{"id":88094,"date":"2024-01-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T00:00:00","slug":"the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The UAE was the second most popular destination for inward investment in greenfields last year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UAE was second only to the United States as a destination for foreign investment in greenfields<\/strong> last year, with a 28% y-o-y increase in greenfield project announcements, according to a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) report (pdf)<\/a>. Foreign inflows into greenfield projects in Saudi Arabia also surged by 63% during the year. <\/p>\n

Total FDI flows into the UAE reached USD 23 bn in 2023, <\/strong>Economy Minister Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri told Asharq Business (watch, runtime: 2:32<\/a>) on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum. <\/p>\n

Global FDI flows inched up 3% y-o-y to USD 1.37 tn in 2023<\/strong>, exceeding lower expectations earlier in the year due to concerns of an economic recession, according to the report.The increase \u201cwas due largely to higher values in a few European conduit economies; excluding these conduits, global FDI flows were 18% lower,\u201d the report states, noting that higher interest rates and economic uncertainty hindered investments.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead: <\/strong>A modest increase in FDI flows in 2024 is \u201cpossible,\u201d with inflation and borrowing costs expected to stabilize, the report says. But geopolitical risks, high debt levels, and potential global economic fracturing could impact investments during the year, Unctad adds. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greenfield FDI-fueled projects grew 28% y-o-y, according to Unctad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1556],"tags":[19,7,408,25,656],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-88094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","tag-economy","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-fdi","tag-investment-watch","tag-unctad","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"cb672c36-428a-4a18-ad74-00572f7b1e10","order":"0","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/1\/1526.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"UAE climbs to second place in global FDI greenfield announcements in 2023","related_issue":[88090],"teaser":"Greenfield FDI-fueled projects grew 28% y-o-y, according to Unctad","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/1\/.23af4994-31aa-4795-8ad7-cc2bcd13729c.mp3"},"yoast_head":"\nThe UAE was the second most popular destination for inward investment in greenfields last year - UAE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The UAE was the second most popular destination for inward investment in greenfields last year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Greenfield FDI-fueled projects grew 28% y-o-y, according to Unctad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UAE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-18T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/1\/1526.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\"},\"headline\":\"The UAE was the second most popular destination for inward investment in greenfields last year\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-18T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/\"},\"wordCount\":203,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/1\/1526.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Economy\",\"EnterpriseAM UAE\",\"FDI\",\"INVESTMENT WATCH\",\"Unctad\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ECONOMY\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/\",\"name\":\"The UAE was the second most popular destination for inward investment in greenfields last year - UAE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/1\/1526.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-18T00:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/1\/1526.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/1\/1526.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The UAE was the second most popular destination for inward investment in greenfields last year\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/\",\"name\":\"UAE\",\"description\":\"The State of the Nation\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UAE\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42998.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42998.svg\",\"caption\":\"UAE\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\",\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/author\/enterpriseam\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The UAE was the second most popular destination for inward investment in greenfields last year - UAE","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The UAE was the second most popular destination for inward investment in greenfields last year","og_description":"Greenfield FDI-fueled projects grew 28% y-o-y, according to Unctad","og_url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/","og_site_name":"UAE","article_published_time":"2024-01-18T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/1\/1526.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"enterpriseam admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"enterpriseam admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/"},"author":{"name":"enterpriseam admin","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d"},"headline":"The UAE was the second most popular destination for inward investment in greenfields last year","datePublished":"2024-01-18T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/"},"wordCount":203,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/1\/1526.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","keywords":["Economy","EnterpriseAM UAE","FDI","INVESTMENT WATCH","Unctad"],"articleSection":["ECONOMY"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/","name":"The UAE was the second most popular destination for inward investment in greenfields last year - UAE","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/1\/1526.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","datePublished":"2024-01-18T00:00:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/1\/1526.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/1\/1526.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/18\/the-uae-was-the-second-most-popular-destination-for-inward-investment-in-greenfields-last-year\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The UAE was the second most popular destination for inward investment in greenfields last year"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#website","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/","name":"UAE","description":"The State of the Nation","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization","name":"UAE","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42998.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42998.svg","caption":"UAE"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d","name":"enterpriseam admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com"],"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/author\/enterpriseam\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/1\/1526.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/1\/1526.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"enterpriseam admin","author_link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/author\/enterpriseam\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/1\/1526.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88094\/revisions"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/88090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88094"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=88094"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=88094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}