Cross-border movings of direct foreign investments – results of the first decade of the XXI century

Abstract

In the article the author considers of the directions of movement of direct foreign investments at the beginning of XXI century. The special attention is given to the analysis of a ratio of volumes of the cumulative direct foreign investments and gross domestic product of groups of different countries, indicators of dynamics of direct foreign investments and international production, and also structural shifts in distribution of direct foreign investments of branches of economy of host states.