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Foreign direct investment (FDI)

Summary: Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a category of cross-border investment in which an investor resident in one economy establishes a lasting interest in and a significant degree of influence over an enterprise resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the voting power in an enterprise in one economy by an investor in another economy is evidence of such a relationship. FDI is a key element in international economic integration because it creates stable and long-lasting links between economies. FDI is an important channel for the transfer of technology between countries, promotes international trade through access to foreign markets, and can be an important vehicle for economic development. The indicators covered in this group are inward and outward values for stocks and flows.
Subject: Finance and Investment
LCCN: 10.1787/9a523b18-en
OCLC: oecd-lib-000354
Title: Foreign direct investment (FDI) [electronic resource].
Imprint: Paris : OECD Publishing.
Connect to:: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9a523b18-en
Indexed Term: Finance and Investment
Other Editions:: Investissement direct international (IDI) fre
Other Standard Identifier: 10.1787/9a523b18-en doi