Doing Business with Estonia FROM THE PUBLISHER
This first edition of Doing Business with Estonia provides an authoritative appraisal of the current economic system and investment climate, an update on legal structure and business regulation, information on the financial sector and unique best practice on all aspects of trading with and investing in Estonia. During the last decade, the republics of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have been consolidating their newly re-established sovereignty and are now seeking to assert themselves in their own right as fully fledged emerging markets in the north-eastern corner of Europe. Estonia, the smallest of the three countries with a population of less than 1.4 million and an area of just over 45,000 square kilometres, is regarded by many commentators as one of Central and Eastern Europe's most successful transitional economies and emerging markets.
In fact, the Estonian Government was among the most progressive of the reforming, newly independent ex-Soviet republics in the early to mid-1990s, when it embarked upon an aggressive programme of privatization of state property, as public enterprises constituted the bulk of the Estonian economy during the Soviet years. Furthermore, Estonia is likely to join the European Union in the next round of enlargement in May 2004, which will give investors in the country access to the EU's vast network of trade agreements with over 100 countries worldwide. It seems there has never been a better time to think about doing business with Estonia. Information for this book and the website has been supplied by a unique network of contacts in Estonia, including Hedman Osborne Clarke and the Estonian Investment Agency. Other valuable sources include local offices of Deloitte & Touche, Enterprise Estonia and the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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