 economies.
00:47Why does the investment go there?
00:49Because these countries have to offer
00:51a strong infrastructure, strong skills
00:54and institutions, which are the framework
00:56for any return of investment really to last.
00:59Investments are not a short-term endeavor.
01:02So you need to know which rules are there,
01:04who's your partner.
01:05It even goes beyond liking or not liking
01:08the rules of the game.
01:09As long as you know that there are rules
01:10and what rules there are,
01:11you can build around them or on top of them,
01:13but you'd need definitely that stability.
01:15That's the key to investment.
01:18Infrastructure and access to waste oils
01:21led EcoCyrus to invest in Malaysia.
01:24The Hong Kong-based company
01:26turns those oils into aviation fuel.
01:30Malaysia do provide very good basic infrastructures,
01:34so seafood infrastructures with a port.
01:36We need a refinery base of infrastructures.
01:39They are very comprehensive,
01:42so they provide infrastructures there.
01:45Second, they provide availability for the fish stocks,
01:48so we use waste.
01:51For instance, UCO use the kitchen oil
01:53and pumpy, like pump-related waste oil,
01:56so they provide there's an abundance of fish stocks.
02:00So both of them provide a very good fish stocks
02:02and infrastructures there.
02:04In Qatar, Al-Mahar Holding is investing
02:07in local production through its subsidiary Petrotech,
02:10which makes electrical equipment.
02:12It's been significant because this has been a collaboration
02:15with also local agencies.
02:17We are building local in-country value.
02:20We're building capability here in Qatar,
02:23and this is in line with the Qatar national vision.
02:26This has given us the exposure not only to produce in Qatar,
02:29but also to expand our regional capabilities here in the region.
02:33But companies also face risks that extend beyond Qatar.
02:37Today, we are facing unprecedented geopolitical problems,
02:41and all of the countries, particularly GCC, have been impacted.
02:44We are facing enormous inflationary pressure,
02:48exchange rate pressure, and pressure of the Brent crude oil pricing,
02:52as well as a huge impact on our logistics and supply chains.
02:57Building supply chains locally, I believe,
02:59will have a significant positive impact on the local economy.
03:05Governments also have a role in making it easier for businesses to invest.
03:10I know that governments in particular are expecting a lot from the rest of the world,
03:14but a great deal of work at home is required.
03:18Barriers to entry, barriers to exit, issues related to predictability of their policy frameworks
03:23and their regulatory frameworks, matters related to rule of law and governance,
03:28preparation of pipeline of bankable and investable projects,
03:32especially in the infrastructure that requires a great deal of attention when it comes to project preparation.
03:37Smaller countries, he says, can offer investors a bigger market by working together.
03:41And the other thing, scale does matter. So if the country in question is a small one,
03:47it needs to go for a regional kind of scope. And we have been seeing a lot of discussion today,
03:54from the Pacific to the Caribbean, to the African countries, to the ASEAN, about the role of the regionalization.
04:01The Qatar Fund for Development uses guarantees to help make projects less risky for private investors.
04:08We actually deploy guarantees depending on the context, but we deploy them with a certain cap.
04:16So it has to be capped because of our strategy towards captive preservation. We don't go alone.
04:24It has to be co-financed as well with other entities. So any type of investment that we deploy,
04:29we always make sure that there is a job creation element to also empower and enable,
04:36because the idea of investment for the fund itself, it's development finance.
04:42For investors, the aim is to make a return on their money. For the countries seeking investment here,
04:48to ensure the potential benefits are jobs, stronger local businesses, and better services.
04:54For the countries.
04:56For the countries.
04:59KONIEC
