Policies aimed at attracting foreign direct and intraregional investment in the ESCWA region
Subtitle: improving the climate for foreign direct investment and mobilizing domestic savings : case studies of Bahrain, Jordan and Yemen
By: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.
Contributors: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.
Publisher: United Nations
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 99
Subjects: Investments, Foreign -- Government policy -- Middle East.; Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation -- Middle East.; Investments, Foreign -- Government policy -- Middle East -- Case studies.; Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation -- Middle East -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: This study provides an analysis of policies relating to foreign direct investment (FDI) in ESCWA Member States and a review of the institutional frameworks that regulate FDI inflows and activities in those countries. It also includes a study of the mobilization policies employed by Bahrain, Jordan and Yemen with a view to supporting FDI and increasing their share of global flows of such investment. Those countries were selected because of the extreme importance of FDI to their economies, given that they are not major exporters of oil. Bahrain is an example of a Gulf Cooperation Council State. Jordan is a member state of the ESCWA member countries with a more diversified economy, while Yemen is one of the least developed countries in the ESCWA region.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "E/ESCWA/GRID/2003/28."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-69).