2. The following questions are based on data from the World Bank website.

(a) List the largest recipients of FDI in the past year.

What factors do you think account for these countries being large recipients of FDI? How have these recipients changed in the past 10 years? What might account for these changes?

(b) List the largest countries of origin of foreign direct investment in a country of your choice. What factors do you think account for companies in these countries being such large direct investors in your chosen country?

(c) Which industries are the largest investors overseas?

Which foreign industries are the largest investors in your chosen country? What might account for these industries being such large sources of FDI?