Foreign Direct Investments and Attracting Policies to be Undertaken by the Government. The Case of Kosovo

Abstract

This paper focuses on foreign direct investments in Kosovo, based on a comparative statistical analysis of different sectors of economic activity and different countries of the world that have invested in Kosovo during the reporting period under study. We make use of the comparative analysis expressed in (%) by sorts of economic activity and aim to conclude which sector is more invested by foreign direct investment in Kosovo according to its economic activity. Whereas, through comparative analysis by different countries of the world that have invested in Kosovo, we aim to determine which are the countries that have mostly invested in foreign direct investment in Kosovo, and the level of performance of foreign direct investments during the reported period under study. The data were provided by the Central Bank of Kosovo for the period 2007-2019. In this paper we reflect the performance of foreign direct investments by years based on different sectors of economic activities and by different countries that have invested in Kosovo by applying the comparative analysis. It is of particular importance here to mention some of the options we suggest regarding to some of the government policies that should be undertaken in attracting and increasing foreign direct investments in Kosovo.

Received: 7 August 2020 / Accepted: 17 December 2020 / Published: 17 January 2021