Dieumerci ZUMBU MATUNGULA, from the Université Protestante au Congo (D.R. Congo), is about to defende his doctoral dissertation titled “Investissements Directs Etrangers, Qualité des institutions et Performances Economiques en RD Congo: Quelles leçons dans un pays moins avancé ?”. Professors Claude SUMATA, Christian MABI and Seblon MPEREBOYE, are the supervisor and co-supervisors of this thesis.