Overseas investment falling, developing countries largely unscathed: UN trade agency

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Foreign direct investment (FDI) has dropped 40 per cent year-on-year so far, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Monday, but the $470 million decline is happening mainly in wealthy, industrialized nations, especially in North America and Western Europe.

Overseas investment falling, developing countries largely unscathed: UN trade agency
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