تقييم المناخ الاستثماري في الدول العربية وفقا لمؤشر ضمان جاذبية الاستثمار لعام 2017 مع الإشارة بشكل خاص الى العراق

Abstract EN

Investment in its various fields is considered a factor in achieving sustainable development.

Investment can only work in an attractive environment, which is called the investment climate, which is represented by an integrated system of factors.

Accordingly, the study seeks to evaluate the investment climate in the Arab countries.

Including Iraq in particular, according to the Investment Attractiveness Index for 2017.

Hence, the study problem focused on a major question (What is the reality of the investment climate in the Arab countries in general and Iraq in particular according to the Investment Attractiveness Index for 2017? ).

And the study assumed several hypotheses, the most important of which is that Arab countries, including Iraq, differ in the values of investment attractiveness indicators for the year 2017 according to their investment environments.

The investment climate in Iraq possesses elements that make it a stimulating environment to attract investment and achieve sustainable development.

The spatial scope of the study is Arab countries, including Iraq, with reference to the experience of the Kurdistan Region for the period (2015-2017).

The study relied on the inductive and descriptive analytical approach in achieving its requirements, and the study reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which is that the variation in the levels of investment attractiveness in Arab countries is a reflection of the difference in the components of the investment environment in them.

Addressing the determinants that impede attracting investment to it, the Iraqi government's response to the phenomena of administrative and financial corruption and addressing the bureaucracy in the procedures, which are the most prominent obstacles to attracting foreign investments.