Foreign investment inflows surge 14 percent to $2.9 billion. Significant upturn compared to the decline in 2017

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows are expected to have increased 14 percent to an estimated $2.9 billion in 2018 compared with the previous year, according to the 'World Investment Report' by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

"FDI flows in the [West Asia] sub-region remained uneven. Four countries – Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon – absorbed approximately 90 percent of FDI in West Asia," the report said.

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