Practical Exercise on INVESTMENT MAP

Note: Please consider that not all types of data are available for all countries. As a result, you may not be able to respond to all questions. Hence, if some
information is not available for a particular question, just leave the answer blank.

PART 1: Overview on Foreign Direct Investments and Investment Map

COUNTRY SELECTION

1. Select the country you would like to do your analysis on

Note: When you log into the Investment Map portal you will see four modules, each of which are indicated by a tab at the top of the page. By default, you will be
directed to the first module: “inward investment”. Select a country to analyze in the scroll down menu.

Country: ______________________ .

INTRODUCTION TO FDI DATA

Consider FDI global trends and characteristics for the country you selected:
Note: Please note that not all countries have reported their data for 2009 yet, therefore throughout this exercise, we will look at the last year for which data is
available.

2. How much FDI has this country attracted in the last available year?

Growth in value in US$: ____________

3. Indicate last year’s total inward stock?

Note: Inflows refer to the total amount of FDI undertaken over a given year whereas inward stock is the total accumulated value of foreign-owned assets over a
given year.

Value in US$: ____________

4. Has FDI grown or declined on a yearly basis since 2006?

Value in %: ____________
 5. How many foreign affiliates are established in the selected country? Also, indicate
the number of parent companies.

______________ foreign affiliates and ____________ parent companies

6. What is your interpretation?

Note: Respond to this question in the light of the answers to questions 72 and 76.

PART 2: Assessing FDI attractiveness

ANALYSE SECTORS WHICH HAVE A POTENTIAL TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT

Identify industrial sectors for inward investment.

Note: Continue to base your research on the country you selected in question 74.

7. Which are the top three industrial sectors that have attracted the most investment
in the last year for which data is available? Please also indicate the exports’ and
imports’ values for each industry, if they are available. For tertiary sectors trade
data will not be available.
Note: By default, economic activities (or industries) are ranked in descending order according to the amount of inward investment flows. Therefore, for the
country which you have selected, the industries that have attracted the most foreign investment in the last year are displayed at the top of your screen.

Industry Inflows in $US Exports in $US Imports in $US

1.

2.

3.

8. What type of activity (primary in yellow, secondary in blue, tertiary in pink) has
attracted the most investment in the last year for which data is available? Please
also indicate exports’ and imports’ values for each type of activity.
Note: You can analyze the information at the aggregate level, by type of activity (primary in yellow, secondary in blue, services in pink) by clicking on the sign “+”
at the top of the left column.

Type of activity Inflows in $US Exports in $US Imports in $US

 Primary

Secondary

Tertiary

9. Which industrial sectors have exported the most? Please also indicate inflows’
values for each industry.
Note: Press the back button once. You can also sort the industries by different criteria (e.g. exports, number of foreign affiliates etc), by clicking on the arrow
located next to the columns’ title which you want to rank. To answer this question, please click on the arrow related to exports.

Industry Export in $US Inflow $US

10. Are FDI inflows concentrated in this country?

Note: To answer this question, please refer to the number of industries which have attracted FDI in your country and their respective shares of total FDI.

11. Are the exports of this country concentrated? Are these exports emanating from
industries attracting the most FDI flows?
Note: To answer this question, please refer to the export value.
 12. Consider the number of foreign affiliates for these industries? Please also indicate
both inflows’ and exports’ values.
Note: To sort the industries by number of foreign affiliates click on the arrow at the top of the column or on the link “number” located next to the arrow.

Number of
Industry Foreign Inflows in $US Exports in $US
Affiliates

1.
2.

3.

13. What can you conclude from the historical data between FDI and trade flows?
Note: To answer this question look at and compare the evolution of both Exports and FDI growth and see if there is evidence of an emerging pattern.

PART 3: More than FDI statistics

HAVE ACCESS TO MICRO LEVEL INFORMATION

Identify and find information on the companies established in the country you have
selected.
Note: Although not exhaustive, this data is a useful complement to the data on FDI (see data limitations).

14. Which Multinational Corporations (MNC) have majority-owned foreign affiliates in

industry A?
Note: Click on the “+” sign on the “Foreign Affiliates” heading, information on the activities of foreign affiliates located in the country is presented. The second
column from the right shows the list of the leading parent companies for each industry. After clicking on the name of an industry’s leading parent company, you
obtain a list showing all of the parent companies with affiliates in the country for that specific industry.

Number of
Leading parent companies for Industry A Parent country
affiliates

1.
2.

3.

4.
5.
 15. What can you tell about the concentration of the source of FDI in industry A?
Note: To answer this question, look at the country of origin of the main parent companies and see whether the FDI is concentrated. E.g. if 80% of FDI comes
from only 2 sources, it is indeed concentrated.

16. Write specific details for the leading foreign affiliate in the country for industry A.
Note: You can view even more details on each affiliate of the selected parent company by clicking on that affiliate.