World Investment Report BY UNCTAD.
                     WORLD INVESTMENT 
REPORT BY UNCTAD
INTRODUCTION
• The World Investment Report focuses on trends in Foreign Direct 
Investment (FDI) worldwide.
• It also focuses at the regional, country levels and emerging 
measures to improve its contribution to development.
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KEY POINTS
• According to the report, global FDI flows are forecast to decrease 
by up to 40% in 2020.
• This would bring global FDI below $1 trillion for the first time 
since 2005.
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KEY POINTS
• The FDI is projected to decrease by a further 5% to 10% in 2021.
• However, the investment flows are expected to slowly recover by 
the start of 2022.
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KEY POINTS
• Developing economies are expected to see the biggest fall in FDI.
• Because they rely more on investment in Global Value Chain 
based industries, which have been severely hit due to Covid-19.
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KEY POINTS
• Global FDI flows rose modestly in 2019, following the sizable 
declines registered in 2017 and 2018.
• The rise in FDI was due to the waning of impact of the 2017 tax 
reforms in the United States.
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INDIA’S INVESTMENT SCENARIO
• India jumped from 12th position in 2018 to 9th position in 
2019 among the world’s largest FDI recipients.
• In 2019, the FDI inflows into India jumped over 20% to $51 
billion.
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INDIA’S INVESTMENT SCENARIO
• FDI into India may decline sharply in 2020 because of the impact of 
the Covid-19 pandemic.
• In India the number of Greenfield investment announcements 
declined by 4% in the first quarter of financial year 2020-21. 
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INDIA’S INVESTMENT SCENARIO
• India’s large market will continue to attract market-seeking 
investments to the country.
• Investors concluded deals worth over $650 million in the first 
quarter of 2020, mostly in the digital sector.
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INDIA’S INVESTMENT SCENARIO
• India’s professional services and the digital economy could see a 
faster rebound.
• Because global venture capital firms and technology companies 
continue to show interest in India’s market through acquisitions.
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