The impact of Algeria’s business climate on the FDI inflows in the construction sector: case study of the Portuguese company Batimetal Galva and the Chinese company CSCEC Algeria

Abstract EN

This research aims to analyze the attractiveness of Algeria's business climate by covering its construction sector, in order to highlight the different constraints faced by the foreign investors, to do so we conducted several interviews at both companies Batimetal Galva and CSCEC Algeria, the results has shown that although Algeria's business climate is attractive for the foreign investors during their evaluation, there are in fact many problems that block the advancement of their investment after their settlement such as the Algerian administrative bureaucracy and the limitations of the 51 / 49 rule.

based on the found results, we suggested reducing the number of administrative procedures to guarantee efficiency, and also to cancel in priority the law of 51 / 49.