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2026 World Investment Report

2026

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1) The 2026 World Investment Report analyzes the evolving global investment landscape, highlighting how geopolitical tensions, trade policy uncertainty, and economic security concerns are reshaping investment decisions, with a particular focus on strategic sectors and the reconfiguration of global supply chains.

2) * Global foreign direct investment showed resilience in 2025, but the recovery remained fragile, with inflows rising by 6% to $1.6 trillion, though the outlook for 2026 is affected by significant downside risks.
* Investment activity is increasingly concentrated in capital- and technology-intensive sectors, such as data centres, oil and gas, and semiconductors, while other sectors registered declines.
* Governments adopted a record 229 investment policy measures in 2025, with a growing emphasis on industrial policy, national security, and selective incentives, while restrictive measures also continued to expand.

3) World Investment Report, FDI, strategic sectors, supply chains, industrial policy

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