Ekonomı̇k kalkınmada doğrudan yabancı yatırımların rolü: Yemen'dekı̇ doğrudan yabancı yatırım örneğı̇

The primary purpose of this study is to describe and depict the status of FDI in Yemen. This study focuses on the role of foreign direct investment in Yemen as one of the most desirable sources of external funding nowadays. Also, the study sheds light on foreign direct investment in economic development. The descriptive methodology is used to meet the study's objectives, and data is gathered from publications, journals, international reports such as UNCTAD and The World Bank, and websites, mainly those run by Yemen's Central Bank and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The latest data available for FDI in Yemen was in 2019. Tables and visual graphs are illustrated to describe the status of the FDI inflows to Yemen and to compare Yemen's inflows with the global inflows and the MENA region. The study also explains the investment climate in Yemen, as well as the various obstacles Yemen faces. The study concludes that the volume of investments is modest and that its role in economic development is weak. This is due to the prevailing investment climate that was not ready to attract these investments, although the investment law included many advantages and exemptions granted to investment projects, and treated the foreign investor as the Yemeni investor, this law and its amendments did not lead to an increase in the volume of investments.