World Investment Report 2009: Transnational Corporations Agricultural Production and Development

NOTE......Page 3
PREFACE......Page 4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 6
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 17
KEY MESSAGES......Page 18
OVERVIEW......Page 20
PART ONE - FDI TRENDS, POLICIES AND PROSPECTS......Page 34
A. The financial crisis, economic downturn and FDI flows......Page 36
B. How the largest TNCs are coping with the global crisis......Page 50
C. FDI by special funds......Page 59
D. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN FDI POLICIES......Page 63
E. Prospects......Page 69
Notes......Page 71
INTRODUCTION......Page 74
A. Developing countries......Page 75
B. South-East Europe and the CIS......Page 105
C. Developed countries......Page 112
Notes......Page 120
PART TWO - TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT......Page 124
INTRODUCTION......Page 126
Note......Page 127
A. Introduction......Page 128
B. Agriculture in developing countries: characteristics, significance and salient issues......Page 129
C. TNC participation in agriculture: historical and conceptual insights......Page 138
D. Trends in FDI and other forms of TNC participation in agriculture......Page 143
E. Major TNCs in agriculture and related activities......Page 155
F. Conclusions......Page 161
Notes......Page 163
A. Introduction......Page 166
B. Impact on agricultural production in host developing economies......Page 167
C. Broader implications......Page 188
D. Conclusions......Page 195
Notes......Page 196
A. The main policy challenges......Page 200
B. Host-country policy options for TNC participation in agricultural production......Page 201
C. Home-country policies to encourage outward FDI in agricultural production......Page 219
D. International policies related to FDI in agricultural production......Page 221
E. Conclusions and policy options......Page 223
Notes......Page 225
EPILOGUE......Page 228
REFERENCES......Page 230
ANNEXES......Page 244
SELECTED UNCTAD PUBLICATIONS......Page 308
QUESTIONNAIRE......Page 312
CORRIGENDUM - Table II.14......Page 314