The attractiveness of foreign direct investment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)‎

Abstract EN

The Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an investment made by a company or individual in one country in business interests in another country, in the form of either establishing business operations or acquiring business assets in the other country, such as ownership or controlling interest in a foreign company.

The contribution of foreign direct investment in promoting economic growth has push government in many developing countries to put forward the FDI attractiveness policy among their priorities.

FDI also offered somes advantages for foreign countries.

It offers a source of external capital and increased revenu.

Additionally, it favorise the development of new industries and exposes national and local governments to new buisness practicies, management techniques, economic concepts and technology that will help them to develop local buisness and industries.

therfore, The attraction of the Foreign Direct Investments became an important stake for the majority of countries with regard to the numerous advantages offered for the development and the modernization of the economy.

Therefore, all over the world, territories commit themselves in a fierce competition to attract the projects of investments.

Algeria has committed, like other developing countries, with series of reforms to be part from a new logic that embodies the laws of the market and liberalization of the economy, which affects all sectors of activity.

Of the foregoing, The main objective of this article is to identify the factors or determinants that affect the input flows of foreign direct investment in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa).