Foreign direct investment and its role in the development of developing economies,

D.Omar Yassin Mahmoud Khaddarat, A..; D.Mohammed Rousan, A..

	Foreign direct investment and its role in the development of developing economies, "the state of the Jordanian economy
Journal of Administration and Economics
Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 91, 2018, Pages 15-36
Authors
A.. D.Omar Yassin Mahmoud Khaddarat; A.. D.Mohammed Rousan
Abstract
Direct Foreign Investments are of a great concern for a lot of governments, organizations, companies and individuals in the countries of the world in general and in underdeveloped countries such as Jordan, in the particular, which suffer from a abig unbalanced state in their economic structures and their subordinate to developed countries. Competition to attract foreign investments has increased, after the changes witnessed internationally especially in the economic domain. Scientific and economic innovations and developments have contributed in the expansion of economic base and restructuring of the economies of underdeveloped countries in a way that prepares them for competition to attract foreign investments and benefit from their advantages in order to accomplish the requirements of their economic development. The issue of the direct foreign investments has become of a prominent role among the priorities of the makers of the economic policies in underdeveloped countries when forming development plans in the long run. This study aims at identifying direct foreign investments in regard to their nature, most important types, the factors influencing them, their role in developing hosting economies and the appropriate climate which countries should make available to attract direct foreign investments. This study stemmed from several hypotheses the most important of which is that there is a strong relationship between the rate investments to them. The availability of appropriate economic, political, legal and financial environment is a vital condition to attract independent variables (exports, inflation rate, capital expenditure, local and whole product and budget deficit) on the bulk of direct foreign investments (dependent variables).The study followed the descriptive and quantitative approach through the facts of the available data in official bulletins and financial statistics. The study concluded a group of findings the most important of which is that the impact of independent variables as one package on the bulk of direct foreign investments was very strong. The study also included a group of recommendations which emphasize the necessity for providing appropriate factors and investment climate to attract more direct foreign investments. Keyword: Foreign Investments, Direct Foreign Investments, Underdeveloped Economies Investment Climate.
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Foreign direct investment and its role in the development of developing economies, "the state of the Jordanian economy