Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsWhy is it so Difficult to Attract FDI to the MENA Countries?Partha Gangopadhyay, Mohamed ElafifIn this study we constructively argue that the relationship between FDI flows and the per capita GDP for the MENA countries has a novel feature-hitherto unrecognised-which can partially explain the great difficulty of the MENA region in attracting FDI. We show the existence of a separatrix, or trap, in terms of the per capita GDP: To the left of the … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 9 · 16 Sep 2016 · 7,469 accessesView PDFCite