Foreign Direct Investment Legislation: A Precondition for Creating a Favourable Investment Climate in the Case of Kosovo

Ziberi Besime () and Gashi Rrezarta ()
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Ziberi Besime: AAB University, Prishtina, Kosovo
Gashi Rrezarta: AAB University, Prishtina, Kosovo

Baltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management, 2021, vol. 9, issue 1, 33-41

Abstract: Foreign direct investment (FDI) represents a significant impetus for sustainable economic growth and development. From the context of the importance that FDI carries as the transfer of knowledge, experience, employment growth and development of human capital, its attraction definitely requires a proper legal basis, namely, the implementation of the law and the proper functioning of judiciary. The main aim of this study is to elaborate the legislation on foreign direct investment in Kosovo and to analyse FDI in Kosovo over the years. This study is based on local literature, specifically the interpretation of the current law on FDI in Kosovo and international literature to examine the effects of legislation on a business climate. This study is descriptive, comparative and analytical, based mainly on secondary data provided by the World Bank indicators on FDI in Kosovo over the years. Kosovo as a young, post-war state has drafted a number of reforms in the economic field and in the field of law enforcement and judiciary, but undoubtedly the current law governing strategic investments has room for improvement, thus, must be enforced in order for investors to feel safe while operating in Kosovo. This study also concludes that Kosovo is attractive for foreign investors due to the increasing rate of GDP, labour market conditions, high rate of degree holders complying with labour market requirements. The study goes further with recommendations on supplementing the current law versus the European FDI legislation. The major implication of the study is the comparative analysis of Kosovo’s law in regard to the EU Law on FDI.

Keywords: Business climate; Foreign direct investment (FDI); Knowledge transfer; Law on FDI (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B22 B23 K10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.2478/bjreecm-2021-0003

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