Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2018

This publication sets out and analyses the main foreign direct investment (FDI) trends in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2017, certain trends that had already emerged in the global economic landscape became more established. In particular, announcements of potential restricti...

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spelling oai-11362-436902021-08-05T17:09:39Z Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2018 NU. CEPAL. División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial INVERSION EXTRANJERA DIRECTA INVERSIONES CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS EMPRESAS MANUFACTURERAS INDUSTRIA AUTOMOTRIZ INDUSTRIA ELECTRICA INDUSTRIA AEROESPACIAL EXPORTACIONES PROMOCION DE LAS EXPORTACIONES POLITICA COMERCIAL POLITICA DE INVERSIONES UNION EUROPEA RELACIONES ECONOMICAS INTERNACIONALES FUENTES DE ENERGIA RENOVABLES TELECOMUNICACIONES INTERNET ECONOMIA BASADA EN EL CONOCIMIENTO INNOVACIONES TECNOLOGICAS DATOS ESTADISTICOS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT INVESTMENTS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY AEROSPACE INDUSTRY EXPORTS EXPORT PROMOTION TRADE POLICY INVESTMENT POLICY EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNET KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS STATISTICAL DATA This publication sets out and analyses the main foreign direct investment (FDI) trends in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2017, certain trends that had already emerged in the global economic landscape became more established. In particular, announcements of potential restrictions on trade and pressures to relocate production to developed countries were confirmed. At the same time, China has taken steps to restrict outflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in order to align these flows with its strategic plan. Adding to these factors is the expansion of digital technologies, whose international expansion requires smaller investments in tangible assets. Firms in these areas are heavily concentrated in the United States and China, which reduces the need for cross-border mergers and acquisitions. The combination of these factors goes some way to explaining the drop in global FDI in 2017, even amid stronger global economic growth (3.2%), abundant international liquidity, high corporate returns and optimism in the financial markets. In this international context, FDI flows to Latin America and the Caribbean contracted for the fourth year in a row in 2017, to US$ 161.673 billion, 3.6% down on the 2016 figure and 20% less than in 2011. Executive summary .-- Chapter I. Foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean .-- Chapter II. Foreign direct investment dominates Mexico’s advanced manufacturing sectors .-- Chapter III. Global pressures and the search for efficiency: export platforms in Central America and the Dominican Republic .-- Chapter IV. The European Union, the main source of quality investment for Latin America and the Caribbean .-- Tables. 2018-09-27T13:14:04Z 2018-06-29T14:08:22Z 2018-09-27T13:14:04Z 2018-09-27 Texto Documento Completo 9789211219937 http://hdl.handle.net/11362/43690 LC/PUB.2018/13-P 9789210586313 en Foreign Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean. Report .pdf application/pdf application/epub+zip application/x-mobipocket-ebook AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE MEXICO REPUBLICA DOMINICANA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN MEXICO ECLAC
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topic INVERSION EXTRANJERA DIRECTA
INVERSIONES
CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS
EMPRESAS MANUFACTURERAS
INDUSTRIA AUTOMOTRIZ
INDUSTRIA ELECTRICA
INDUSTRIA AEROESPACIAL
EXPORTACIONES
PROMOCION DE LAS EXPORTACIONES
POLITICA COMERCIAL
POLITICA DE INVERSIONES
UNION EUROPEA
RELACIONES ECONOMICAS INTERNACIONALES
FUENTES DE ENERGIA RENOVABLES
TELECOMUNICACIONES
INTERNET
ECONOMIA BASADA EN EL CONOCIMIENTO
INNOVACIONES TECNOLOGICAS
DATOS ESTADISTICOS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
INVESTMENTS
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY
AEROSPACE INDUSTRY
EXPORTS
EXPORT PROMOTION
TRADE POLICY
INVESTMENT POLICY
EUROPEAN UNION
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
INTERNET
KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
STATISTICAL DATA
spellingShingle INVERSION EXTRANJERA DIRECTA
INVERSIONES
CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS
EMPRESAS MANUFACTURERAS
INDUSTRIA AUTOMOTRIZ
INDUSTRIA ELECTRICA
INDUSTRIA AEROESPACIAL
EXPORTACIONES
PROMOCION DE LAS EXPORTACIONES
POLITICA COMERCIAL
POLITICA DE INVERSIONES
UNION EUROPEA
RELACIONES ECONOMICAS INTERNACIONALES
FUENTES DE ENERGIA RENOVABLES
TELECOMUNICACIONES
INTERNET
ECONOMIA BASADA EN EL CONOCIMIENTO
INNOVACIONES TECNOLOGICAS
DATOS ESTADISTICOS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
INVESTMENTS
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY
AEROSPACE INDUSTRY
EXPORTS
EXPORT PROMOTION
TRADE POLICY
INVESTMENT POLICY
EUROPEAN UNION
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
INTERNET
KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
STATISTICAL DATA
Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2018
description This publication sets out and analyses the main foreign direct investment (FDI) trends in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2017, certain trends that had already emerged in the global economic landscape became more established. In particular, announcements of potential restrictions on trade and pressures to relocate production to developed countries were confirmed. At the same time, China has taken steps to restrict outflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in order to align these flows with its strategic plan. Adding to these factors is the expansion of digital technologies, whose international expansion requires smaller investments in tangible assets. Firms in these areas are heavily concentrated in the United States and China, which reduces the need for cross-border mergers and acquisitions. The combination of these factors goes some way to explaining the drop in global FDI in 2017, even amid stronger global economic growth (3.2%), abundant international liquidity, high corporate returns and optimism in the financial markets. In this international context, FDI flows to Latin America and the Caribbean contracted for the fourth year in a row in 2017, to US$ 161.673 billion, 3.6% down on the 2016 figure and 20% less than in 2011.
author2 NU. CEPAL. División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial
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title Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2018
title_short Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2018
title_full Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2018
title_fullStr Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2018
title_full_unstemmed Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2018
title_sort foreign direct investment in latin america and the caribbean 2018
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url http://hdl.handle.net/11362/43690
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