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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.
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