But netting out flows through the European conduit economies, FDI was reduced by approximately 8%.
Investment in the developed economies increased 43 percent.
The 2% fall in 2024, after a 6% decline in 2023, indicates that FDI flows to developing economies have decreased.
Announcements of greenfield investments decreased in number by 6%.
The 84% increase in FDI into Africa to USD 94 billion was fuelled by a massive project in Egypt.
In developing Asia, the flows of FDI were reduced by 7% and in China the growth was 29%.
The increase was 2 percent for members of ASEAN and 13 percent for India.
India saw growth in the green field projects.
The international projects finance in India reduced in quantity and value by 23 and 33 percent respectively.
Investments in sectors connected to the SDGs, such as infrastructure, agrifood systems, and water and sanitation declined by 11% in 2024.
GEP report 2025 Global Economic Prospects.
The World Bank has published the Global Economic Prospects (GEP) 2025 report.
It is a flag-ship semi-annual journal of the World Bank Group.
It examines findings of trends and forecasts in the world economy.
Global Economy is predicted to grow by 2.7% in 2025 and 2026 as in 2024.
Developing Economies are now contributing nearly half of all the world GDP, as compared to one-fourth in the beginning of the century.
The three biggest Emerging Markets India, China and Brazil have made up nearly 60 percent of annual global growth since the turn of the century.
It is estimated that India will continue to be the fastest growing large economy in FY26 and FY27 (growth rate - 6.7%).
Food Systems Transformation Analysis.
Nature Food published a new paper, Governance and resilience as entry points to transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030.
It monitors 42 global food system indicators in five themes.
Twenty of the 42 metrics analysed over time have been improving.
Among the more prominent ones, there are great gains in safe water and vegetable availability.
There is also increased conservation of plant and animal genetic resources.