After three consecutive years of falls, world flows in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) picked up slightly in 2004, thanks to a significant increase in these flows towards the developing countries, according to UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), in its "World Investment Report 2005". At global level, FDI entries rose to 648 billion dollars in 2004, which is up 2% on 2003. They leapt by 40% in the developing countries (233 billion dollars), but fell 14% in the...