World Investment Report 2004
The Shift Towards Services
The World Investment Report is recognized worldwide as an authoritative source of information and analysis on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). It focuses on FDI trends at the regional and country levels and emerging measures to improve its contribution to development. This year's report examines the shift of FDI towards services with a focus on the entry of Transnational Corporations into new service areas. It provides a special analysis of offshoring service activities and of key issues relating to national and international policies.
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