Freshly delivered information on FDI

This page in:

UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2006 is out, and it shows that 2005 was a banner year for foreign direct investment. Notable inflows went to:

  • the United Kingdom - the single largest recipient with an eye-popping $165 billion
  • the European Union - with almost half the world total and 141 mega-deals over $1 billion
  • Sub-Saharan Africa - with a record (but still meager) $11 billion, mostly in natural resources thanks to the commodity boom
  • the Middle East and North Africa - where investment jumped 74% over 2004 numbers

See Global Insight for an executive summary of the report. (Good tip, RGE Monitor.) Also, Bill Jamieson in London takes a more nuanced look at the big numbers and tells us to take them with the appropriate dash of salt.


Join the Conversation

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly
Remaining characters: 1000