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FDI for developing countries rises by 2% in 2014; likely to be USD 1.7 trillion in 2017

By TIOL News Service

GENEVA, JUNE 25, 2015: AS per UNCTAD's World Investment Report, global foreign direct investment (FDI) declined in 2014 but flows to developing countries actually reached their highest level ever. FDI fell by 16 per cent to USD 1.23 trillion in 2014, while flows to developed countries declined by 28 per cent to USD 499 billion. The Report calls for systematic reform of the current international investment agreement regime.

Inward FDI flows to developing economies reached their highest level ever, at USD 681 billion with a 2 per cent rise. Among the top 10 FDI recipients in the world, five are developing economies, with China taking the lead.

For 2015, UNCTAD projects global FDI inflows to grow by 11 per cent to USD 1.4 trillion. Expectations are for further rises to USD 1.5 trillion in 2016 and to USD 1.7 trillion in 2017.

UNCTAD is also calling for a systematic reform of the international investment agreement regime in order to bring coherence to the almost 3,300 agreements currently in existence.

"The case for reform is clear," UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi said. "We are now faced with a global patchwork of agreements, with unintended and sometimes far-reaching consequences for the right, of developed and developing countries alike, to regulate."

"Old style’ international investment agreements have increasingly come to a dead end. Reform should make the global network of international investment agreements better fit the needs and realities of today and tomorrow," explained Mr. Kituyi, stressing the importance of achieving such harmonization as the international community is in the process of formulating a new development agenda.

"Reform should be guided by the goal of more effectively harnessing international investment agreements for sustainable and inclusive development, focusing on key reform areas, and following a multi-level, systematic and inclusive approach," Mr. Kituyi stated. "Only a common approach will deliver an international investment agreement regime in which stability, clarity and predictability help achieve the objectives of all stakeholders."

Among the areas where governments should undertake efforts, UNCTAD mentions the need to safeguard the right to regulate in the public interest, to reform investment dispute settlement and to expand investment promotion and facilitation in international investment agreements.


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