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At the Economist Conference’s First Round table with the Government of Serbia in Belgrade, in September 2001, Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic outlined Serbia’s advantages as an investment destination:

> A transparent and fair tax regime, including corporate tax rate of 20%.
> A genuinely reformist government committed to creating a legal framework to encourage foreign investment.
> A privatization law that has won praise from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
> A promising private sector, with solid companies and quality products.
> Market access: the possibility of access to a free-trade area in the Balkans that, when completed, will cover 60 million people.
> Outstanding human resources allied to low labor costs.
> A stable exchange rate and growing foreign reserves.