This paper is focused on the main underlinings from the prospects survey of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for the period 2007-2009 . These findings refer to the global trends in foreign direct investments (FDI) and determinants of future FDI flows; the...

At the global level, governance has been viewed primarily as intergovernmental relationships, but it must now be understood as also involving non-governmental organizations, citizen’s movements, multinational corporations, and the global capital market. Therefore it should be analyzed how...