世界投资报告2012 UNCTAD-WIR2012-Full-en U N I T E D N AT I O N S C O N F E R E N C E O N T R A D E A N D D E V E L O P M E N T EMBARGO The contents of this Report must not be quoted or summarized in the print broadcast or electronic media before 5 July 2012 1700 hours GMT WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 2012 TOWARDS A NEW GENERATION OF INVESTMENT POLICIES New York and Geneva 2012 ii World Investment Report 2012 Towards a New Generation of Investment Policies NOTE The Division on Investment and Enterprise of UNCTAD is a global centre of excellence dealing with issues related to investment and enterprise development in the United Nations System It builds on three and a half decades of experience and international expertise in research and policy analysis intergovernmental consensus-building and provides technical assistance to developing countries The terms countryeconomy as used in this Report also refer as appropriate to territories or areas the designations employed and the presentation of the material do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country territory city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries In addition the designations of country groups are intended solely for statistical or