Italy lags behind on inward investment

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Series Details 17.1.12
Publication Date 17/01/2012
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According to the World Investment Report by the UN trade and development agency UNCTAD, Italy lost its position in the top 20 countries by foreign direct investment inflows in 2010, attracting only $9.5bn – a quarter of France’s FDI.

Foreign companies find little interest in investing in the eurozone’s third largest economy, fearing its Byzantine bureaucracy and shifting legislation.

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UNCTAD: World Investment Report http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1465

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