مساهمة الاستثمار الأجنبي المباشر في النمو الاقتصادي لدول شمال إفريقيا- دراسة حالة (تونس ، ليبيا ، مصر)

Abstract

The phenomenon of globalization and the revolution in information and communications have made world a small village, where removed all restrictions and barriers, particularly with regard to the free movement of capital, labor, goods and services. The foreign direct investment in this area one of the most important mechanisms of transmission of foreign capital, as witnessed remarkable development as a result of the vital role it plays in raising the productive capacity, thereby increasing growth rates and operating as well as to take advantage of modern technology associated with it, and patterns of governance developed, as well as human resource training, which leads to maximize gains for the host Country.Based foregoing, this paper try address the problem of the impact of FDI on economic growth in the countries of North Africa (Tunisia, Libya, Egypt), and through the shed light on the nature of the relationship between the variables of this study at the level of economic theory, and then study this effect using quantitative approach taken in the period (1986 – 2008) seeing that of the stability of these countries Witnessed in this period.Finally, this study concluded an important result that raised the foreign direct investment on economic growth differentiated between the economies of the study, where the study showed the standard size of the positive effects of foreign investment direct GDP for each of Tunisia and Libya, On the other hand was raised negative for Egypt.Key words: foreign direct investment, economic growth, Solow’s model, Harrod Domar’s model, domestic investment, transfers of technology.