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WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 2003

The World Investment Report 2003 focuses on the foreign direct investment (FDI) downturn, its reasons and the role of

national policies and international investment agreements (IIA) in attracting FDI to a country and for a country to benefit

from it.

Part One discusses the overall trends in FDI. FDI flows have dropped drastically and no rebound is expected in 2003. The

reasons for the downturn are discussed from a global perspective, as well as by region - developed countries, Africa, Asia

and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Central and Eastern Europe.

Part Two focuses on key issues that straddle national FDI policies and international investment agreements with a view to

bringing out the development dimension. Special attention is given to the rise of IIAs, the right to regulate, home country

measures and corporate social responsibility.



WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 2002

The first principal finding is that foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in 2001 declined to $735 billion. This is less

than half the 2000 figure. Behind this decline is the slowdown in the world economy and a weakening of business confidence,

both of which were accentuated by the September 11 events in the United States, and both of which contributed to a sharp

reduction of cross border mergers and acquisitions that take place predominantly between industrialized countries. In light

of the prolonged economic recession and the slow recovery of business confidence, especially in the United States, UNCTAD

does not expect a rebound of FDI flows this year. Despite the decline in FDI flows, the expansion of international production

continues, although at a slower pace. However, developments differ markedly between various parts of the world. The FDI

downturn was concentrated in the developed countries (-59%), with only modest declines in flows to developing countries

(-14%) and even a small increase in flows to Central and Eastern Europe (2%). There were also significant variations within

the third world, with lower levels of inflows to Asia and Latin America but an increase to Africa. Africa, however, still

remains a marginal recipient of FDI.

WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 2001

The World Investment Report 2001 examines the issue of linkages between foreign affiliates of multinational enterprises and

local companies in developing countries. Worldwide FDI flows again reached record levels in 2000. FDI remains the main driver

of the expansion of the international production system. Forging linkages between foreign affiliates and domestic firms is a

main challenge for policy-makers in developing countries in order to benefit from FDI as much as possible. WIR 2001 pays

particular attention to this challenge. The objective is not to raise linkages at any cost, but to use them to upgrade the

competitive capabilities of domestic enterprises. Fostering linkages is an important means of diffusing knowledge,

information and skills from a foreign investor. In a technology and skill driven world, this can contribute to increasing the

efficiency and growth potential of the host economy. WIR 2001 provides valuable information on country and company experience

in this field.

WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 2000

The contribution of foreign direct investment to development is now widely recognized.

There is a perception, however, that this contribution may be affected by the way investment enters a country. It may come in

the form of a new enterprise or the expansion of an existing enterprise; it may also come through a merger or an acquisition.

Acquisitions, in particular, arouse concerns, especially over employment, ownership and market structure. And the concerns

become urgent when the host economy is a developing one.

Given the recent explosion in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, UNCTAD′s 10th World Investment Report is a highly

timely and important document. This phenomenon calls for just the sort of careful and dispassionate analysis that has become

the hallmark of the WIRs.

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions are a part of economic life in a liberalizing and globalizing world. But accepting a

more open market in the interests of growth and development does not mean relaxing the requirements of public vigilance. On

the contrary, a freer market - and particularly the emerging global market for enterprises - calls for greater vigilance as

well as stronger and better governance. To this end, World Investment Report 2000 provides us with a valuable resource.

WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 1999

WIR 99 is the ninth Report in an annual series that has been recognized as the most up-to-date and comprehensive source of

information as well as analysis regarding foreign direct investment (FDI).

Part I, entitled Trends,examines the most recent global and regional trends in FDI. It describes the world′s 100 largest

TNCs, the 50 largest TNCs in developing countries and the 25 largest TNCs in Central Europe; analyses the momentum for an

increasing globalization of economies through FDI and the activities of TNCs; and explores the growing importance of mergers

and acquisitions in fuelling FDI flows. It also reviews recent developments in bilateral and regional investment agreements

including the reasons for the end of negotiations of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment.

Part II, entitled FDI and the Challenge of Development, looks at the impact of FDI on key objectives of economic development:

increasing financial resources for investment, enhancing technological capabilities, boosting export competitiveness,

generating and upgrading employment, and protecting the environment.

The Report concludes that although FDI can yield major economic benefits for the host country, such benefits can be enhanced

through appropriate policies. Governments therefore have an important role to play in creating the conditions that attract

FDI and in maximizing the positive contribution that FDI can make to growth and development.

WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 1998

WIR 98 is the eighth in an annual series which has been recognized as the most up-to-date, comprehensive source of

information and analysis regarding foreign direct investment (FDI). The Report documents the continuing growth of FDI which

reached new record levels in 1997. Apart from standard chapters featuring FDI trends at the global and regional levels, the

report covers policy developments as well as the top 100 largest TNCs worldwide and the top 50 largest TNCs from developing

countries. Special attention is paid to the impact of the financial crises in Asia on FDI flows to and from that region;

success stories in terms of attracting FDI in Africa; the interrelationship between FDI, exports and the balance-of-payments

in Latin America and the Caribbean; and the absorptive capacity for FDI of Central and Eastern Europe. In addition, WIR 98

has an extensive analysis of the host country determinants of FDI flows.

As in the past years, the Report offers useful empirical information and policy analysis for decision makers in government,

business and researchers in academia alike.
 
 
WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 1997

The World Investment Report 1997, the seventh in this series, examines the relationship between FDI and competition.

As countries everywhere remove legislative obstacles for FDI, they face new challenges in terms of ensuring the proper

functioning of markets. TNCs can render the structure of the markets of recipient countries more competitive, but that is not

assured in and by itself. In a globalizing and liberalizing world, the scope of markets transcends national boundaries and

complicates the relationship between FDI and competition. More than ever before, competition policy has a key role to play in

this respect, the Report argues.

The report includes a statistical annex with FDI statistics and other related indicators.
 
WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 1996

The World Investment Report 1996 documents a new height of FDI flows in 1995: US$ 315 billion, an increase of 38 per cent

over 1994. The World Investment Report 1996 also provides in-depth analysis of the interlinkages between FDI and trade. The

rapid increases in FDI result in a new and more complex relationship between world trade and investment. And they contribute

to more international negotiations on investment.

The report includes a statistical annex with FDI statistics and other related indicators.

WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 1995

The World Investment Report 1995, focuses on the interaction between the activities that transnational corporations undertake

to enhance their competitiveness and the economic performance of countries. Major issues raised in the Report are:

How the operations of transnational corporations, as well as their linkages with domestic firms, affect a country′s overall

economic performance by providing essential ingredients for their effective participation in the emerging system of

international production.


The role of transnational corporations in influencing the access of particular countries to global resources and markets, and

in facilitating domestic economic restructuring.

This volume also presents policy recommendations designed to allow countries to maximize the benefits for growth and

development to be derived from the activities of transnational corporations in an increasingly globalized world economy.

The report includes a statistical annex with FDI statistics and other related indicators.

WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 1994

The World Investment Report 1994 analyses the impact of an integrated international production system on the quantity and

quality of employment, human resource development and, more generally, to the organization of work.

The report includes a statistical annex with FDI statistics and other related indicators.

WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 1993

The World Investment Report 1993 analyses the evolving strategies and changing organizational structures of TNCs, and the

implications of the increasing functional, cross-national integration of their activities for the location of international

production. In spite of an overall decline in world-wide flows of foreign direct investment in the early 1990s, there are

many features of the world economic environment pointing to a continuing and important role for transnational corporations.

The report includes a statistical annex with FDI statistics and other related indicators.

WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 1992


The World Investment Report 1992 analyses the relationship between TNCs and economic growth. Since the early 1980s, world

investment flows have been expanding rapidly, much faster than other key economic variables such as world trade and world

output. A number of major new developments in the global economic situation have placed foreign direct investment in a

central position to influence the pace and the nature of economic growth in most countries. Finally, developing countries

themselves have implemented notable and, in many cases, dramatic policy changes, in order to open their economies to greater

contributions by transnational corporations.

The report includes a statistical annex with FDI statistics and other related indicators.
 

WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 1991

The first volume in the World Investment Report series analyses the Triad (Japan, the European Community and the United

States) in terms of foreign direct investment.

It looks at the role transnational corporations play in promoting regional economic integration around the three poles of the

Triad,

describes the linkages between foreign direct investment and trade, technology and financial flows, and

highlights policy implications for developing countries and the international community.