dannyboy
19 Feb 2007
News / Poland over the next 10 years? [79]
IMO, Poland has a very bright future. Countries such as Slovakia and the Czech Republic are currently ahead of Poland finanically and they have a stronger manufacturing base, but this is certain to change.
My home county in Ireland has recently lost a lot of manufacturing jobs to Poland.
Its estimated that the Polish people are sending in the region of E2-4 Billion Euro back to Poland every year from Ireland alone.
Regarding natural resources, Poland is rich in coal.
Agricultural land is some of the best in Europe, very flat, good drainage and miles of it.
Above all, Polish has a well educated population who are now begining to speak English on a wider scale.
When the current imigrant workers return to Poland in the future, there will be a highly experienced richer workforce who speak English, with the capactiy to invest in property and will attract some large companies to Poland.
Much of the land is underdevlopeld. Property is still relatively cheap. Wages are very low, cost of living is high but low relative to Western Europe.
Infrastructure is rapidly being developed throughout Poland at the moment and there is already a good foundation in Public transport from the communist era.
Poland will be experiencing in the next 10years what Ireland experienced over the last 10 years, with the difference
The only big problems I see at the moment are
[1] the current government , who are stifiling growth and their overbearing links to the Catholic Church. They are also making investment more difficult.
Some of the laws they currently have in place violate EU rules and will need to be changed. I look forward to this government being ousted.
[2] The still relative lack of people who speak fluent English - this is already changing.
(P.S 1 thing I've noticed from this site is that the Polish people still at home believe that migrant Polish workers are all cleaning toilets. Couldn't be more wrong. You should see how many Polish accountants or IT workers we have over here, not to mention construction workers.)
IMO, Poland has a very bright future. Countries such as Slovakia and the Czech Republic are currently ahead of Poland finanically and they have a stronger manufacturing base, but this is certain to change.
My home county in Ireland has recently lost a lot of manufacturing jobs to Poland.
Its estimated that the Polish people are sending in the region of E2-4 Billion Euro back to Poland every year from Ireland alone.
Regarding natural resources, Poland is rich in coal.
Agricultural land is some of the best in Europe, very flat, good drainage and miles of it.
Above all, Polish has a well educated population who are now begining to speak English on a wider scale.
When the current imigrant workers return to Poland in the future, there will be a highly experienced richer workforce who speak English, with the capactiy to invest in property and will attract some large companies to Poland.
Much of the land is underdevlopeld. Property is still relatively cheap. Wages are very low, cost of living is high but low relative to Western Europe.
Infrastructure is rapidly being developed throughout Poland at the moment and there is already a good foundation in Public transport from the communist era.
Poland will be experiencing in the next 10years what Ireland experienced over the last 10 years, with the difference
The only big problems I see at the moment are
[1] the current government , who are stifiling growth and their overbearing links to the Catholic Church. They are also making investment more difficult.
Some of the laws they currently have in place violate EU rules and will need to be changed. I look forward to this government being ousted.
[2] The still relative lack of people who speak fluent English - this is already changing.
(P.S 1 thing I've noticed from this site is that the Polish people still at home believe that migrant Polish workers are all cleaning toilets. Couldn't be more wrong. You should see how many Polish accountants or IT workers we have over here, not to mention construction workers.)