Indeed, privatization was all the more bizarre as a policy choice because it was doomed in advance: investors clearly would not be attracted to buy assets where property rights might change once a legitimate Iraqi government took over – a huge impediment to investment in Kosovo as well.
Era evidente que los inversores no podían sentirse atraídos para comprar activos en un país en el que los derechos de propiedad podrían cambiar ni bien llegara al poder un gobierno iraquí legítimo. Una situación similar se observa en Kosovo.