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Contents<br />

Preface<br />

Acknowledgements<br />

Foreword<br />

Abbreviations<br />

Executive summary<br />

i<br />

iii<br />

v<br />

vii<br />

ix<br />

1. Introduction 1<br />

Patterns of FDI flows 1<br />

Role of technical assistance programmes 3<br />

Objectives of the survey 4<br />

2. <strong>Survey</strong> methodology 7<br />

Outline of the report 7<br />

Questionnaire 8<br />

Sample selection and data collection 9<br />

Data handling 10<br />

3. An overview of foreign investment<br />

in the 15 countries 13<br />

Introduction 13<br />

Trends in FDI stocks and flows<br />

in the 15 countries 14<br />

Comparison of survey data with<br />

balance of payments statistics 17<br />

The profile of firms participating<br />

in the survey 19<br />

Continuing links with the North 24<br />

Firm size and performance at a country<br />

and subsector level 24<br />

The 25 largest companies in the survey 28<br />

4. Size profiles for different subgroups<br />

of investors 29<br />

Organizational structure 30<br />

Business origin 34<br />

Market orientation 39<br />

Sectoral distribution 42<br />

Share structure (wholly-owned enterprises<br />

and joint ventures) 47<br />

Entry period (start of operations) 52<br />

5. Analysis of performance 55<br />

Evaluation of past performance 55<br />

Past and future sales growth 57<br />

A comparison of past and expected<br />

future sales performance 59<br />

Last year’s sales and overall performance<br />

of investments 62<br />

Sales per worker (labour productivity) 65<br />

Sales per asset value (book value) 67<br />

Capital intensity 68<br />

Summary 69<br />

6. Impact on the local economy 71<br />

Employment impact 71<br />

Investment impact 78<br />

Local content impact 85<br />

Technology and know-how transfer 91<br />

Introduction of brands and<br />

managerial know-how 98<br />

Summary 101<br />

7. <strong>Foreign</strong> trade 103<br />

Export volumes 103<br />

Expectations of export growth 105<br />

Regional exporters 106<br />

Global exporters 108<br />

Export markets 110<br />

Global vs. regional exporters 112<br />

8. Analysis of location factors 113<br />

Rating of importance of factors 113<br />

<strong>Investor</strong>s views on the trends<br />

in factors in host countries 114<br />

Combining importance and trends in factors 119<br />

Closer view on Investment Promotion<br />

Agency (IPA) assistance 119<br />

Observed differences in perception<br />

between 2003 and <strong>2005</strong> survey 123<br />

Summary 124<br />

9. Conclusion 125<br />

<strong>Investor</strong> groups 125<br />

Sector groups and North-South divide 129<br />

Country groups 129<br />

Implications of the <strong>2005</strong> survey<br />

and the 2007 survey 130<br />

Next steps 131<br />

List of tables and figures 135<br />

<strong>Survey</strong> questions 143<br />

Annex 147<br />

Bibliography 207<br />

Contents<br />

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