131. The FDI recession has begun
- Author:
- Karl P. Sauvant
- Publication Date:
- 11-2008
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
- Abstract:
- With $1.8 trillion (according to UNCTAD), world foreign direct investment (FDI) flows reached an all-time high last year. All major regions benefitted from increased flows. But that was then. What is, and will be, the impact of the financial crisis and the recession on FDI flows this year and next?
- Topic:
- Development, Economics, International Trade and Finance, Foreign Direct Investment, and Financial Crisis