Pandemic ‘rolled back’ sustainable development funding for weak economies: UNCTAD

Financial assistance to the world’s 83 weakest economies fell by 15 per cent in 2020, to $35 billion as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, UN trade and development experts UNCTAD said on Monday.

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Global foreign direct investment halved amid pandemic, but China remained resilient

27 Oct 2020

Foreign direct investment (FDI), a bellwether of globalisation and economic confidence, fell by 49 per cent to $399 billion in the first half of 2020, amid the upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a new report from the UN trade and development organization UNCTAD showed on Tuesday.  

‘Rapid deterioration’ in global investment flows as Coronavirus spreads: UN trade body

26 Mar 2020

Foreign direct investment flows are liable to drop by 30 to 40 per cent during 2020, into next year, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, reflecting a far more severe economic blow that initially projected, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Thursday in its latest Investment Trends Monitor report.

Global foreign investment declines for second year as geopolitical tensions rise, UN trade body reports

Global foreign investment declines for second year as geopolitical tensions rise, UN trade body reports

20 Jun 2024

Foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by two per cent to $1.3 trillion in 2023 amid global economic slowdown and rising geopolitical tensions, according to a report released on Thursday by the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD.