Foreign direct investment

On the inward side, developing countries' FDI has been increasing (to 25 per cent of inward FDI stock in services), though developed countries remain the main recipients.

Foreign direct investment

But what would an appreciation of the renminbi do to China s inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI)?

FDI and Development Policy Issues Related to the Growth of FDI in Services

The Benefits of Chinese FDI

In 2002, services accounted for about 55 per cent of the total stock of inward FDI in developing countries and some 85 per cent of outward FDI stock for developing countries.

Finally, international competition for inward foreign direct investment may lead governments to reduce tax rates and increase concessions for foreign investors.

The production of foreign subsidiaries may be a benefit, but if it displaces existing local production, there is an offsetting cost.

Investment promotion agencies for inward FDI and OFDI, both in developing and developed countries, could coordinate their efforts.

FDI And Development The Case of Privatization Related Services FDI Trends, Impact and Policy Issues

Beware of FDI Protectionism

Indian equity participation is largely majority owned.

(q) European direct investment (Eurostat 10)

In the case of ASEAN, intraregional FDI accounts for close to one fifth of the total FDI.

The country also received 70 billion in remittances last year more than double the level of inward foreign direct investment.

During the FW, Indian OFDI were mostly driven by the desire to escape from the restrictive business environment at home.

Ireland showed the importance of foreign direct investment.

The impact of FDI on development

Emerging FDI from developing countries

Obstacles to OFDI

Foreign direct investment flows can, and should, be encouraged.

Effectiveness of Foreign Direct Investment Policy Measures

The investment climate and FDI

Reasons for OFDI now include, apart from seeking markets, to acquire strategic assets like technology, marketing and brand names, and establish trade supporting networks.

Direct public investment in resource protection

Investment policies should extend to both domestic and foreign direct investment.

While the strategy of taking advantage of FDI inflows had been successful in other developing countries, this had not been the case in Africa.

FDI in safety we were just watching and taking care of the perimeter of FDI and 30 seconds later, it exploded we were hit by RPG's and AK's then began to arrive so far, I saw everything happening where the insurgents appeared, and where were the RPG, ve only dust and dirt everywhere, smoke

The shift of FDI to services

Outward FDI from developing countries

Table 2. FDI outflows as a percentage of gross fixed capital formation in selected economies, 2001 2003a (concluded)

The case of South South FDI

Drivers and motivation of OFDI

Benefits and costs of FDI for African development

) To the extent that these agreements protect investment and open up industries for FDI, they facilitate OFDI from developing countries.

FDI by SMEs involved evaluation of investment locations based on a set of variables which could be clustered under markets, costs, natural resources, infrastructure framework, policy framework and business promotion and support factors.

BERKELEY In a rare act of bipartisanship, the United States Congress recently passed legislation to encourage more inward foreign direct investment.

Indeed, the OECD ranks Japan last among member states in terms of regulatory restrictiveness with respect to inward foreign direct investment.

One of the reasons for this is that in most Latin American and Caribbean countries, FDI policies focus on attracting large quantities of FDI and do not pay much attention to the nature of FDI.

Luxembourg and Spain, both major recipients of FDI in 2003, received lower FDI inflows last year.

The Expert Meeting will focus on the issues of FDI data compilation and analysis and its role in the formulation of FDI policies from a development perspective.

Policy measures that support OFDI 13

OFDI and enterprise competitiveness

Recent trends in outward FDI from China