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Developing Asia FDI reaches $644 billion in 2025

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Developing Asia attracted $644 billion in foreign direct investment in 2025, up from $623 billion a year earlier, United Nations Trade and Development said in its World Investment Report 2026. The gain kept the region as the largest FDI recipient...
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Africa FDI reaches $70 billion in 2025

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Africa drew $70 billion in foreign direct investment in 2025, its third-highest level since 1990, according to UN Trade and Development. The total fell from the exceptional $94 billion recorded in 2024. It still stood about one third above the...
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AI benefits uneven as 118 nations lack governance roles

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to become a major driver of economic transformation, with its market value projected to reach $4.8 trillion by 2033, according to the latest report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). However,...
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Global trade hit a record $33 trillion in 2024, UNCTAD reports

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Global trade surged to a record $33 trillion in 2024, marking a 3.7% expansion worth $1.2 trillion, according to the latest Global Trade Update released by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Despite this growth, the report warns of increasing uncertainty...
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Africa must strengthen regional trade to counter global economic shocks

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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has emphasized Africa’s vulnerability to global economic shocks in its Economic Development in Africa Report 2024. The report, released in Geneva, examines how past crises including the 2008 financial collapse, the...