VOL. XLVI

No 23

9-June-2003

GENERAL

TRADE AND COMMERCE

FDI To Arab Countries Constrained By Structural Weakness And Regional Instability

Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to the Arab world remain low by international standards and are constrained by a host of structural weaknesses and regional instabilities which combine to make the investment climate in the region unattractive to foreign investors, according to Sami Haddad, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department of the...