The economy of any country depends largely on the industrial growth of that country. The industrial growth of a country is one of the crucial parameters to measure the excessive well-being of the country. The growth of the industry in any country depends on the country itself and how attractive it appears to foreign investors. There are many factors that comprise the industrial growth of any nation; to name a few; the availability of resources, i.e. natural resources, workforce, infrastructure; market potential to purchase the raw materials produced, tax structure, political stability, ability to get better profit margins with the given cost, inflation rate of that country, value of that country's currency, protection of any industry in that country, whether the laws are favorable to industrial growth, etc. There are many other factors that can be analyzed by any company before considering starting a business in the country, but the ones specified above are the main ones. When we talk about industrialization, we are not only referring to industrial growth due to national companies but also to foreign ones. To be a part of globalization, any country should have the ability to attract foreign investors and these foreign investors are attracted to the idea of starting their business in some other country only if they feel that the venture is actually auspicious. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one such country. Located in Central Africa and endowed with riches of natural resources such as copper, diamonds, cobalt, gold, wood, oil and other commodities; and with agri-food resources such as rubber, cotton, sugar, tea, coffee and palm oil, makes the DRC one of the best places for mining and agricultural industries and also a... paper manufacturing center... s, March 2011 ). Regarding foreign investments in agricultural activities in the DRC, foreigners are granted concessions from 5 to 25 years with renewal of the contractual option. This type of concession is also not attractive to foreign investors looking to invest in foreign countries. The main reason given by investors is that, due to political instability, they feel insecure about investing in specialized sectors such as tree cultivation. (Agricultural development in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanguy Smoes, pages: 66-85). When it comes to technology, the DRC lags behind the rest of the continent's countries, the main reason attributed being the impact of decades of civil conflict and mismanagement. The table below shows the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) indicators and their ranking for the DRC in the fiscal year 2013:
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