TY - BOOK ED - United nations TI - World investment report 1999: foreign direct investment and the challenge of development : overview U1 - 332.673 PY - 1999/// CY - New york PB - United nations KW - Foreign investments KW - Foreign trade KW - International companies N1 - 1. Inward FDI stock by sectorr, 1988 and 1997 2. Growth of technology payments and FDI flows 3. Transnationality index of host countries, 1996 4. World FDI inflows and outflows: value and annual growth rates , 1985- 1998 5. FDI inflows to Africa, 1990-1998 6. Growth rates of total and high - technology production and exports, 1980- 1997 7. The ratio of FDI inflows to gross fixed capital formation, by region , annual average, 1971-1980, 1981- 1990 and 1991- 1997 8. Shares of TNCs in primary and manufactured exports latest available year N2 - This report provides an analysis of current trends at regional and global levels in foreign direct investment (FDI) and international production by transnational corporations (TNCs) ER -