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In 2006, foreign direct investment inflows to Latin America and the Caribbean continued their upward trend, reaching over US$ 72 billion. At the same, however, the region's share of global FDI inflows declined, as flows increased more rapidly in other parts of the world. The main message of this year's report is that active and integrated FDI attraction policies linked to national development strategies are necessary to secure quality FDI. These are lessons drawn from policy practices in the more successful European and Asian countries, which contrast with the more passive and disconnected FDI attraction policies evident in Latin America and the Caribbean.
