Ayse Bertrand's presentation at the FDI Statistics Workshop (20 March 2014) during the session on whether or not FDI statisics are still a useful metric when measuring investment globalisation.
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Measuring globalization: Better data for better policy - Ayse Bertrand - 2014 FDI Statistics Workshop
1. OECD
FDI STATISTICS WORKSHOP
Measuring globalization: Better
data for better policy
20 March 2014, Paris
By Ayse Bertrand
OECD WGIIS Co-ordinator for Russia
2. Some Facts
WHY MEASURE FDI ?
WHAT TO MEASURE
HOW TO MEASURE
FDI part of macroeconomic Stats.
BOP/IIP/NA(ROW)
FDI part of globalization
/investment/enterprise analysis
INWARD AND OUTWARD FDI as factor
of globalization
ALL CROSS BORDER transactions/
positions
ASSET/LIABILITY PRINCIPLE
Accumulate all transactions
/positions
DIRECTIONAL PRINCIPLE
Record according to the direction of
influence or control
IMF BPM6 /OECD BMD4
• SAME DATA ORGANISED DIFFERENTLY
• LESS REPORTING BURDEN
• MORE CONSISTENCY
3. FDI STATISTICS
HOW TO ANALYSE GENUINE FDI
ELIMINATE DOUBLE COUNTING
Segregate capital in transit
Via SPEs = BMD4
Via operating units (not possible)
Reclassify capital in transit in the form of loans between entities not
directly linked by FDI (BMD4 – XDP)
Reclassify round-tripping of domestic funds (BMD4 - XDP)
Other refinements
Identify FDI EQUITY flows in the form of mergers & acquisitions (BMD4 - XDP)
Identify ultimate investor (ultimate beneficiary) (BMD4 - XDP)
6. FDI as globalization indicator
LIMITS OF FDI AS GLOBALIZATION INDICATOR ARE CONCEPTUAL
FDI represents only the share of foreign investment but not total capital of
MNEs
BMD4 resolves most analytical/methodological problems
Timeliness of estimates should be improved
FDI IS THE STARTING POINT FOR LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP
Between MNEs (of all sizes) and their non-resident affiliates
FDI allows complementary cross-border (or domestic) financing controlled by
the MNE all of which contribute to globalisation
It is necessary to identify total financing capacity of MNEs and the share of
FDI
OECD-WGIIS work on financing of MNEs is the linkage between FDI and
economic globalization [DAF/INV/STAT(2011)10/FINAL]