Putting it to Work in Developing Countries - Nathan Associates

5. Attracting FDI 55
What Foreign Investors Want—FDI’s Determinants 55
Back to Basics—the Right Investment Climate 56
Intermediate Measures—Special FDI Regimes 62
Direct Action—Promoting FDI 66
6. International Agreements and Institutions for FDI 71
International Investment Accords 71
Investment Accords—In Practice, In Prospect 75
International Institutions and FDI 78
7. Putting FDI to Work: Strategic USAID Assistance 83
FDI Facts and Trends 83
Strategic Assistance Priorities 85
Summing Up 89
Endnotes 91
Appendix A. Data on FDI Flows and Stocks
Appendix B. Publications and Resources
Appendix C. Glossary
ILLUSTRATIONS
Figures
Figure 1-1. Net Total Resource Flows to Developing Countries by Type, 1990–2005 4
Figure 1-2.
Total Domestic Investment and Foreign Direct Investment in
Developing Countries, Annually, 1990–2005 5
Figure 1-3. FDI Inflows by M&A and Greenfield/Other Components, 2003–2005 7
Figure 1-4. Estimated Average Composition of FDI Flows by Region, 1995–2002 9
Figure 2-1.
Estimated Distribution of Developing Countries’ Inward FDI Stock
by Business Purpose, 1990 and 2004 14
Figure 3-1. FDI Inflows, Developed and Developing Countries, 1990–2005 25
Figure 3-2. Estimated Share of Sources of FDI Inflows to the Developing World, 2003 28
Figure 3-3. FDI Inflows to the Developing World, by Income Level and Region, 2005 30
Figure 4-1. Estimated Inward FDI Stock by Sector and Region, 2002 41
Figure 4-2.
Selected Service Industries: Growth in Value of Developing Countries’
Stock of Inward FDI, 1990–2004 44
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