Drop in worldwide flows of direct foreign investment in 2009. - Worldwide flows of direct foreign investment (DFI) reached their lowest point in the second half of 2009, before picking up slightly in the first six months of 2010, according to the latest Cnuced annual report on investments in the world. This improvement is set to speed up in the second half of this year, and even more so through 2011 and 2012 (for more details, see EUROPE 10187). Taken region by region, in 2009: 1) Developed...