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SELECTED FACTS AND FIGURES ON ´KNOWLEDGE, TECHNOLOGICAL LEARNING AND INNOVATION FOR DEVELOPMENT´
… institutions (i.e. tertiary school enrolment as a share of the corresponding age group) is only 3.5% in … total capital goods imports. Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to the LDCs in 2000-05 were three times higher than …
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FOREIGN INVESTMENT INCREASES TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, TOPPED BY POLAND AND CZECH REPUBLIC
… attracted record levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) (1) by transnational corporations (TNCs) (2) in 1999 and … and continued increase of Central and Eastern European FDI inflows is quite remarkable. In 1998, the Russian crisis did … in the most affected south-eastern European countries such as Bulgaria and Croatia, FDI inflows were resilient". Despite …
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Investment in small island developing states increases – due to two resource-rich countries
… Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to the world’s small island developing States (SIDS) … (SIDS) increased by 10 per cent, to US$6.2 billion, mainly as a result of strong increases registered by two countries …
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Investment flows in Africa set to drop 25% to 40% in 2020
… The trend of declining foreign direct investment (FDI) to Africa is set to exacerbate significantly in 2020 … based on gross domestic product (GDP) growth projections as well as a range of investment specific factors, according … with the continent having experienced a 10% drop in inflows in 2019 to $45 billion. The negative effects of tepid …
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Investment flows to developing Asia defy COVID-19, grow by 4%
… Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to developing countries in Asia increased by 4% to … a large drop in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) due to large divestments led to a decline in investment. … FDI in Cambodia was flat at $3.6 billion thanks to inflows in finance. In Myanmar, FDI dropped 34% to $1.8 …
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ENCOURAGING SIGNS FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT INTO AFRICA
… Foreign direct investment (FDI) by transnational corporations (TNCs) into Africa is low, … Tunisia and Angola accounted for two-thirds of this total. Inflows of FDI to Africa have to a considerable extent been … improvement in policy initiatives both externally (such as the Africa initiative of the United States and the …
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FDI INFLOWS TO IRELAND ON THE RISE IN 2002
… FDI inflows to Ireland more than doubled in 2002 over the … year, from $9.7 billion to $24.4 billion, making it one of the top 10 FDI recipients worldwide. The performance is … National investment profiles are being published online as they become available, based on each country´s reporting …
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FDI to developing Asia defied pandemic, grew by 4% in 2020 – UN report
… Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to developing countries in Asia increased by 4% to … a large drop in cross-border mergers and acquisitions ( M&As) due to large divestments led to a decline in investment. … FDI in Cambodia was flat at $3.6 billion thanks to inflows in finance. In Myanmar, FDI dropped 34% to $1.8 …
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Global FDI recovery derails
… Global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows declined by 18 per cent in 2012, down from $1.6 … FDI inflows to developing Asia fell by 9.5 per cent as a result of declines across most subregions and major …
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Foreign direct investment to landlocked developing countries falls for second year, UNCTAD Report shows
… Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to 32 landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 1 fell … into the Latin American LLDCs jumped by almost 40 per cent as a result of the steadily increasing attractiveness of the …