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Foreign Direct Investment In Post-War Iraq: An Investor's Introductory Guide To The Legal Framework, Jordan E. Toone
Foreign Direct Investment In Post-War Iraq: An Investor's Introductory Guide To The Legal Framework, Jordan E. Toone
Jordan E. Toone
In spite of its troubled past and ongoing internecine violence, Iraq today stands at the threshold of economic opportunity in ways that few developing states—much less war-torn states like Iraq—could imagine. The Iraq National Investment Commission reported, for example, that in 2010, 178 companies filed for investment licenses totaling $10.5 billion. Currently, the primary foreign participants in Iraq’s post-war economic expansion are sophisticated multinational corporations (MNC), many of which have experience investing in politically and economically unstable markets, including those in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. In their efforts to capitalize on Iraq’s unrivalled natural resources and …
Mirage In The Gulf?: Examining The Upsurge In Fdi In The Gcc And Its Legal And Economic Implications For The Mena Region, Jordan E. Toone
Mirage In The Gulf?: Examining The Upsurge In Fdi In The Gcc And Its Legal And Economic Implications For The Mena Region, Jordan E. Toone
Jordan E. Toone
Between 2002 and 2010, foreign direct investment (“FDI”) exploded in the Gulf Cooperation Council (“GCC”). Between 2002 and 2008 alone, FDI in the GCC increased over 3800%, outpacing both the developed and developing world by a significant margin. Although recent data suggests that FDI has declined in the GCC since 2010, scholars have yet to proffer nuanced analyses of the upsurge in FDI between 2002 and 2010. In general, the literature has not adequately examined the relatively dramatic increase in FDI in the GCC insofar as it has focused on pre-2002 data, failed to distinguish between FDI trends in the …