The country's government has been volatile this year, to put it lightly, which has made it hard on investors trying to capture a piece of the Italian market.

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While the country's a giant market for drugs, India's lackluster patent protection has India's still a huge opportunity for Roche and other companies across the market, but it's also a frustrating emerging market that will endure its bumps for investors and businesses alike as it develops.Italy's labor market efficiency, financial market development, and macroeconomic environment all ranked below the top 100 countries in the world in the WEF's report. There are more than enough of those to avoid risking your investments on uncompetitive economies. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. 24 News HD is one of the leading news channels of Pakistan bringing you the latest current affairs from Pakistan and around the world. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post The findings were then collated to create the index.The economic status of a country seemed to have less bearing on the results than might be expected.The USA, the richest country in the world, ranked as one of the most ignorant countries, below many less developed countries.However, Malaysia, which is not considered fully developed, was in the top 10 least ignorant countries. A long-standing border tension with India, an unstable region, and a nationwide energy and electricity shortage that's slowing down economic progress by an estimated 2% per year, according to the United States Agency for International Development, have turned this big market into a flashing red caution sign for any multinational firm. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when (TMFCane) The mission is part of the USA's largest moon to Mars exploration. - The novel coronavirus has killed at least 464,423 people worldwide since the outbreak began in China last December, being Brazil Latin America's worsthit country with 49,976 deaths from 1,067,579 cases.

Russia's not an amazing investor opportunity by any means, with such a poor competitiveness ranking, but top companies like Gazprom rank among some of the world's largest businesses.Depending on the industry, India can be either an investor's dream or an investor's nightmare. While shippers are still looking to get their feet under them, consider Greek-based Russia's not known for its major companies, but no organization dominates this emerging market like Gazprom's shares have picked up more than 36% over the past three months despite its year-to-date losses, and if China turns to Russia as its leading energy partner in the coming years, expect the stock's bottom to give way to a big rise.

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