FDI Center’s Paola Suarez Buhrmann participated in a panel discussion on “The latest trends in foreign investment” at the Investment Management Exhibition (IME) 2020. The panel provided an overview of the most important current global FDI trends and drivers. The event took place on September 8 and 9 in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) and was attended by government bodies, investment promotion agencies, and international financial institutions from different regions of the world, including Latin America, Europe, and Africa.
FDI Center and ESCAP have launched the Pledge Amongst IPAs to Advance Gender Equity in Foreign Direct Investment. The pledge aims to increase the number of FDI-mandated organizations that incorporate gender equality into their work and apply a gender lens across their operations and services.