Given the decline in disposable income due to the recession and the increased tax burden due to fiscal consolidation, domestic savings are insufficient to meet investment needs which, after a long period of very low investment rates, are significant even though capacity utilization remains low in some sectors. Thus, conditions should be established to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
One way to do that is by completing quickly privatization projects which are at a mature stage, as well as stepping up the pace of the overall privatization and real estate development programme. FDI, besides closing the investment gap, promotes greater trade ties with countries and companies with cutting edgetechnologies.