Fall in foreign direct investment continues in 2009 - no clear improvement before 2011. As a result of a worsening of the financial and economic crisis in 2008, prospects for global foreign direct investment (FDI) remain gloomy, reports UNCTAD´s annual study of worldwide investment trends. After a record figure of US$1.979 trillion in 2007, FDI flows fell in 2008 to $1.697 trillion and are due to experience a further fall in 2009 to at least $1.2 trillion. Recovery is expected to be slow in...