New Trends in the Global Flows of Direct Investments
The article discusses the changes in flows and directions of global direct investment that occur in the world in the post-crisis period. A study of UNCTAD forecasts, regarding the volume and direction of foreign direct investment flows shows that the “behavior” of FDI in the current decade is unforeseen for the international expert community. Analyzing significant fluctuations in FDI flows and their decline, against the background of positive dynamics of other macroeconomic indicators, the author suggests that two groups of factors are at the heart of the processes. The first of them is associated with general economic and technological changes, the second is in the plane of geopolitical and institutional changes in recent years. It is noted that although the influx of investments in the Russian Federation depends on external conditions, its dynamics, for several reasons, does not always correlate with global trends