Offshore Financial Centres (OFCs), as low-tax, lightly regulated jurisdictions, specialise in providing the corporate and commercial infrastructure for the formation of offshore companies and for the investment of offshore funds.
Netherlands Antilles – The Facts
- Territories: Netherlands Antilles
- Status: Semi-autonomous part of Netherlands. Status of member islands to change at the end of 2008. Saint Martin shared with France.
- Population: 183,000 (via UN, 2006)
- Capital: Willemstad, on Curacao
- Area: 800 sq km (309 sq miles)
- Major languages: Dutch, Papiamento, English, Spanish
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 73 years (men), 79 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: Antillean guilder
- Main export: Petroleum products
- GNI per capita: US $13,162 (UN, 2003)
- Internet domain: .an
- International dialling code: +599
- Head of state: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, represented by Governor Frits Goedgedrag
- The press
- The Daily Herald-Sint Maarten
- La Prensa-daily
- Curacao Amigoe -daily
- Curacao The Bonaire Reporter - weekly
- Television
- TeleCuracao-government-run
- Leeward Broadcasting Corporation-Sint Maarten
- Radio
- Radio Hoyer-Curacao
- Easy FM-Curacao
- Dolfijn FM-Curacao
- Voz di Bonaire Voice of St Maarten
- Voice of Saba
- Radio Statia-Sint Eustasius
