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Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows are forecast to decrease by up to 40 per cent in 2020 from their 2019 value of 1.54 trillion dollars, according to UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2020.This will bring FDI below 1 trillion dollars for the first time since 2005. In addition, FDI is projected to decrease by a further 5 to 10 per cent in 2021 and to initiate a recovery in 2022, the report says."The outlook is highly uncertain. Prospects depend on the duration of the health crisis and on the effectiveness of policies mitigating the pandemic's economic effects," said UNCTAD Secretary General Mukhisa Kituyi.The pandemic is a supply, demand and policy shock for FDI. The lockdown measures are slowing down existing investment projects. The prospect of a deep recession will lead multinational enterprises (MNEs) to reassess new projects. Policy measures taken by governments during the crisis include new investment restrictions.Investment flows are expected to slowly recover starting 2022 led by global value chains (GVCs) restructuring for resilience, replenishment of capital stock and recovery of the global economy.MNE profit alerts are an early warning sign. The top 5,000 MNEs worldwide which account for most of global FDI have seen expected earnings for the year revised down by 40 per cent on average with some industries plunging into losses. Lower profits will hurt reinvested earnings which on average account for more than 50 per cent of FDI.Early indicators confirm the immediacy of the impact. Both new greenfield investment project announcements and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) dropped by more than 50 per cent in the first months of 2020 compared with last year.In global project finance, an important source of investment in infrastructure projects, new deals fell by more than 40 per cent."The impact although severe everywhere varies by region. Developing economies are expected to see the biggest fall in FDI because they rely more on investment in GVC-intensive and extractive industries which have been severely hit and because they are not able to put in place the same economic support measures as developed economies," said James Zhan, UNCTAD's Director of Investment and Enterprise."Despite the drastic decline in global FDI flows during the crisis, the international production system will continue to play an important role in economic recovery and development. Global FDI flows will continue to add to the existing FDI stock which stood at 37 trillion dollars at the end of 2019," said Zhan.Global FDI flows rose modestly in 2019 following the sizable declines registered in 2017 and 2018. At 1.54 trillion dollars, inflows were 3 per cent up. The rise in FDI was mainly the result of higher flows to developed economies as the impact of the 2017 tax reforms in the United States waned.Flows to transition economies also increased while those to developing economies declined marginally. FDI flows to structurally weak, vulnerable and small economies remained stable overall, declining by only 1 per cent.( With inputs from ANI )

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