Integration with the Global Economy Indicators for Arab Countries
Country

Trade in Goods

Gross Private Capital Flows
(% of G.D.P.)

Gross Foreign Direct Investment
(% of G.D.P.)

% of G.D.P.

% of Goods G.D.P.
1990 2001 1990 2001 1990 2001 1990 2001 1990 2001
Algeria 36.6 54.4 55 81.5 -24.6 -0.7 2.6 - 0 -
Egypt 36.8 17.1 72.9 32.3 -40.5 -1.2 6.8 6.7 1.7 0.5
Iraq 41.2 - - - - - - - - -
Jordan 91.1 80.8 205.2 224.2 -7.9 -2.8 6.3 8 1.7 1.2
Kuwait 59.8 72.8 112.9 - - - 19.3 39.9 1.3 1.1
Lebanon 106.5 48.8 - - - -3.1 - - - -
Libya 64.2 62 - - - - 7.3 2.2 0.9 1.2
Mauritania 84.1 61.1 134 103.4 -25.5 -1.8 48.8 - 0.7 -
Morocco 43.3 52.8 86.5 113 30.4 3.1 5.5 10.3 0.6 8.5
Oman 77.7 80.2 127.4 - - - 3.8 2 1.4 0.4
Saudi Arabia 65.4 53.3 106.7 - - - 9.8 9.3 1.8 0
Somalia 26.7 - 33.2 - - - - - - -
Sudan 7.5 25.6 - 43.8 -30.5 - 0.3 5.4 0 4.6
Syria 53.7 45.1 102.4 78 -29.8 0.1 18 16.9 0 1.5
Tunisia 73.5 80.8 161.6 199.6 9.3 0.2 9.5 6.2 0.6 2.3
United Arab Emirates 101.8 - 159.6 - - - - - - -
West Bank & Gaza - - - - - 2 - - - -
Yemen 46.9 58.9 90 100.7 - 4.1 16.2 8.1 2.7 2.2

Source: World Development Indicators 2003
 
 

More Resources
► Alonso_Gamo, Patricia; Fedelino, Annalisa; Horvitz, Sebastian Paris (1997) "Globalization and Growth Prospect in Arab Countries" (Washington D.C.: IMF)
► Abdel_hamid, A. Mahboub (1997) "Foreign Direct Investment in Egypt .How to encourage and maximize the benefits"
► Abdella Doumato, Eleanor  and Marsha Pripstein Posusney (2003) Women and Globalization in the Arab Middle East: Gender, Economy, and Society. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
► Abdel-Khalek, Gouda and Karima Korayem (1999) "Economic and Social Implications of Globalization for the Arab Countries" (Kuwait: Arab Planning Institute)
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Abed, George T. and Hamid R. Davoodi (2003) Challenges of Growth and Globalization in the Middle East and North Africa. (New York : International Monetary Fund)
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Alessandrini, Sergio (2000) "FDI IN THE MENA REGION" Paper prepared for presentation at the third Mediterranean Development Forum,Cairo,5-8 March 2000
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Arab Monetary Fund(2002) Arab Economic Joint Report 2002 (Abu Dhabi : Arab Monetary Fund)
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Chan, Kitty K. and Edward R.Gemayel(2003) "Macroeconomic Instability and the Pattern of FDI In the MENA Region",  (2003) Paper presented in 10th Economic Research Forum Conference December 2003 (Cairo: ERF)
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Onyeiwu,Steve(2003) "Analysis of FDI Flows to Developing Countries: Is the MENA Region Different?" Paper presented to Paper presented in the 10 th Economic Research Forum Conference December 2003 (Cairo: ERF)
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 حبيب مطانيوس (2000) بعض مسائل الاقتصاد اللاسياسي ، العولمة وتداعياتها في الوطن العربي (سوريا : دار الرضا للنشر)