Strengthening Development and Implementation of Investment and Trade Policy in the Western Balkans

in 2005-2007, the Investment Compact conducted a project funded by the 2003 CARDS Programme entitled 'Strengthening Development and Implementation of Investment and Trade Policy in the Western Balkans'. The project coached countries on improving the quality of their investment statistics, by notably ensuring that they are in line with international standards (e.g. IMF/OECD standards on measuring FDI statistics). The project also involved conducting case study examples of evaluating the impact of FDI and trade. It was conducted in close collaboration with the EC-Eurostat Regional Statistics Programme on improving trade statistics, and with the Stability Pact Working Group on Trade Liberalisation and Facilitation.

For further information on the project, please download the detailed Project Description and Workplan.

Publications

• How South East European Countries' Statistics Measure Foreign Direct Investment (July 2007) - an evaluation of the practices, definitions and concepts used for statistical measurement of FDI in South East European countries using the OECD/IMF Survey of Implementation of Methodological Standards for Direct Investment (SIMSDI).
  
• The Impact of FDI on the Restructuring of the Metal Processing Industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina - an overview of the metal processing industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an assessment of the impact of foreign direct investment in this industry.
  
• The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Croatian Economy - an assessment of the role of FDI in Croatia. The main characteristics of FDI in that country are described, along with its impacts on employment, fiscal revenues and trade.

Working Paper

• How to Assess the Impact of FDI on an Economy - a beginning overview for policymakers of how to conduct FDI impact evaluations.

Meetings

• Workshop III: South East European Investment Opportunties in the Global Offshoring Market, 12-13 December 2006, Prague, Czech Republic
• Workshop II: Evaluating the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment in SEE – Case Studies and Practical Tools, 30-31 October 2006, Zagreb, Croatia
• Workshop I: Upgrading FDI Data Collection, Elaboration and Dissemination Systems, 7-9 June 2006, Istanbul, Turkey