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Shifting investment patterns: 5 key FDI trends and their impact on development
23 Apr 2024
Factors beyond economic determinants are increasingly shaping investment decisions, sidelining smaller economies and hindering FDI-based development.
Global crises fracturing foreign investment, impacting developing economies
23 Apr 2024
UN Trade and Development calls for innovative investment strategies to foster inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
Small business investing abroad: Why it matters and what needs to happen next
11 Mar 2024
UNCTAD sets out a new framework, aimed at tackling existing policy gaps to facilitate overseas investment by smaller firms – the very backbone of economies worldwide.
Foreign investment in Latin America and the Caribbean rose by 51% in 2022
5 Jul 2023
UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2023 shows that most economies in the region saw inflows rebound, with only a few experiencing declines.
Global foreign investment recovered to pre-pandemic levels in 2021, but uncertainty looms
9 Jun 2022
UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2022 indicates FDI rebounded to nearly $1.6 trillion last year but warns this course is unlikely to be sustained in 2022.
Twenty-fifth UNCTAD-OECD Report on G20 Investment Measures
28 Jun 2021
The report suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic set off a further crisis in early 2020 that is expected to be deeper and more consequential in many countries than the Global Financial Crisis of 2008/2009.
Global investment flows flat in 2019, moderate increase expected in 2020
20 Jan 2020
Foreign direct investment fell slightly from US$1.41 trillion in 2018 to $1.39 trillion in 2019. Flows to developed countries decreased by 6%, while those to developing economies were unchanged.
Special Investment Policy Monitor indicates that cases where governments rejected foreign investment for national security reason have gained prominence
3 Dec 2019
Distinct FDI screening procedures for national security purposes have become an important investment policy tool in recent years, particularly in developed and emerging economies, reflecting rising political concerns in this area.
Global foreign investment flows dip to lowest levels in a decade
21 Jan 2019
Developed nations feel the pinch as foreign direct investment (FDI) bottoms out in 2018 to levels last seen during the global financial crisis.
UNCTAD releases its latest Investment Policy Monitor
7 Dec 2018
The new Monitor finds that 29 countries took 49 investment policy measures from May to October 2018. The ratio of new investment restrictions and regulations stood at 30 percent over the first ten months of 2018, which is the highest figure since 2010.
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