VOL. XL

No. 38

22-September-1997

INVESTMENTS

UNCTAD Says West Asia Receives 1.5% Of All FDI Flows To Developing Countries

Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to developing countries of West Asia in 1996 areestimated at $1,893mn, or 1.5% of all FDI flows to developing countries, according toUNCTAD's recently published World International Report 1997. FDI flows to west Asiawere negative in 1995 because of large disinvestments in Saudi Arabia (-$1,877mn) andYemen (-$218mn). In 1996 Turkey was...