World Investment Forum 2021: insights from the Academic Track and a future research agenda

Q1 Social Sciences

Transnational Corporations Pub Date : 2021-12-22 DOI:10.18356/2076099x-28-3-5

James Bolwijn Richard Santos-Paulino Amelia U. Zhan

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Abstract

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has contributed during the last three decades to research and policy analysis on foreign direct investment (FDI), activities of multinational enterprises (MNEs), international production and the development impact of all three. In 2020 UNCTAD's World Investment Report (WIR) marked its 30th year. The report features the latest global investment trends and prospects, highlights the key emerging policy issues and dives deep into the fundamental themes of FDI and development. Through its policy analysis and recommendations over the past three decades, the WIR has helped define and redefine mainstream investment policymaking at national, regional and global levels. The World Investment Report 2020 presents an overview of three decades of international production. It coincided with the beginning of a new era for the global economy marked by COVID-19. The analysis describes how the pandemic accelerated pre-existing trends by affecting international production systems. Tougher competition for FDI -- especially in manufacturing, growing economic nationalism and the new industrial revolution make it more challenging for developing economies to participate in global value chains (GVCs) and thus require a new investment for development path.

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2021年世界投资论坛:来自学术轨道的见解和未来的研究议程

联合国贸易和发展会议(贸发会议)在过去三十年中对外国直接投资、跨国企业活动、国际生产以及这三者对发展的影响的研究和政策分析作出了贡献。2020年是联合国贸发会议《世界投资报告》发布的第30个年头。该报告介绍了最新的全球投资趋势和前景，突出了主要的新兴政策问题，并深入探讨了外国直接投资与发展的基本主题。通过过去三十年的政策分析和建议，《世界投资报告》帮助界定和重新定义了国家、地区和全球层面的主流投资政策制定。《2020年世界投资报告》概述了三十年来的国际投资情况。这恰逢以新冠肺炎为标志的全球经济新时代的开始。该分析描述了大流行如何通过影响国际生产系统加速了已有的趋势。对外国直接投资的竞争更加激烈，特别是在制造业，日益增长的经济民族主义和新工业革命使发展中经济体参与全球价值链(GVCs)更具挑战性，因此需要新的投资发展路径。

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Transnational Corporations Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations

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期刊介绍： Transnational Corporations is a double-blind refereed journal published three times a year by UNCTAD. Its basic objective is to publish policy-oriented articles and research notes that provide insights into the economic, legal, social and cultural impacts of transnational corporations and foreign direct investment in an increasingly global economy and the policy implications that arise therefrom. It focuses especially on political and economic issues related to transnational corporations.