The Mediterranean between growth and revolution – Foreign direct investments and partnerships in MED countries in 2010
Published on 11 March 2011
Caught between two crises (the world economic storm of the 2008-2009 and the Arab revolutions of early 2011), in 2010 the southern rim of the Mediterranean experienced a transition year marked by good achievements in terms of foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction and international partnerships. 826 FDI projects of were announced in 2010, against 542 in 2009, that is +52%. The increase is less marked in terms of amounts: €33.2 billion against €28.4 billion in 2009, that is +17%.
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