According to the preliminary statistics of the last annual report by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the thirty OECD member countries ("Trends and Recent Developments in Foreign Direct Investment") flows in DIA have sharply fallen in 2002 in relation to 2001. The amounts in fact reached USD 490 bio in 2002 as opposed to USD 614 bio in 2001 (a fall of 20%) and they are expected to fall further in 2003. According to the...