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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 22:10 UTC

Tag: foreign direct investment (FDI)

  • Tuesday, July 11th 2023 - 08:29 UTC

    LatAm lures record foreign direct investment in 2022

    Brazil accounted for 40.7% of the FDI

    According to a report from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released Monday, Latin America and the Caribbean attracted a record volume of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2022 with US$ 224.58 billion injected, which represented a 55.2% increase from 2021.

  • Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 09:56 UTC

    Argentina second worst Latam country in terms of foreign direct investment

    Air New Zealand and Norwegian are among the companies which have lifted their operations in Argentina

    Argentina's poor performance in the 21st century when it comes down to direct foreign investment is only surpassed by that of Venezuela; it was reported Sunday by Infobae.

  • Friday, July 6th 2018 - 08:12 UTC

    FDI in Latin America falls for the third year running, says ECLAC

    Alicia Barcena called on governments to promote quality FDI that is compatible with sustainable development, to promote a change in productive structures

    Despite an international context characterized by stronger growth in the global economy, abundant international liquidity, high corporate returns and optimism in financial markets, the flows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean – on average, and with great heterogeneity within the region – fell for the third year in a row in 2017 to total US$ 161.673 billion dollars, down 3.6% from the previous year and 20% below the level reached in 2011.

  • Friday, August 11th 2017 - 11:54 UTC

    Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America drops for second year running

    Big productivity gaps persist in the region and the new technological scenarios require new policies to harness FDI benefits, said Alicia Barcena

    The flows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Latin America and the Caribbean shrank 7.9% in 2016 compared with 2015, totaling US$167.043 billion, representing a 17% decline from the peak reached in 2011, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) revealed at its headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

  • Wednesday, May 24th 2017 - 07:10 UTC

    Record number of investments from overseas in Scotland during 2016

    The EY Scotland Attractiveness Survey showed Scotland was the second most popular part of the UK to invest in behind London.

    Scotland won a record number of investments from overseas in 2016, although growth was substantially lower than the previous year. There were 122 foreign direct investment deals done over the course of last year, up from 119 in 2015.

  • Friday, October 11th 2013 - 13:15 UTC

    Foreign direct investment in Latam remains strong and increases 6% in first half of 2013

    Brazil and Mexico remain the main magnets for FDI according to the ECLAC report

    Foreign direct investment (FDI) to Latin America displayed moderate growth in the first half of this year, compared with the 2012 similar period, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The 13 countries of the region that provided data received 102.951 billion dollars, which was 6% higher than the first six months of the previous year.