World Investment Report

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.

Developing countries could lose out on tax revenues due to capacity and legal constraints on the implementation of needed reforms, UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2022 says.

Investment flows to the region reached $134 billion last year, up from $88 billion in 2020. Only a few economies suffered further declines in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The continent saw foreign direct investment rebound strongly after the fall in 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite successive waves of COVID-19, FDI flows to the region grew for the third consecutive year, with developing economies in Asia receiving 40% of global foreign investment inflows.

An UNCTAD report shows that adoption of policy measures and regulations dedicated to sustainable finance accelerated in 2021.

Investment flows plunged globally by 35% in 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis. The fall was heavily skewed towards developed economies.

COVID-19 recovery investment plans largely focus on infrastructure sectors that are key to building productive capacities.

The value of sustainability-themed investment products amounted to $3.2 trillion in 2020, up more than 80% from 2019.

The continent's commodity-dependent countries have been affected more severely than non-resource-based economies.