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Subject:
        1997 REPORT - FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA
AND THE CARIBBEAN
   Date:
        Mon, 4 May 1998 23:35:29 -0400
   From:
        "Christopher L. Byrne, Director" <[log in to unmask]>



Apologies for Any Cross-Posting

ECLAC Has Released the subject report.  You may link
directly to the Report Summary at the International Development
Network Web Site located at http://www.idn.org/

In addition, the following related stories are posted to the
May 5, 1998 update of the IDN Web Site:

Latin American Investment Abroad Increases Fourfold

Foreign Investment In Latin America And The Caribbean
Reached Record US$50 Billion in 1997

Brazil Is Main Recipient Of Foreign Direct Investment In
Latin America And The Caribbean Region For 1997

Argentina Receives Third Largest Amount Of Foreign Direct
Investment in Latin America And The Caribbean Last Year

Foreign Direct Investment Increases 11% In Central America

Mexico Receives One-Fifth Of The Region's Foreign Investment
In 1997

Foreign Investment In Chile Increased Sevenfold During
1990's