Executive summary …………………………………………….. 3
Introduction ………………………………………………………3
UAE Foreign Direct investment statistics …………………….. 4
Government policy on FDI…………………………………….. 7
DETERMINANTS OF FDI IN UAE………………………….8
COUNTRIES THAT INVEST IN UAE……………………….9
CASSIA ENGINEERING’S FDI INTO UAE………………..9
BENEFITS ……………………………………………………..10
PROBLEMS FACED BY CASSIA……………………………10
THE DIRECTION OF FDI IN UAE ……………………….11
Conclusion……………………………………………………..12
References…………………………………………………….14
UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG in DUBAI
College of Business and Administration
Project report : FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN UAE in partial fulfillment of requirement of the subject:
TBS983 International Business Environment for the MIB Program Spring 2011
By
Mange J. Kimambi
Submitted to:
Date: 14/04/2011
Executive summary
This paper critically exermines the economic environment for FDI in United Arab Emites. The paper will assess the growth and direction of FDI in United Arab Emirates. This will include the coverage of the forms of FDI.
The paper will look at the trend of FDI flows in United Arab Emirated in recent years. Government policies in light of FDI will also be looked at. The different determinants of FDI will also be discussed.
This paper will also exemine FDI statistics in the U.A.E.
Lastly a conclusion will be reached as to why developing and developed countried have increased FDI to United Arab Emirate.
Introduction
Dubai's housing crash and near-default in 2009 decreased investors' confidence in UAE's business environment. The UAE government has made a great effort to attract foreign investment. Consumer markets are lucrative, but have slowed down with the global crisis.
The direction of FDI in the UAE is promising. The government has been on the forefront of promoting FDI is UAE.
There are many different determinants of FDI into the UAE.
Cassia Engineering is a Lebanese firm that has been operating in UAE