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The objective of this study is to assess the competitiveness of five selected Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries—Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia—to attract private sector investments in the Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and Photovoltaic (PV) industries. The study develops an Attractiveness index for these countries and compares them to a group of Benchmark countries comprising Chile, China, Germany, India, Japan, South Africa, Spain, and the United States.
The study also identifies the existing gaps between the MENA and Benchmark countries; and proposes recommendations to improve the competitiveness of MENA countries and, hence, to develop a local solar industry. To achieve these goals, a macro- and microeconomic analysis is carried out through a competitiveness benchmark analysis, together with an analysis of the solar industry value chain and the projected component demand.
