Foreign direct investment in MENA: Impact of institutional context* Carril Caccia, Federico Milgram Baleix, Juliette Paniagua Soriano, Jordi greenfield investment MENA democratization Institutional quality Violence This policy brief summarizes the findings from a study on the determinants of greenfield investment in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA). The results point out that institutional deficiencies deter foreign direct investment in the region and in particular, for the main oil producers within this region. Improvements in the areas of democratization, institutional quality and violence reduction would undoubtedly make the region more attractive to foreign investors. 2024-07-16T08:00:32Z 2024-07-16T08:00:32Z 2018-01 journal article Carril, C. F., Milgram, B. J., & Paniagua J. (2018) FDI in MENA : impact of institutional context . FEMISE MED BRIEF.3 https://www.femise.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/MEDBRIEF-3.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10481/93142 eng MED BRIEF Forward Thinking for the EuroMediterranean region;3 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional femise