The economic crisis that resulted from the Covid-19 pandemic has had a major impact on foreign direct investments with long-term effects, says the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Global Investment Report 2020.
By 2020, global foreign direct investments (FDI) flows are expected to decline by up to 40%, bringing them below $1 trillion for the first time since 2005. A fall that is expected to continue in 2021, with a further reduction of 5 to 10%, the authors...