Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2017
Abstract
This publication sets out and analyses the main foreign direct investment (FDI) trends in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The 2017 edition shows that the region is at a difficult juncture. FDI inflows declined by 7.9% in 2016, to US$ 167.043 billion, representing a cumulative fall of 17.0% since the peak in 2011. The fall in commodity prices continues to affect investments in natural resources, sluggish economic growth in several countries has slowed the flow of market-seeking capital, and the global backdrop of technological sophistication and expansion of the digital economy has concentrated transnational investments in developed economies.
Abstract
Executive summary .-- Chapter I. Foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean
Translation
La Inversión Extranjera Directa en América Latina y el Caribe 2017O Investimento Estrangeiro Direto na América Latina e no Caribe 2017. Documento informativo
Serie
Foreign Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean. ReportECLAC Subtopics
BUSINESS STRATEGIES ; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ; MACROECONOMICSUnited Nations Subtopics
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ; MACROECONOMICS ; GLOBALIZATION ; INVESTMENTS ; TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS ; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION ; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY ; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS ; CASE STUDIES ; STATISTICAL DATACountry / Region
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ; MEXICOen