摘要：Foreign direct investment (FDI) is considered as the major source of external finance for many developing countries to achieve growth of private sector and sustainable development goals. This research evaluated from an empirical point of view some of the economic determinants of FDI in Sudan over the period (1990-2013). The importance of this research comes from the importance of FDI, which has become an important source of the private external finance for the developing countries, helps transferring production technology, skills and innovation capacity. The objective of this research is to investigate from an empirical point of view, some economic determinants of FDI in Sudan. For this purpose, ordinary least squared (OLS) method is applied to annual time series data to estimate along-linear relationship between FDI on the one hand and a set of explanatory variable on the other hand. Data were obtained from Bank of Sudan annual reports, Central Bureau of Statistics and Federal Ministry of Investment. The regression results suggest that exchange rate, transportation and communication, and oil exploration are the major determinants of FDI in Sudan through the period of research, while the growth rate of real gross domestic product and openness play insignificant role in effecting at FDI. These results may be attributed to the formula of FDI in Sudan, which adopted to encourage foreign investors to invest for re-exporting to market at home or in third countries. Research recommended, keeping the stability of the exchange rate, to make concentration of energy sector, improving the infrastructure, concentration of FDI in the productive sectors such as the agricultural and the industrial sectors, facilitating procedures for the foreign investor.
