FDI drivers and barriers in the business environment
An 'FDI-friendly' location may sound easy to define, but is it as simple as offering a favourable tax regime and low barriers to entry?
Viola Caon
Senior editor
Viola Caon is a senior editor at Investment Monitor and joined New Statesman Media Group from Euromoney’s IJGlobal. She has been writing about private investment in energy and infrastructure for the past four years after covering the asset management sector more broadly. Viola has extensive knowledge of the institutional investment world and has focused on fund investments both in infrastructure and across other asset classes at a global level since the beginning of her career in 2012.
Articles by Viola Caon
The state of play: FDI in Jamaica
Jamaica is one of the largest economies in the Caribbean and a global hub for tourism, but even before the Covid-19 pandemic struck its FDI figures were slowing.
Trump-voting states and the China paradox
Most of the US states that disproportionately benefit from Chinese investment look likely to vote for Trump again in 2020, despite his anti-China policies.
Has Covid-19 delivered the death blow to US-China FDI?
The trade war between the US and China has been stoked further by Covid-19. But how will this 'decoupling' affect investment between the two countries?
The state of play: FDI in Italy
Italy is an FDI powerhouse in more normal times, but a slowing of foreign investment inflows in 2019 is being followed by the Covid-19 pandemic and an even more worrying 2020.
The state of play: FDI in Venezuela
Something of a pariah state to many Western economies, Venezuela is contending with high inflation, political instability and social unrest, all factors likely to deter foreign investors.
The state of play: FDI in Mexico
Mexico has emerged as a key Latin American investment hub, with its manufacturing, automotive and financial services industries thriving. However, Covid-19 is having a big impact across all sectors.
The state of play: FDI in Colombia
Colombia’s emergence from its troubled past continued in 2019, as its FDI levels rose once again, but its reliance on commodity exports, combined with the impact of Covid-19, pose a threat to this progress.
The state of play: FDI in Cuba
FDI information on Cuba is sketchy, but it seems that the country has been hit by a reduction in remittances as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
The state of play: FDI in Uruguay
Uruguay has long been open to FDI and enjoyed a strong 2019. However, as with all countries, it now faces a battle to maintain this momentum amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The state of play: FDI in Brazil
Brazil had been performing well when it came to attracting FDI before the Covid-19 pandemic, but now, as with the rest of Latin America, its near-term future looks bleak.
FDI drivers: Counting the costs
While not always a deal-breaker, cost is one of the FDI drivers that is taken in consideration every time a multinational company is going through a site-selection process.
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