These tables show great variability between the groupings and within each grouping there is even greater variability. The reasons put forward for the dramatic decline in total FDI flows in the early...

These tables show great variability between the groupings and within each grouping there is even greater variability. The reasons put forward for the dramatic decline in total FDI flows in the early 2000s were the sluggishness of the global economy, some uncertainty over monetary policy in some countries and, most significantly, increasing international political instability and insecurity.