Foreign Direct Investment (fDi)

Editor's note: FDI flows face a new gradient

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Crossborder greenfield investments are stagnating. Hardly staggering news in the current climate, but according to fDi�s investor intentions survey, very few sectors are in a position to plug this gap, leaving the whole foreign investment arena feeling flat, writes Courtney Fingar.

AFDB round-up: Urgent response

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Courtney Fingar talks to Africa�s politicians at the African Development Bank Annual Conference in Senegal, as they react to the global recession and the fallout of the G-20 Summit in London.

Following the smart money

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Biotech companies can only thrive with the right mix of available funding, intellectual property protection and effective regulation. With so many locations claiming to offer them all, an fDi panel discusses how companies can best evaluate expansion options.

Manufactured diversity

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The economies of north Africa�s Maghreb region � Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia � are branching out into manufacturing as the demand for hydrocarbon exports continues to decline, writes Michael Deibert.

View from the top

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

As fDi releases the results of its investor intentions survey, Lara Williams looks to 2009 for trends in crossborder investment.

The economic outlook for 2009 may not offer the ideal circumstances for global corporate expansion, but even in a downturn companies must evaluate the pros and cons of launching into new markets.