The latest amendments in the foreign investment law in Saudi Arabia
The recent reforms in the foreign investment law in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), as well as the recent drop in foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country, were the main motivation for conducting this research. Although KSA is one of the leading countries known to have attracted FDI, su...
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| description | The recent reforms in the foreign investment law in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), as well as the recent drop
in foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country, were the main motivation for conducting this research.
Although KSA is one of the leading countries known to have attracted FDI, such a drop should be considered
seriously. The main objective of the study, therefore, is to conduct a critical analysis of the foreign investment law
in KSA. This analysis highlights how the Implementation Regulation (IR 2014) of the FIA has attempted to
overcome some shortcomings by introducing a new provision requiring post-investment monitoring. However, the
IR does not overcome all the weaknesses of its previous version. For instance, although it brings important new
changes to the investment climate, such as speeding up the procedure for granting an investment licence, in
practice there are still delays and a long process. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:193872022-08-17T04:02:40Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19387/ The latest amendments in the foreign investment law in Saudi Arabia Alshahrani, Sarah The recent reforms in the foreign investment law in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), as well as the recent drop in foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country, were the main motivation for conducting this research. Although KSA is one of the leading countries known to have attracted FDI, such a drop should be considered seriously. The main objective of the study, therefore, is to conduct a critical analysis of the foreign investment law in KSA. This analysis highlights how the Implementation Regulation (IR 2014) of the FIA has attempted to overcome some shortcomings by introducing a new provision requiring post-investment monitoring. However, the IR does not overcome all the weaknesses of its previous version. For instance, although it brings important new changes to the investment climate, such as speeding up the procedure for granting an investment licence, in practice there are still delays and a long process. Pusat Penyelidikan Syariah, Fakulti Pengajian Islam, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19387/1/JCIL-2019-41-Article-1.pdf Alshahrani, Sarah (2019) The latest amendments in the foreign investment law in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Contemporary Islamic Law, 4 (1). pp. 1-7. ISSN 0127-788X http://www.ukm.my/jcil/2019-4-1/ |
| spellingShingle | Alshahrani, Sarah The latest amendments in the foreign investment law in Saudi Arabia |
| title | The latest amendments in the foreign investment law in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | The latest amendments in the foreign investment law in Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | The latest amendments in the foreign investment law in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The latest amendments in the foreign investment law in Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | The latest amendments in the foreign investment law in Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | latest amendments in the foreign investment law in saudi arabia |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19387/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19387/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19387/1/JCIL-2019-41-Article-1.pdf |