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Matrix of inward FDI performance and potential, 2001-2003
	High FDI performance Front-runners	Low FDI performance Below-potential

Matrix of inward FDI performance and potential, 2001-2003
	High FDI performance Front-runners	Low FDI performance Below-potential
High FDI Potential	Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium and Luxembourg, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria,Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Hong Kong (China), Norway, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Portugal, Qatar, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia and Viet Nam.	Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Iceland, iran, Islamic rep, italy, japan, jordan, Canada, Germany, Greece, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Malta, New Zealand, FDI, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Russian Federation, Thailand, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan Province of China, United Kingdom, United states, Republic of Korea,
	Above-potential	Under-performers
Low FDI Potential	Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Colombia, Congo (Republic), Ecuador, Ethiopia, Gambia, Georgia, Guyana, Honduras, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Macedonia, Togo, Uganda, Jamaica, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, India, Myanmar, Malawi, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia.	Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo Democratic Republic, Kenya, Venezuela, Yemen, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, El Salvador, Gabon, South Africa, zimbawe, Malawi, Indonesia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, India, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Rwanda, Senegal, Srilanka, Turkey

Source: UNCTAD

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