World Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), 2006

Faster rising merger and acquisition across the regions over the globe has given a boost to the flow of Foreign Direct Investment in 2006. According to the UNCTAD estimates, FDI inflows in 2006 reached at US $1.2 trillion.

Though developed nations over the world had attracted a huge sum of FDI in 2006, still the flows to developing nations were significant in the same year. FDI inflows to the developed countries increased by 48 percent over the previous year.

Inflow of FDI to various regions in the year 2006 is as follows.

Faster rising merger and acquisition across the regions over the globe has given a boost to the flow of Foreign Direct Investment in 2006. According to the UNCTAD estimates, FDI inflows in 2006 reached at US $1.2 trillion.

Though developed nations over the world had attracted a huge sum of FDI in 2006, still the flows to developing nations were significant in the same year. FDI inflows to the developed countries increased by 48 percent over the previous year.

Inflow of FDI to various regions in the year 2006 is as follows.

World FDI- Inflows To Africa In 2006:

FDI in Africa reached US$ 39 billions in the year 2006 compared to US$ 31 billions in the previous year. The following diagram shows the inflow of FDI to African regions:

 

World FDI- Inflows To Latin America and the Caribbean In 2006:

FDI inflows to Latin America and Caribbean region fell slightly and reached at US$ 99 billion in the year 2006. Both Brazil and Mexico attracted a huge sum of FDI into the country. FDI inflows to Cambodia and Argentina declined due to failure in the cross boarder merger and acquisition.

World FDI- Inflows To South, East and South-East Asia in 2006:

Inflow of FDI to the South, East and South-East Asia region in the year 2006 reached at reach US$ 187 billion. Countries such as China, Hong Kong, Singapore and India were the largest recipients of Foreign Direct Investments in the region.