© The Author(s) 2015. Published by Science and Education Publishing. Table 1. categories of Countries based on population and oil availability Category Description Resource-rich, and labor abundant Large oil producers and exporters and have a large native population (Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Algeria) Resource-rich but labor-importing Large oil producers and exporters but contain a large segment of foreign or expatriate in their population. (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Libya) Resource-poor Minor producers of oil and gas. (Egypt, State of Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Djibouti, Mauritania, Tunisia, Morocco) Source: [35] Sherif Abbas et al. Determinants of FDI Flows to Developing Countries: An Empirical Study on the MENA Region. Journal of Finance and Economics, 2016, Vol. 4, No. 1, 30-38. doi:10.12691/jfe-4-1-4 © The Author(s) 2015. Published by Science and Education Publishing.