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The Effect of Foreign Direct Investment in Information and Communication Technology in Developing Countries -The Case of Sultanate of Oman

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  • Naser Alraja

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One of the main areas in developing the economy of any country is the planning of the foreign direct investment (FDI) to be employed in a proper manner as a very crucial tool in development. FDI has many effects; and one of them is flourishing the ICT sector as a vital sector which includes four sub-sectors according to the World Bank (High-Technology Exports, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Goods Imports, ICT Service Exports). The authors try to test the effect of FDI on flourishing ICT sub-sectors as one of the drivers of economy development, the proper employment of FDI is an echo of healthy, well planning of it. The results show that there is ad-hoc planning of FDI and there should be a clearer view of how to exploit FDI in economy development and especially in ICT.

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  • Naser Alraja, 2018. "The Effect of Foreign Direct Investment in Information and Communication Technology in Developing Countries -The Case of Sultanate of Oman," Post-Print hal-03455847, HAL.
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