Direct foreign investments to decline by $0.5 trln in 2009
YORK. September 18. KAZINFORM /Aliya Altyngazina/ The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has published the World Investment Report 2009, in which it forecasts decline in the volume of direct foreign investments in 2009 by USD 0.5 trln against the last year.
In 2008 the total volume of the direct foreign investments made up USD 1.7 trln. Investments in the developed countries declined by 29% from the beginning of the financial crisis. But investments in the developing countries and states with transition economy of SEE and CIS increased by 17% last year. About 84% of investments were directed to Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
The USA, France and Japan are among the largest investor-states. The USA, France, China, Britain and Russia are the most attractive for investing.