Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2013

Includes bibliography.

In addition to analyzing the global evolution of foreign direct investment flows,the 2013 edition of The Foreign and Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean details the amounts received by Latin American and Caribbean countries in 2013 and presents a regional forecast for 2014. It includes an analysis of the patterns in the origin and destination of these investments. The sixteenth edition of this report also looks in depth at the effects of foreign direct investment on employment in Latin America and the Caribbean and at the situation of Latin American transnational companies, known as "translatinas."

Summary and conclusions .-- I. Overview of foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean .-- II. Latin American and Caribbean transnational corporations: Strategies and outcomes .-- III. Effects of foreign direct investment on employment in Latin America and the Caribbean.