Employs foreign tax credits to prevent double taxation of corporate profits earned abroad

Provides support for outflows of portfolio investment

Does not impose restrictions on pension fund investments in emerging markets

A technically competent and skilled labor force with low labor costs.

Similarly the population is among the youngest in Europe.

Low net aid volume as a share of the economy

Does not actively participate in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

Does not screen projects for social impacts through national political risk agency

Political risk insurance also given to inefficient, import-substituting projects

Limits insurance against political risk to domestically owned firms

Low net aid volume as a share of the economy (0.22%; rank: 17)

Small amount of private charitable giving attributable to tax policy

The weakness of Portugal's economy causes the country to have a low level of social services, which impacts the poor and less advantaged working class most severely.