{"id":10625,"date":"2014-07-01T10:10:09","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T15:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=10625"},"modified":"2014-07-01T10:10:09","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T15:10:09","slug":"booming-panama-%e2%80%93-no-longer-just-a-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/booming-panama-%e2%80%93-no-longer-just-a-canal\/","title":{"rendered":"Booming Panama \u2013 No Longer &#8216;Just a Canal&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PANAMA75.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10626\" title=\"PANAMA75\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PANAMA75.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"725\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PANAMA75.jpg 960w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PANAMA75-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is an article that appeared in the\u00a0 UK&#8217;s IPIN Global written by Roxanne James with links to previous articles on Panama.<\/p>\n<p>Panama has long been blighted by misconceptions. When most people think of Panama,\u00a0 they think of the canal, hats, cigars and &#8216;Prison Break&#8217;. For that  reason, Panama has largely remained beneath the investor radar, during  which time it has actually achieved China-like growth consistently  year-on-year over the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph today highlighted Panama as being one of the world&#8217;s 20  best places to invest in property and so it would appear that the tiny  Central American country&#8217;s secret is out although to seasoned investors,  this will not come as a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Panama sticks out like a sore thumb from its Central American neighbors, drawing comparisons with China due to its annual 8.5% GDP  growth over the last decade. Inflation is steady at a moderate rate of  4%, largely because Panama uses the US dollar as its currency, meaning  the government can&#8217;t print money.<\/p>\n<h3>Canal Leveraged to Transform Panama into Financial Hub<\/h3>\n<p>Panama is clearly most well-known for its canal which provides easy  passage for container ships between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and  contributes significantly to the country&#8217;s GDP. The importance of the  canal will be greater when a $5.2bn expansion project is completed and  the waterway&#8217;s capacity is vastly increased.<\/p>\n<p>The Panama Canal has been very successfully leveraged to transform  the country into a regional financial and corporate hub and a magnet for  foreign investment. Panama has 92 local and international banks with a  combined $78.3bn of assets as of July 2013.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipinglobal.com\/ipin-live\/407241\/why-global-real-estate-investors-are-flocking-to-panama-in-2014\" target=\"_blank\">More than 100 multinationals use the capital, Panama City<\/a> as their regional headquarters for Latin America including blue-chips  such as Japan&#8217;s Isuzu Motors, Dutch electronics giant Koninklijke  Philips, Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson and US  insurer Ace Group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/beach-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10627\" title=\"beach 1\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/beach-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/beach-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/beach-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Tourists Flock to Panama&#8217;s Idyllic Beaches<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Panama has diversified well beyond trade and finance and into  tourism, with 1.68m foreign holidaymakers in the first nine months of  2013, fast closing in on Costa Rica, the long-time ecotourism superstar  which had 1.85m foreign investors over the same period. Idyllic beaches,  lush tropical landscape and the cosmopolitan sophistication of Panama  City attract increasing numbers of tourists each year, boosting the  country&#8217;s economy.<\/p>\n<h3>Large-scale Foreign Investment since 2008<\/h3>\n<p>Significant investment into infrastructure adds buoyancy to Panama&#8217;s  economy with the government spending around $15bn on public works  programs to develop and upgrade airports, highways, ports, schools and  hospitals. The extent of government commitment to infrastructure  provides additional incentive to foreign investors, attracted by the  underlying security of well-developed and sustainable services and  facilities that create valuable investment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has increased significantly in  Panama, amounting to a record $4bn in 2013, $980m more than in 2012  according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF).<\/p>\n<p>Frank de Lima, chief of the MEF said: &#8220;The volume of investment in  private sector projects is estimated at $7.65bn between 2010 and 2018.  It includes $4bn from mining, about $2.2bn in works to provide energy,  $650m in new hotels and $500m at the Port of Corozal.&#8221; Canada&#8217;s First  Quantum Minerals is also investing $6.4bn to develop one of the largest  new copper mines in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign investors have not been able to get enough of Panama with FDI  contributing a remarkable 9% to GDP each year since 2008, helping to  raise overall investment levels to 30% of GDP, nearly double the average  rate in Latin America.<\/p>\n<h3>Panama Follows Footsteps of Singapore<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipinglobal.com\/ipin-live\/407240\/panama--so-much-more-than-meets-the-eye\" target=\"_blank\">Panama&#8217;s development has been compared with the rise of Singapore<\/a> several decades ago. Both are small countries blessed with favourable  geographic locations: Panama occupies the narrowest point between the  Atlantic and Pacific oceans; Singapore sits on the strategic shipping  lanes of the Strait of Malacca. Both countries have developed as  logistics hubs. Singapore went on to become a huge financial centre and  Panama appears to have chosen the same path.<\/p>\n<p>The striking skyline of Panama City along the wide crescent of the  Bay of Panama is truly breath-taking with more than 40 skyscrapers over  150m high in a dramatic range of architectural styles, most completed  since 2005. The Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower, shaped  like a half-open mussel shell has 70 stories, providing all the luxuries  associated with the Trump brand.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the new super structures carry the names of banks on their  roofs illustrating how the finance sector has grown in recent years.  Real estate development goes hand-in-hand with growth of local banking,  with most construction financing coming from Panamanian commercial  banks. However, loans cover less than half of construction capital in  Panama and the bulk of finance comes from equity from domestic and  foreign tenants or from investors.<\/p>\n<h3>Positive Outlook for Investment<\/h3>\n<p>Keen to highlight Panama&#8217;s other transformations, the deputy commerce  and industry minister Pacheco said, referring to what is fast-becoming  the country&#8217;s national slogan: &#8220;Remember, we aren&#8217;t just a canal. It is  only one of our engines for economic growth. Banking, tourism, regional  headquarters for multinationals and mining have propelled Panama to  growth and income levels unimaginable even a decade ago&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Once the canal expansion project has been completed towards the end  of 2015, both domestic and foreign investment in the country is expected  to skyrocket creating a major &#8216;buy signal&#8217; for savvy investors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an article that appeared in the\u00a0 UK&#8217;s IPIN Global written by Roxanne James with links to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-articles-panama-perpsective"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - 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