Inward and Outward FDI Country Profiles

Karl P. Sauvant, Padma Mallampally and Geraldine McAllister, eds., Inward and Outward FDI Country Profiles (New York: VCC, 2013), 2nd edition. This second edition (available free of charge as an ebook from VCC's website, at www.vcc.columbia.edu) contains a series of 77 standardized country profiles dealing with the inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI) performance of 40 economies. The profiles have been peer-reviewed by a global network of experts. The publication is intended to contribute to the analysis of trends in foreign direct investment and policy issues related to them. More specifically, the individual profiles discuss FDI trends and developments (country-level developments, the corporate players); effects of the recent global crises; and the policy scene. Each profile contains a standard set of tables, including on FDI stocks and flows, sectoral and geographical FDI distributions, the largest M&As and greenfield investments, the principal foreign affiliates (for inward FDI), and the principal multinational enterprises (for outward FDI). The standardized template used to produce the profiles allows cross-county comparisons. The volume is meant to be a reference tool for anyone interested in foreign direct investment.