Posts Tagged ‘FDI’

BRIC Outbound Investment: The Outlook For 2010

Most people are well aware that the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) countries are big recipients of foreign direct investment (FDI). But they are also big sources of FDI.

In 2009, for the first time, emerging market outbound mergers and acquisitions (M&A) flows outpaced inbound M&A flows, reaching US$131.8bn, according to Dealogic. Most of these [Read more...]

Africa In 2009: Don’t Rely On China

As I discussed in yesterday’s post, the world has to get comfortable with the idea of a rapidly slowing Chinese economy and the potential risk of a concomitant, sharp decline in Chinese overseas investment. While China has splashed out around the globe, I would argue that no other region has benefited more from Chinese FDI [Read more...]


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