International competitiveness in partnership style under the investment laws in Iraq & Faw port case study

Abstract

The importance of studying the advantages of international competitiveness for investment in light of the ways of privatizing infrastructure in the manner of partnership, especially with regard to projects in the services and ports sector. There was a need to transfer expertise and technical and managerial competence, and to bridge the savings financing gap by analyzing the investment environment from a strategic point of view. The possibility of determining the methods of partnership with the private activity in accordance with the applicable investment laws through the guarantees and facilities it provides. The research found that there is a close correlation between the country's ranking or degree in this indicator and the size of the foreign investment that it attracts, especially in the field of investment in building the port of Faw. Expectations indicate that it will be one of the largest ports in the Middle East. One of the most important conclusions that the research came out with is the method of partnership with the private sector, according to economic feasibility studies.