Factors providing momentum to outward foreign investments  According to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2011, the stock of outward FDI from developing economies reached $ 3.1 trillion in 2010 (15.3 per cent of global outward FDI stock), up from $ 857 billion (10.8 per cent of global outward FDI stock) 10 years ago.
On flow basis, outward FDI from developing economies has grown from $ 122 billion in 2005 to $ 328 billion in 2010 accounting for around a quarter of total outward FDI witnessed at global level. FDI is a natural extension of globalisation process that often begins with exports.