Economic geography

Turkey received a total of $2.7 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in January and February, a decrease of 2.5 percent compared with same period last year.

The country received $954 million in February and $1.757 billion in January, according to data released by the Turkish Economy Ministry on April 20.

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Turkey received foreign direct investment worth $1.8 billion in January, Turkey?s Economy Ministry said in a statement late March 23.

Turkey needs to rebuild trust to attract more investments so as to avoid the middle-income trap, said the World Bank Country Director for Turkey, Martin Raiser.

An unusual trend has been the case for the Turkish economy for a couple of years. The country?s outward direct investment has been rising, although it has started to attract fewer FDI.

According to the Central Bank data, Turkey lured around $12 billion of FDI last year, lower than the 2013 figures. Turkey?s FDI inflow has actually been decreasing for a couple of years.

The foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bulgaria in the period January - November 2014 are lagging behind with 20 % compared with the same period for 2013.

According to the preliminary data of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB), FDI amounts to EUR 1.224 B for the period.

The investments increased during the first quarter of 2014, but dipped sharply in the second quarter.

Turkey has lagged behind other emerging markets in competitiveness levels and returned to the 1980s in terms of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), World Bank Director for Turkey Martin Raiser said on Jan. 6, as reported by Cihan News Agency.