THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GROWING KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY IN MALTA

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In the 1970s the German manufacturing companies relocated here because they were seeking comparatively cheap and productive labour force and no customs duties on their re-exports to the European Union. The British tourists took their holidays in Malta mainly participating in the major tour operator packages that were organized in all Mediterranean countries. The restructuring of the Maltese economy in the 1970s from one based on a military base

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THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GROWING KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY IN MALTA

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