Results from the World Investment Prospects Survey 2014–2016
(WIPS) support this cautiously optimistic scenario. According to this
year’s WIPS, transnational corporations (TNCs) are aware of persistent
downturn risks to the global economy and thus expressed uncertainty
about the investment outlook for 2014 but had a bright forecast for the
following two years. For the year 2016, almost half of the respondents
had positive expectations and virtually none felt pessimistic about the
investment climate.