Challenges of the foreign direct investments in the Maghreb

الملخص EN

The following article applies the propositions put forward in the framework to the case countries.

In order to understand the dynamics and current challenges of the Maghreb countries, a case approach is employed.

Thus, this section starts with a presentation of the current political agenda surrounding and influencing Maghreb countries.

Subsequently, motivations for trade and potential integration are examined while trends of nation-wide policy formulations are compared.

Later on, a narrow investigation of factor endowments and trade patterns of important industries of Maghreb depict locational settings while keeping key investors in mind.

Concluding, those factors are tested against my suggestions in a comparative analysis, before a detailed positioning of Maghreb counties, as regarded via the Investment Development Path, takes place.

This will eventually answer the research question about delicate Maghreb FDI patterns