Topic Focus:

The Development Gateway’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Topic Page is designed to catalog and disseminate the most important recent information on foreign direct investment, international business and multinational enterprises, covering a wide spectrum of issues. The diversity of the information and resources featured on this page, ranging from recent research findings and policy-oriented articles to specific information on the investment environment and specific investment opportunities in developing countries, reflects the varied interests of our users. The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, in cooperation with the Foreign Investment Advisory Service of the World Bank Group and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, moderates this topic page, contributing new resources and content on a regular basis. Each organization has considerable experience in different aspects of foreign direct investment and is uniquely positioned to provide content that is interesting and useful to the various audiences served by this topic page. The topic page also features current issues of interest to the FDI community, aiming at soliciting interactions with and among users.

The Foreign Direct Investment Topic Page contains information resources specifically designed to appeal to different types of users: Investors: The most relevant resources are classified under the Country Views of Foreign Direct Investment. These are primarily links to a wealth of country-focused online resources found in IPAnet, MIGA’s online information portal for foreign investors, which include country business guides, national regulatory frameworks, market trends, sector profiles and investment opportunities. FDI fact sheets compiled by UNCTAD are also included in this category. The Events and Events Calendar categories contain FDI-related events and may also be of interest to investors.

Researchers: Documents under Articles, Background, Case Studies, as well as resources under Statistics and Databases, are all relevant for academic-oriented research. Articles, for example, include the full text of the latest research on FDI published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Official Documents also contain resources or articles of interest to researchers published by multilateral institutions.

Policy Makers: Policy focused documents can be found under Official Documents. The Useful Websites category, which contains links to the relevant pages in the Web sites of multilateral institutions, provides policy makers with the latest information on their activities in the area of FDI. The Organization category provides primarily links to multilateral organization involved in FDI.

Investment promotion professionals: The resources under the How-To’s & Tools should be of special interest to everyone involved in investment promotion. These resources include the Investment Promotion Toolkit, MIGA's comprehensive compilation of international best practices in investment promotion. Listings of national and provincial investment promotion agencies and national privatization agencies can be found under the Directories category. The News Sources category, which provides links to online news services or to periodicals with a FDI focus, should be of interest to all users seeking to keep up to date with current developments in the area of FDI.