2011 Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean Alicia Bárcena Executive Secretary Antonio Prado Deputy Executive Secretary Mario Cimoli Chief Division of Production, Productivity and Management Ricardo Pérez Chief Documents and Publications Division Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2011 is the latest edition of a series issued annually by the Unit on Investment and Corporate Strategies of the Division of Production, Productivity and Management of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). It was prepared by Álvaro Calderón, Miguel Pérez Ludeña and Sebastián Vergara, with the assistance of Nelson Correa, Cristian Jara, David Matesanz, Francisco Javier Sáez and Ángeles Sánchez, under the coordination of Giovanni Stumpo. Contributions were also received from Humberto García, Michael Hendrikson, Jorge Mario Martínez Piva, Kohei Yoshida and Pavlos Dimitratos, consultant. Comments and suggestions were provided by Hugo Altomonte, Filipa Correia, Manlio Coviello, Beno Ruchansky, Hugo Ventura, Romain Zivy and staff at the ECLAC subregional headquarters in Mexico, in particular Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid. ECLAC wishes to express its appreciation for the contributions received from the executives of the firms consulted during the preparation of this publication. The information used in this report was drawn from a number of international organizations, including the International Monetary Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, as well as from a host of national institutions, in particular central banks and investment promotion agencies in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the specialized press. Any comments or suggestions regarding this publication may be addressed to Álvaro Calderón (
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