The OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) reports in an article on trends and recent developments in foreign direct investment (FDI) (to be published in September 2002 in a new OECD publication) that between 2000 and 2001, FDI flows into and out of OECD countries recorded their largest drop in recent decades after reaching record levels in 2000. FDI fell by 56% in 2001 ($566 bn) on 2000 ($1274 bn). "The total amount of FDI in 2000 stood at an all-time historical high,...