Abstract

The study discusses the phenomena of foreign direct investments because it is one of the most powerful and active economical phenomena in the international economical relations represented by the multi national companies and characterized by high and distinguish financing , marketing , technical and advertising abilities as well as it’s ability to achieve extra characteristics through out the coalitions and alliances between the counterparts .

     These companies represents the main source for international financing and technology transferring which encourage the developing countries to carry out the necessary needed requirements to provide an attractive environment for the foreign investment .

In this scope Iraqi economy after the its diversion towards the market economy had witnesses a trend to organize the suitable investments for the foreign capitals activities through imposing significant changes in the laws , regulation and policies as an initial step to create as foreign investments attraction.

From this point the study aims to give a methodological point of view for the boundaries of the available investments opportunities in Iraqi economic sectors through a historical outline of the improvement stages of the foreign investments in Iraq and the world as well as the importance and the size of flow of the direct foreign investment besides analyzing the actual Iraqi policies and economics for multiple stages with a focusing of the importance of investment plans and programs , policies of local and foreign investment stating by a main hypothesis represented by the availability of direct foreign investment opportunities in Iraq and characterized by wide and numerous fields which required a ‘big’ size of investments which in its turn imposing on Iraq to deal with companies in spite of its probable negative effects.

According to what had been mentioned above the study covered by four chapters . The first dealt the theoretical and ideological of investments while the second one specialized by investigations the size future and limits of direct foreign investment in the developing countries . the third chapter discussed the actual foreign investment in certain countries and the fourth chapter included the available opportunities of direct foreign investment in Iraq .

     The study came to a number conclusions the important one is the divergences between researchers opinions about the investment importance in achieving economical developments for the hostess countries because of the divergences of the effect of these investments from one country to the another one . The second outcome of the of the study is the availability of unlimited seductions opportunities for investments which can be reached in agricultural, industrial, petrochemicals and infra .

     The study discusses the phenomena of direct foreign investments because it is one of the most powerful and active economical phenomena in the international economical relations represented by the multi national companies and characterized by high and distinguish financing, marketing technical and advertising abilities as well as it’s ability to achieve extra characteristics through out the coalitions and alliances between the counterparts.

     These companies represents the main source for international financing and technology transferring which encourage the developing countries to carry out the necessary needed requirements to provide an attractive environment for the foreign investments .

     In this scope Iraqi economy after the it’s diversion towards the market economy had witnesses a trend to organize the suitable investments for the foreign capitals activities through imposing significant changes in the laws, regulations, and polices as an initial step to create a foreign investments attraction .

     From this point the study aims to give a methodological point of view for the boundaries of the available investments opportunities in Iraqi economical sectors through a historical outline of the improvement stages of the foreign investments in Iraq and the world as well as the importance and the size of flow of the direct foreign investments besides analyzing the actual policies and Iraqi economics for a multiple stages with a focusing on the importance of investment plans and programs, policies of local and foreign investment stating by a main hypothesis represented by the availability of direct foreign investment opportunities in Iraq and characterized by wide and numerous fields which required a ‘big’ size of investments which in it’s turn imposing on Iraq to deal with the companies in spite of its probable negative effects .