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Comparison of Official and EDO/IPA FDI Accounting Methods PDF

January 01, 2016 fDi Intelligence

Most EDOs and IPAs track and measure FDI based on the activities of multinational enterprises in their local economy not on the official OECD/IMF definition of cross-border FDI flows. There is limited comparison that can be made between the FDI results of an EDO or IPA and official FDI statistics; they measure different metrics for different purposes

Comparison of Official and EDO/IPA FDI Accounting Methods

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