북아프리카 국가들의 무역 및 투자환경에 관한 연구: 모로코, 튀니지, 알제리를 중심으로

A Study on the Foreign Trade & Investment Environment of the North African Countries

The three countries of North Africa, that is, Morocco, Tunisia & Algeria are called often 'Maghreb nations' , islamic ones in common colonized in the past by french rule. They are similar each other not only to economic, social and cultural aspect but also to geographic vicinity in company with particularity mixed with Africa, Middle East and Europe. It is not too much to say that there are many differences in respect of political system and economic structure among them. Morocco suffers from economic underdevelopment notwithstanding long history and important political position in Africa. To the contrary, Tunisia is worth appreciating a model of economic development thanks to emancipation of women & exploitation of human resources since independence of 1956 from France in overcoming shortage of law materials and natural resources. In comparison with pro-french policy adopted by Morocco and Tunisia since independence, socialist Algeria, to make matters worse, is in political, economic and social utter confusion. As compared with agricultural Morocco & Tunisia, Algeria equipped with abundant crude oil and natural gas is characterized the most unstable country in the region. However, for the Maghreb nations, there is nothing for it but to rely on remittance from north african labourers working in western Europe to attain national goal which is economic development. In these days, before-mentioned three countries make the most of economic cooperation with EU members, especially mediterranean nations for the purpose of doing key role in Africa & Middle East in 21 st century.