UNCTAD says global FDI flows continued to rise in 2006 and reached $1,306bn. - UNCTAD has revealed in its annual report on global investment that for the third year in a row, global flows in direct investment (FDI) continued to increase in 2006. These flows were worth $1306bn, a 38% rise on the 2005 level, and were close to the record level of $1411bn reached in 2000. Although FDI inflows in developed countries grew by 45% to reach a level of $857bn, flows to developing countries and the...