World Investments Report 2020

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The World Investment Report focuses on worldwide FDI (foreign direct investment) trends at the regional and country levels and emerging measures to improve their contribution to development.



Recently the World Investment Report 2020 was released by UNCTAD (UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT). This was the 30th edition of the World Investment Report. In this report, India has gained its name in the list of top 10 countries.
This report gives information about the FDI trend during 2019.
According to the report, the country that received the most FDI in 2019 was the United States of America. 
In 2019, India was the ninth largest country in the world to receive FDI. In 2019, India received foreign direct investment of $ 51 billion. Most of the investment was seen in the IT sector and construction industry.
India ranked 12th with $ 42 billion direct investment in 2018.


Investment in other countries by South Asia has increased by 6%. It's main reason is investment made by India. But there is a possibility of a reduction in investment made by India in 2020. The main reason is Covid-19. 
In 2020, Global FDI flow may be decreased by 40%. Global fdi is likely to go below $ 1 trillion at the first time since 2005.
Global FDI is expected to decrease by 5 to 10% in 2021. Recovery expected to begin from 2022.


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