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30-Jun-2010
The 2010 scores for the OECD FDI Index, now available for 48 countries, including all G-20 members, and 22 sectors, show that many non-OECD countries have become as open as OECD countries and, in a few cases, even more so.
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24-Jun-2009
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into 17 OECD countries, including France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US, fell by 50% in the first quarter of 2009 compared with the last quarter of 2008, according to estimates by the OECD released at the OECD Forum in Paris.
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27-Mar-2009
The 9th edition of the Investment Newsletter focuses on OECD support for G20 objectives on international investment and lessons from previous crises for investment policy today.
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18-Nov-2008
As the financial crisis has evolved into a global economic crisis, the outlook for FDI has likewise darkened. On current trend, inflows will be down 13% and outflows by 6% by the end of the year. But, given the speed with which the global economic crisis deepened during Q3 and into Q4 of 2008, it seems likely flows will fall sharply in the second half of 2008 and continue to decline into 2009.
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FDI from OECD countries jumps 50% in 2007 but set to fall in 2008
25-Jun-2008
Foreign direct investment (FDI) outflows from OECD countries in 2007 leapt to a record USD 1.82 trillion from USD 1.2 trillion in 2006 but are projected to fall sharply in 2008, according to estimates from the OECD.
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30-May-2008
A fourth edition of the OECD Benchmark Definition of Foreign Direct Investment has just been completed. This manual provides operational guidelines on how foreign direct investment (FDI) activity should be measured and sets the world standard for direct investment statistics.
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04-Apr-2008
International investment agreements set ground rules for how host governments treat foreign investors. This publication provides an unparalleled source of information on four key issues: the definition of investor and investment; the interpretation of umbrella clauses in investment agreements; coverage of environmental, labour and anti-corruption issues; and the interaction between investment and services chapters in selected regional trade agreements.
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FDI into OECD countries rose 22% in 2006
21-Jun-2007
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into OECD countries in 2006 reached its highest level since 2000 and the near-term outlook for FDI remains strong, buoyed by high corporate profits, low interest rates and robust macroeconomic growth.
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FDI into OECD countries jumps 27% in 2005
28-Jun-2006
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into OECD countries jumped 27% to reach USD 622 billion in 2005, up from USD 491 billion in 2004 and USD 465 billion in 2003, according to the latest estimates from the OECD.
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