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OECD Benchmark Definition of Foreign Direct Investment

The OECD Benchmark Definition of Foreign Direct Investment provides operational guidelines on how foreign direct investment (FDI) activity should be measured and sets the world standard for direct investment statistics. A revision of the Benchmark Definition was completed in April 2008.
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