The Arab Spring: How soon will foreign investors return?

Paul Antony Barbour, Persephone Economou, Nathan M. Jensen and Daniel Villar

No 67, Columbia FDI Perspectives from Columbia University, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)

Abstract: The Arab Spring dramatically increased investors' perceptions of political risk in MENA. An examination of these perceptions indicates long-run optimism that political transitions in the region – if democratic and coupled with political stability – could increase FDI and contribute to MENA's economic development.

Date: 2012
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