According to the UN body, global foreign direct investment flows fell 49% in the first half of 2020, compared to 2019, due to the economic fallout from Covid-19.
Analysts with varied views have the 2008 global financial meltdown as the nearest comparable to the Covid-19 pandemic. But they are agreed on one thing: the need for caution.
While developed countries see economies like Cambodia as new avenues for deeper economic integration, frontier economies may need to be aware of the vulnerability they share.
