Gerrit van den Dool'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. Find out more at http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/measuring-globalisation-fdi-statistics-workshop-2014.htm

1. 1
More useful FDI statistics for policy makers
Gerrit van den Dool
De Nederlandsche Bank
WGIIS, Paris
20 March 2014

2. 2
Inward FDI: Attractiveness?
Outward FDI: Expansion
abroad?
 BD4 major step forward: clear definitions, many
new areas covered, linkages to AMNE
statistics, distinction of SPEs, role for headquarters
 BUT Are we be better serving policy makers now?

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Attractiveness? Be aware of capital flowing uphill
Put aside capital flowing uphill (20), rather than
sticking to Balance of Payments constrains
NL: net outflow 21
understatement of
expansion abroad
UK: net inflow 21
understatement
of attractiveness

4. 4
Current practice: overstatements turned into in
understatements. Think it over?

5. 5
Two FDI headline figures, a way out?
 FDI statistics now statistics in its own right 
 Freedom to select/omit FDI building blocks
Economic
activity
Financial
activity
Exclude

6. 6
“It’s complicated” - Make users aware that figures are
baskets of minusses and plusses
Some homework:
“Analyze this”
Clear communciation to users of paramount
importance to make BD4 a success!