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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN AFRICA REMAINS BUOYANT, SUSTAINED BY INTEREST IN NATURAL RESOURCES
… EMBARGO The contents of this press release and the related Report must not be … - all rich in natural resources - joined Egypt as Africa´s top FDI recipients, all of them registering inflows of more … reflecting the fact that all four African TNCs on UNCTAD´s list of the top 50 TNCs based in developing countries (see …
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PROSPECTS BRIGHTEN FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN ASIA
… developing Asia as a whole are bright, given the quality of the underlying economic determinants of foreign direct … far the largest number of leading firms on UNCTAD´s latest list of the 50 largest TNCs from developing countries … of foreign-owned assets) were from Asia. Seven of the top 10 are headquartered in Asia. Daewoo Corporation, ranked …
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HIGH EXPORT GROWTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES LINKED TO TNCs, SAYS NEW UNCTAD REPORT
… (TNCs) are playing a pervasive role in the exports of developing countries, UNCTAD finds in the World Investment … is to yield longer-term development gains. While the list of the world´s top exporting countries is dominated by developed countries, …
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Slow recovery in FDI expected in 2010; more substantial rebound due in 2011, UNCTAD survey reveals
… EMBARGO The contents of this press release and the related Report must not be … Russian Federation (figure 4). While the members of the top five are the same as in last year´s survey, the United … locations for FDI. The only new country to be added to the list is Thailand, replacing Turkey and South Africa (who tied …
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Transnational Corporations Volume 30, 2023, Number 1
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LATIN AMERICA`S FDI INFLOWS DOWN IN 2000
… After tripling during the second half of the 1990s, annual foreign direct investment (FDI (1) ) … time ever, two Latin American firms are among the world´s top 100 transnational corporations (TNCs (3) ), as tracked by WIR: Venezuela´s Petróleos de …
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT INFLOWS TO AFRICA HIT HISTORIC HIGH
… EMBARGO The contents of this press release and the related Report must not be … Bank (United Kingdom) for US$5.5 billion. Africa´s top ten recipient countries - South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, … Orascom Construction (Egypt) also made it onto the list. The World Investment Report and its database are …
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BOOMING SOUTH-SOUTH INVESTMENT CREATES DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, SAYS UNCTAD
… EMBARGO The contents of this press release and the related Report must not be … Asia accounted for almost 70% of these capital flows. The list of top developing country sources in 2005 was led by Hong Kong …
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UNCTAD BENCHMARKS FDI PERFORMANCE AND POTENTIAL
… by standardizing a country’s inflows to the size of its economy, and measure potential by using a set of … by and large to levels of economic development. The top 20 economies in 1998-2000 by this measure were developed … of the 10 largest TNCs remained fairly stable. The top-100 list reflects the continuing expansion of TNCs from …
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FDI INFLOWS TO IRELAND ON THE RISE IN 2002
… year, from $9.7 billion to $24.4 billion, making it one of the top 10 FDI recipients worldwide. The performance is even more … (FDI) and the operations of transnational corporations (TNCs). They include statistical definitions and sources, a …