half of year this indicator was 78%. Another 23% of respondents answered that the
investment climate is neutral and remains without changes. Only 2.2% called business
conditions very favorable. Comparing investment climate in the first and the second
half of the year 2016, 46% of top managers of the member companies of Association
noted that it remained invariable— neither improvement, nor considerable
deterioration happened. Most respondents (48%) are convinced that the business
climate in the first six months 2017 will also remain on the same level, but 34.9% of
respondents expect improvement in the subsequent half a year. Nearly 30% of top
managers do not advise colleagues to plan investment projects in January-June, 2017,
and 12% in general categorically do not advise it to do. But 22.5% consider what
nevertheless should be invested, and 4.5% of optimists completely support the idea of
expansion of investment projects during this period [5].
According to the InstitutionalInvestor edition, Ukraine is one of the most
attractive countries for potential investments among managers of the funds investing
in the countries of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In September 2017 all 214
managing directors of funds in 154 companies of the world concerning what country
is registered as the first in their list for visiting in the next 12 months, for the purpose
of studying of potential investments were interviewed. At the same time, 32% of the
interviewed investors regard Ukraine as a priority for a trip for the purpose of studying
of potential transactions. Along with it, according to them, considering experts of
Union Investment, the most attractive investment direction in Ukraine the agrarian
sector.
The investment attractiveness is a basic condition of formation of regional
investment climate. Despite significant experience of research of problems of
formation of investment attractiveness of the region, representatives of domestic
economic science have no uniform position concerning understanding of essence and
interpretation of this difficult economic category [10].
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in scientific works quite often we see attempts of certain authors to give
definitions of investment attractiveness of the region:
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as compliance of the region to main objectives of investors which consist in
profitability, a lack of risk and liquidity of investments [7];
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level of satisfaction of financial, production, organizational and other
requirements or the interests of the investor on the concrete region [8];
— position of the region in this or that times point, trends of its development that,
are reflected in investment activity [1].
The monitoring of scientific views which is carried out by us concerning
interpretation of this economic category via positions of investment climate, level of
development of investment infrastructure, a possibility of attraction of the investment
resources and other factors significantly influencing formation of profitability of
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