The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch on Wednesday, June 15 its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016 at the regional organization's headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present to the media the main conclusions of the report that examines the global and regional evolution of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows. The press conference will be broadcast live on the Internet via the organization’s Web site (://www.cepal.org/en/cepal-en-vivo).
The document has three chapters. The first gives a general overview of FDI, which includes an analysis of the patterns of origin and destination countries and the situation of Latin American transnational companies, known as “trans-Latins.” This section details the amounts received by each country in 2015 and makes a regional projection for 2016.
The second chapter presents the main characteristics of the global metallic mineral market's transformation processes and their link to foreign investment in Latin American and Caribbean countries, while the third discusses the importance of FDI as a driver of intangible capital accumulation.
Members of the media are invited to attend the launch of this report, which will take place at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile (Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3477, Vitacura, Celso Furtado Room). Journalists must have their media credentials or their identity documents with them to gain entrance.
For queries and interviews, contact ECLAC’s Public Information Unit.
E-mail: prensa@cepal.org; Telephone: (56) 22210 2040.
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