Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean
Coverage: 1995 to present.
Language(s): Spanish and English.
Title in another language: Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Frequency: Annual.
Successor to: La Inversión Extranjera en América Latina y el Caribe.
Content: It presents an annual regional overview of foreign direct investment inflows and the activities of transnational corporations in Latin American and Caribbean countries, with a regional projection for the following months. It includes an analysis of investment origin and destination patterns and their effect on the performance of countries' economies.
ISSN: 1020-5144.
Disclaimer: Preliminary translation: may contain inaccuracies. Subject to technical review.
Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2025
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presents the 2025 version of its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean amid global uncertainty and high geopolitical tension, which are worsening the three development traps facing the region: