According to the first estimations by UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), the flow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the world should exceed $1,100 billion in 2000, up 14% compared to 1999 ($982 million). Flows have doubled in just three years, state the experts, stressing that ten years earlier they were only at $200 billion. This strong rise in FDI is, however, unequally distributed as over three-quarters have been to the benefit of the developed countries,...