Foreign investments
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A report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development shows that the 49 poorest economies received only 0.5% of global foreign direct investment in 1999. But their FDI inflows have risen nearly ninefold since 1990.
This article appeared in the Economic & financial indicators section of the print edition under the headline “Foreign investments”
From the May 19th 2001 edition
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