Foreign Direct Investment Trends and Statistics: A Summary, October 28, 2003

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics



Foreign Direct Investment Trends and Statistics

Prepared by the Statistics Department
In consultation with other departments
Approved by Carol S. Carson
October 28, 2003

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This paper was discussed at an informal Executive Board seminar.

Contents


Glossary
 
Executive Summary
     
I.  Introduction
     
II.  Statistical Definition of Foreign Direct Investment
     
III.  Recent Trends in FDI
     
IV.  Data Availability
  A.  FDI Statistics Compiled by International Organizations
  B.  FDI Statistics Reported to STA
  C.  FDI International Recommendations and Their Implementation
  D.  Discrepancies in Global Balance of Payments Statistics on FDI
  E.  Discrepancies in Bilateral FDI Stock Data
     
V.  Key Concepts in the Measurement of FDI
  A.  Overview
  B.  FDI Capital Flows
  C.  FDI Stocks
  D.  FDI Investment Income
     
VI.  Country Practices in the Implementation of International Recommendations for FDI Statistics
  A.  Key Findings of the 2001 SIMSDI Update
  B.  Selected Recording Issues
     
VII.  Plans to Develop FDI Statistics
     
VIII.  Resource Implications for the IMF of a Coordinated Direct Investment Survey
     
References
     
Text Boxes
1.  Foreign Affiliate Trade Statistics
2.  Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook
3.  Background to the Survey of Implementation of Methodological Standards for Direct Investment (SIMSDI)
4.  IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics
5.  Treatment of Indirectly-owned Enterprises and Reverse Investment
6.  Highlights of the 2001 SIMSDI Results
7.  Outline of Tasks for the Conduct of a Coordinated Direct Investment Survey
     
Text Tables
1.  Regional Allocation of FDI Inflows, 1990-2001
2.  Discrepancies in Global FDI Capital Flows, 1990-2001
3.  Discrepancies in Global FDI Investment Income Flows, 1990-2001
4.  Bilateral Comparisons of FDI Stocks, Selected Countries, End-2001
     
Figures
1.  Direct Investment Capital Flows, 1990-2001
2.  Countries Reporting FDI Capital Flows to STA, 1994 and 2000/2001
3.  Countries Reporting FDI Positions to STA, 1994 and 2000/2001
4.  Factors Accounting for Change in the International Investment Position (IIP)