Africa Foreign Investor Survey 2005 - unido
Africa Foreign Investor Survey 2005 - unido
Africa Foreign Investor Survey 2005 - unido
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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 />
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