The contribution of FDI in the Algerian economy

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10.2991/icibet.2013.241How to use a DOI?

Abstract

The literature on the effects of FDI in de-veloping countries provides a range of prospective benefits to the recipient coun-try, however many benefit of FDI are fre-quently challenged. The orientation to the market economy adopted by the Algerian government in the early nineties, and its desire to investment development allow it to attempt to attract FDI by giv-ing many incentives. This paper examines qualitatively the extent to which Algeria benefits from the FDI attracted since the progressive economic reform and the opening process. The major conclusions stand out from this paper are as follow: (a) Algeria has not yet reached to attract the desired level of foreign investments. (b) Most of the foreign projects focus on the hydro-carbon sector. (c) The lack of the absorp-tive capacity of the Algerian economy. All these factors together hamper the po-tential spillover benefits from FDI.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Houda Brahimi
AU  - Hua Jian
AU  - Latifa Lemtaouch
PY  - 2013/03
DA  - 2013/03
TI  - The contribution of FDI in the Algerian economy
BT  - Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Information, Business and Education Technology (ICIBET 2013)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1097
EP  - 1106
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icibet.2013.241
DO  - 10.2991/icibet.2013.241
ID  - Brahimi2013/03
ER  -