VOL. XLIV

No 40

1-October-2001

GENERAL

FDI Flows To MENA Region Rise By 104% In 2000 But Still Only 0.4% Of Global Total

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), rose in the year 2000 to $4.6bn, or 104% higher than the $2.3bn figure for the year 1999 but still represented only 0.36% of global totals, according to the latest World Development Report (WDR) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) issued on 18 September...