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.
Republic of Panama - The Facts
- Full name: Republic of Panama
- Population: 3.3 million (UN, 2007)
- Capital: Panama City
- Area: 75,517 sq km (29,157 sq miles)
- Major languages: Spanish, English
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 73 years (men), 78 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 balboa = 100 cents
- Main exports: Bananas, fish, shrimp, petroleum products
- GNI per capita: US $4,630 (World Bank, 2006)
- Internet domain: .pa
- International dialling code: +507
- President: Martin Torrijos
- The press
- La Prensa-daily broadsheet
- El Siglo-daily tabloid
- La Critica Libre-daily tabloid
- El Panama America-daily
- La Estrella de Panama-daily
- Panama News-English-language
- Television
- Telemetro-commercial
- RPC-commercial
- Televisora Nacional (TVN)-commercial
- FETV-educational, run as charitable foundation
- Radio
- RPC Radio-commercial news, talk,
- METO 103.5-commercial FM
- Super Q-commercial FM
- Omega Stereo-commercial FM
- KW Continente-mediumwave (AM) station
- rebroadcasts some BBC programmes
