Contrasting results for foreign investment in Asia and America in 2014. UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) has presented contrasting results on foreign direct investment (FDI) in South America, Africa and Asia for 2014. South America is no longer the driver of increasing foreign investment in the Latin America-Caribbean region. FDI has risen by 10% in east and South-East Asia, and by 16% in South Asia but has fallen for the sixth year in a row in the West Asia...