2007 World Investment Report revealed next week

The latest trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) will be summarised in the latest report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) which will be released in Bangkok next week.

Under the theme "Transnational Corporations, Extractive Industries and Development", the World Investment Report 2007 analyses the latest FDI trends and puts a special focus on the role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in the extraction of oil, gas, and metal minerals.

The report will be presented to the media by Kee Hwee Wee, Economic

Affairs Officer of UNCTAD who will also deliver a statement of the Secretary-General of UNCTAD. Xuan Zengpei, Director of Trade and Investment Division of ESCAP and Sorajak Kasensuvan, Executive Director of ITD will speak.

Providing commentaries will be Masato Abe, Economic Affairs Officer of ESCAP, Suthiphand Chirathivat, Faculty of Economics of Chulalongkorn University, and Thanawat Phonvichai, Dean of School of Economics and Director of the Center for Academic and Business Forecasting, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce.

- The Nation

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2007 World Investment Report revealed next week

The latest trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) will be summarised in the latest report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) which will be released in Bangkok next week.

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