Foreing indirect investment: Latin America is gaining ground

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N° 8
July 18th
2012
Foreign Direct Sponsors
investment: Latin America Platinum
is gaining ground
The flow of investment towards Latin America presents a
promising future. Make the most of the XLVI Annual Felaban
Assembly, Lima 2012 to explore those opportunities.
One of the consequences of 2008’s international an average of 10% of global FDI. In 2011, the region’s
financial crisis has been a reduction in the global flow share of the global FDI was 15%.
of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) ever since. However This reflects Latin America’s status as an ever
according to the latest UNCTAD investment report, in safer and more attractive destination for international Gold
2011 the worldwide FDI flow increased by 16%, returning investment, mostly due to the sound economic
to levels seen in years prior to the crisis, in spite of the foundations being laid by countries in the region. While
global economy not yet having got back to the levels of natural resources are undoubtedly a strong draw for
dynamism enjoyed at that time. capital, Latin America’s sustained economic growth is
The region of Latin America is taking on a very also reverberating in consumption and in the size of the
important and expanding role in this process. The region’s markets. This process is yielding high returns
flow of FDI towards Latin America and the Caribbean to investors, leading various sectors, including services
(excluding offshore finance centers) has increased by and manufacturing to also find themselves as targets
around 27% in 2011, driven mainly by South America. for major international investors.
This level of growth was not only superior to the In 2012, the growth rate of the flow of FDI towards Silver
global rate for the same period, but also to that of Latin America is anticipated to be similar to that recorded
all developing countries (21%). Thanks to this, Latin in 2011, in spite of the increase in uncertainty over the
America’s share in the total global FDI flow is increasing. global economy. Likewise, the prospect for coming
For the 2005-2007 period, Latin America represented years remains favorable.
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