Despite the growth trends, Africa still attracts less than 5% of global FDI projects.
He said the commerce ministry would push for a higher FDI cap in the defense sector.
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Since China's accession at the end of last year, contracted FDI has risen 35%.
According to the organization, FDI in the U.S. increased 74% during the last decade.
The scale of the damage to the nuclear facility (four reactors were damaged at FDI).
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More often, India seems to regard FDI as the gift of Western multinationals alone.
On January 30th the government approved a slew of long-delayed changes to FDI rules.
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Earlier this week, China reported that FDI fell 0.24% in October, from a year earlier.
The slowdown has hurt the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country.
FDI, however, there could be a weak or a strong version of national treatment.
As a result, overall FDI declined by 4 percent in 2012, its first decline in three years.
Worldwide, from 2000 to 2002, foreign direct investment fell 57%, but FDI into Mexico increased by 30%.
During the debate on Wednesday, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma defended Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail.
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Pranab Mukherjee, the finance minister, insists there is no correlation between corruption and foreign direct investment (FDI).
The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies says FDI will contract by a further 12-15% this year.
When it comes to foreign direct investment (FDI) and the Chinese, Europe is seen as more friendly.
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The government has since focused on lifting FDI limits in other sectors such as retail, aviation and broadcasting.
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Foreign investments are classified into two categories: foreign direct investment ( FDI) and foreign portfolio investment (FPI).
He looked at the flow of goods, services, FDI, migration and information (using telephone calls as a proxy).
Foreign direct investment (FDI), especially in the automotive and electronic sectors, fueled much of the growth until 2008.
They consist almost entirely of portfolio flows: foreign investors looking to buy shares and other paper assets, not FDI.
According to Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), workers at the Fukushima Daiichi (FDI) nuclear power plant have been evacuated.
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The rising importance of these regions as destinations for FDI does not come at the expense of developed regions.
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The data is based on FDI flow for the first half of 2012.
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They have seen FDI falls of one-third on average and by half or more in Britain, Italy and Germany.
The U.S. told American nationals to evacuate from a 50-mile zone around FDI.
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Foreign direct investments (FDI) slipped in January, the fastest decline in 8 months.
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Flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) suggest that the bond is ever tighter.
The region is seen as far and away the friendliest to Chinese FDI.
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China's trade surplus and foreign direct investment (FDI) explain only 30% of this.
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