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EXPANSION OF FDI FLOWS THROUGH 2009 ANTICIPATED BY TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS
… corporations (TNCs) in the world. More than two-thirds of the respondent companies plan to increase their FDI … destination for FDI: China and India were mentioned as the top two most favoured destinations by TNCs. Viet Nam is a … and Western Europe remain at the top of the priority list for investors. The United States is the third most …
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ASIA-PACIFIC FDI INFLOWS DOWN 24% LAST YEAR, BUT NEARED 1990s PEAK
… FDI flows to the developing economies of Asia and the Pacific declined 24% last year to $102 … over the next three to five years. China topped the list in Asia, followed by Indonesia and Thailand. Another … have been expanding abroad rapidly. As of last year, the top 12 Chinese TNCs, mainly State-owned enterprises, …
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FOREIGN INVESTMENT INCREASES TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, TOPPED BY POLAND AND CZECH REPUBLIC
… Poland and the Czech Republic attracted record levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) (1) by transnational corporations (TNCs) (2) in 1999 and jointly accounted for 55% of the total … it is considerably larger than the largest TNCs on the top 25 table. In fact, Lukoil´s total foreign assets are $600 …
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SMALL COUNTRIES INVEST RELATIVELY MORE ABROAD THAN BIG ONES: UNCTAD RELEASES NEW OUTWARD FDI PERFORMANCE INDEX
… How do countries stack up against one another in terms of their outward foreign direct investment (FDI) performance … Sweden and Switzerland) figure prominently on the top of the list. This suggests that these economies have highly …
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US REMAINS WORLD`S LARGEST RECIPIENT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
… The United States is the world´s leading recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) and is likely to keep that … were unaffected by the events of September 11. Of the top five companies on UNCTAD´s list of the world´s 100 largest transnational corporations …
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FDI TO ASIA BOOMS, FUELLED BY HONG KONG
… remain "bright", WIR2001 says, citing the quality of the underlying determinants for FDI and greater economic … the single largest FDI recipient in Asia, and was also the top source of outward FDI, with $63 billion, although FDI … three developing economy TNCs to make the world´s top-100 list this year (see TAD/INF/PR29). And in the developing …
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DEVELOPED COUNTRY FDI SOARS BY 21%
… with $281 billion), due to VodafoneAirTouch´s takeover of Mannesmann - the largest cross-border merger deal in … and software activity". The UK kept its position as the top source country worldwide for the second year running (see … for the US between 1985 and 1999. The Triad also leads the list of the world´s top 100 TNCs, as compiled by WIR 2001 …
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FDI IN LATIN AMERICA HITS RECORD LEVELS, FUELLED BY LONG-TERM GROWTH PROSPECTS, PRIVATIZATIONS
… Record levels of FDI poured into Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Bolivia last … in 30 countries in 2000. Cemex ranks fourth on UNCTAD´s list of the top 50 TNCs from developing countries in terms of foreign …
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FDI RISES FOR FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE, COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES
… EMBARGO The contents of this press release and the related Report must not be … natural resource projects in other CIS countries. The list of the largest non-financial TNCs of South-East Europe … 50pp., 214KB] | ANNEX Tables and figures Table 1 : The top five non-financial TNCs from South-East Europe and the …
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN DEVELOPING ASIA & OCEANIA REACHES NEW HIGH
… EMBARGO The contents of this press release and the related Report must not be … in FDI - US$ 46 billion more than in 2003 - making it the top recipient among developing regions. Rapid economic … relocation of production to lower-cost areas. Of UNCTAD´s list of top 50 developing-country TNCs, 39 are based in Asia, …