Developing countries, main recipients 2010. In a report published in the middle of January, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said that in 2010 flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) towards developing countries had for the very first time, overtaken flows towards the rich economies, which are struggling to find an exit strategy for the economic crisis. Following steep falls in 2008 and 2009, FDI reached the figure of $1,122 billion for all the different...