Shifting Shores: Foreign Direct Investment Relocations and Political Risk

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has powered prosperity in development for decades. But in recent years FDI flows have been impacted by overlapping crises, including the pandemic, increasing geopolitical fragmentation, and slower world economic growth.

This has led to new patterns in FDI, analyzed in a recent ‪World Bank report “Shifting Shores: FDI Relocations and Political Risk.”

Moritz Nebe, Sector Manager at the World Bank Group Guarantee Platform, joins Expert Answers to unpack what these changes mean for investors and the developing world.