The Head of the Policies and Capacity-Building Branch of the Division on International Trade in Goods and Services , and Commodities said that UNCTAD 's World Investment Report 2007 would assess the development impact of FDI in the extractive industry and provide policy recommendations for the developing host countries . Of the 23 requests for Investment Policy Review ( IPRs ) currently pending , 11 were from African countries , eight of which were LDCs .