The Global Urban Competitiveness Project publishes periodic studies ranks 500 cities on their ability to attract and use resources to generate wealth. The cities are assessed on nine measures, including income, economic growth, innovation, jobs, prices and the presence of multinational firms.

Abstract: "The burgeoning literature on outward foreign direct investment from emerging markets has largely focused on analysing the motives of investors as reported by parent companies. This paper, instead, focuses on firm-level investments originating from China, India or South Africa in fifteen host countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)." WIDER Research Paper, Volume 2008/24 (March 2008).

The ranking of the Top 25 Slovenian MNEs, undertaken by the Centre of International Relations (CIR) and the Columbia Program on International Investment (CPII), was released on March 18, 2008. The ranking reveals the dynamism of outward foreign direct investment activity by Slovenian firms, which now control nearly US$4bn in assets abroad. The foreign assets and employment of these MNEs each more than doubled since 2004, while foreign sales increased by 60%. The retail chain Mercator led the ran more...

Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC) and the CPII released the 2007 ranking of Brazilian multinational enterprises. The release highlights the rapid multinationalization of Brazilian MNEs in recent years. Brazil’s Top 20 have over US$56 billion assets abroad and employ over 77,000 employees outside of Brazil.

SKOLKOVO Moscow School of Management and the CPII released the 2007 ranking of Russian multinational enterprises on December 11, 2007. Led by Lukoil and Gazprom, Russia’s Top 25 MNEs control US$59bn in assets abroad. The foreign assets, sales and employment of the Top 25 have more than doubled since 2004.

Transnational Corporations, Extractive Industries and Development is the focus of this year's report published by UNCTAD.

India's high rate of corporate taxes are a drag on the flow of foreign direct investments (FDI) into the country as rival economies such as China, Spain, Singapore and Germany are likely to reduce tax rates by next year, consultancy firm KPMG International said in a report.

One recent morning, South Korea's president spoke of his desire to make the country a financial hub and destination for foreign capital. That afternoon, the CEO of a big Korean bank said limits should be placed on foreign investment in his institution.

The African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) plans to increase its capital from US$100million to $500million by 2015.

Opinion: Ayo Akinola: "Professor Charles Soludo's flawless rendition of Nigeria's quantum leap into global consciousness shows that if only Nigerians possessed the power of positive thinking the nation has the right fundamentals to leapfrog into one of the largest economies by 2020."