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Abstract
Serbia is in the central phase of transition, which should represent a radical turnover
as well as real turning point in future development of domestic economy as
well as economic actors. In the process of EU accession, it is expected putting into
force numerous reform legislation, and for investors the most important are laws
concerning land and construction, regulations in the area of industrial and technological
parks, as well as agricultural and rural development.
Size of market, macroeconomic stability, operating costs, human resources, geographic
position and investment infrastructure represent the most important factors
among which makes municipality of Pančevo as a very attractive location for business
in this part of Southeast Europe. Besides, municipality of Pančevo offers to all
investors relatively good selling potential for great number of industrial and agricultural
products, both at the world and domestic market, which comes from dutyfree
approach toward the markets of EU, USA, Russia and Southeast Europe, of
almost one billion people.
In the first part of the paper it is given an analysis of the recent investments both on
regional and national level. In accordance with that, the research included longterm
investment trend in economy of Pančevo municipality as well as characteristics
of investment processes in economy of South-Banat Region, AP Vojvodina as
well as Republic of Serbia.
In the second part of the paper, it is given a wider review of investments as a factor
of agricultural development in municipality of Pančevo, South-Banat Region, AP
Vojvodina as well as entire Republic of Serbia.