UNCTAD: What's New? FDI DOWNTURN IN 2001 TOUCHES ALMOST ALL REGIONS
Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to developed countries declined by nearly half in 2001, according to updated regional estimates released today by UNCTAD, with flows also down in all developing regions except Africa. Despite the overall decrease in 2001, however, surveys of transnational corporations (TNCs) for the coming three years suggest a limited impact of 11 September on investment plans. The attractiveness of China, especially after its accession to the WTO, is expected to be sustained.
Jan 24, 2002
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Jan 21, 2002
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Global population trends
NEVER has the pressure on the world's resources been so great. Over the next 20 years, the global population is expected to grow by a quarter - that's an extra 1.5 billion mouths to feed. This at a time when, even though we grow enough to feed everyone, 800 million people are still malnourished.
Meat production continues to soar, with China taking over the mantle of biggest meat eater from the US. While soybean production has rocketed, the fish catch looks to have peaked. About 60 per cent of ocean fisheries are now being exploited at or close to capacity.
Grain production per capita (not shown) is static, but land area per capita for growing grain is falling. This is partly due to the rising population but also reflects urban encroachment on farmland and, more positively, the replanting of marginal soils with more sustainable crops. Soil continues to be squandered, with 5 to 6 million hectares a year being lost to soil degradation.
Water is also under pressure as never before. Today, some 500 million people do not have enough water. By 2025, that number is expected to hit 2.5 billion. The World Resources Institute in Washington DC estimates that 160 million cubic metres more water is pumped from aquifers each year than is flowing into them. This is enough to grow grain for 480 million people. So, these people are being fed from a source that cannot be sustained.
NEVER has the pressure on the world's resources been so great. Over the next 20 years, the global population is expected to grow by a quarter - that's an extra 1.5 billion mouths to feed. This at a time when, even though we grow enough to feed everyone, 800 million people are still malnourished.
Meat production continues to soar, with China taking over the mantle of biggest meat eater from the US. While soybean production has rocketed, the fish catch looks to have peaked. About 60 per cent of ocean fisheries are now being exploited at or close to capacity.
Grain production per capita (not shown) is static, but land area per capita for growing grain is falling. This is partly due to the rising population but also reflects urban encroachment on farmland and, more positively, the replanting of marginal soils with more sustainable crops. Soil continues to be squandered, with 5 to 6 million hectares a year being lost to soil degradation.
Water is also under pressure as never before. Today, some 500 million people do not have enough water. By 2025, that number is expected to hit 2.5 billion. The World Resources Institute in Washington DC estimates that 160 million cubic metres more water is pumped from aquifers each year than is flowing into them. This is enough to grow grain for 480 million people. So, these people are being fed from a source that cannot be sustained.
WTO | NEWS - World trade slows sharply in 2001 amid the uncertain international situation - Press 249 19 October 2001
World trade slows sharply in 2001 amid the uncertain international situation.
Developing countries contributed to the vigorous expansion of world output and trade in 2000.
Growth in world merchandise trade is expected to slow in volume terms to only 2% in 2001 � compared with 12% in 2000. Even this growth is not assured given the present great uncertainties about economic and trade developments, according to the report International Trade Statistics, 2001 published today (25 October 2001) by the World Trade Organization.
World trade slows sharply in 2001 amid the uncertain international situation.
Developing countries contributed to the vigorous expansion of world output and trade in 2000.
Growth in world merchandise trade is expected to slow in volume terms to only 2% in 2001 � compared with 12% in 2000. Even this growth is not assured given the present great uncertainties about economic and trade developments, according to the report International Trade Statistics, 2001 published today (25 October 2001) by the World Trade Organization.
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