Asia-Pacific: in its annual report on investment in the world, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has noted that flows of Direct Investment Abroad (DIA) in the Asia-Pacific zone slightly fell in 2002 from USD 107 bn in 2001 to USD 95 bn in 2002. The fall varied to a certain extent on the specific region, country and branch of activity. Therefore, investments fell in 31 of the 57 counties in the region but the flows in several countries were noticeably higher than...