02268cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF012917 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 30.00 USD 9781589063471 2663-3744 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Patterson, Neil. Foreign Direct Investment : Trends, Data Availability, Concepts, and Recording Practices / Neil Patterson, Marie Montanjees, Colleen Cardillo, John Motala. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004. 1 online resource (44 pages) Manuals and Guides <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The increasing importance of multinational enterprises in the global economy has stimulated interest in improving the availability, accuracy, and comparability of foreign direct investment (FDI) statistics among policymakers, analysts, and statisticians. This report notes recent trends in FDI and examines the progress made in moving toward compilation of FDI statistics in accordance with standards established by the IMF and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The report also reviews international recommendations for the compilation, analysis, and dissemination of FDI data and notes discrepancies in global balance of payments statistics and in data on bilateral FDI stocks. In addition, the report provides information on selected countries current practices in measuring FDI--on the basis of results from a joint IMF/OECD survey that covered 30 OECD countries and 31 other IMF member countries and was the subject of Foreign Direct Investment Statistics: How Countries Measure FDI 2001, published by the IMF and OECD in 2003. Mode of access: Internet Cardillo, Colleen. Montanjees, Marie. Motala, John. Manuals and Guides Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/books/069/02594-9781589063471-en/02594-9781589063471-en-book.xml IMF e-Library