Mediterranean attractiveness 2012: 4 lessons from the crisis

Despite the exceptional political situation in the Mediterranean, the figures for 2012 FDI are rather hopeful, and the region is showing a good resilience capacity. Indeed 2012 is the fourth best year since the last decade, in amounts of FDI announced. Except Syria, all the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries are back to business in 2012, and most of them managed to increase their average FDI project size which was in constant diminution since 2006.