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SUMMARY:Launch of the World Investment Report 2025
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DESCRIPTION:Global foreign direct (FDI) investment fell by 11%\, marking th
 e second consecutive year of decline and confirming a deepening slowdown i
 n productive capital flows.Investment dropped sharply across developed eco
 nomies\, particularly in Europe. In developing countries\, inflows appeare
 d broadly stable – but this concealed a deeper crisis. In too many econo
 mies\, capital is stagnating or bypassing entirely the sectors that matter
  most – infrastructure\, energy\, technology\, and the industries that d
 rive job creation.This year’s report comes ahead of the Fourth Internati
 onal Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4)\, where global leaders
  will address the widening gap between capital flows and development needs
 .  “Too many economies are being left behind not for lack of potential
  – but because the system still sends capital where it’s easiest\, not
  where it’s needed.”Rebeca GrynspanSecretary-General of UN Trade and D
 evelopment (UNCTAD) Explore the report &lt\;p&gt\;Global foreign direct 
 (FDI) investment fell by 11%\, marking the second consecutive year of decl
 ine and confirming a deepening slowdown in productive capital flows.&lt\;/
 p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Investment dropped sharply across developed economies\, p
 articularly in Europe. In developing countries\, inflows appeared broadly 
 stable – but this concealed a deeper crisis. In too many economies\, cap
 ital is stagnating or bypassing entirely the sectors that matter most – 
 infrastructure\, energy\, technology\, and the industries that drive job c
 reation.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;This year’s report comes ahead of the&lt\
 ;strong&gt\; Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development 
 (FFD4)&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, where global leaders will address the widening g
 ap between capital flows and development needs.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&amp
 \;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;div class=&quot\;row\n\nView meeting on unctad.or
 g\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/launch-world-investment-report-2025
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