What is most interesting about Table 3.4 is the differences in performance between the groupings. In the period 2003–4, FDI inflows fell for the EU while there was growth for all other groupings. The...

What is most interesting about Table 3.4 is the differences in performance between the groupings. In the period 2003–4, FDI inflows fell for the EU while there was growth for all other groupings. The main reasons for this were the continuing effects of the recession and the expansion of the EU that occurred in 2004.