Description: NET Foreign Direct Investment as a proportion of GDP.
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NET FDI/GDP%1.891.075.133.853.515.074.94
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DATA IDENTIFICATION


Name
Net Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Inflows as a percentage of GDP
Indicator purpose

The purpose of this indicator is to show the provision of external financing resources in the form of direct investments in the reporting economy from foreign investors and to external economies by domestic investors.

Abstract

Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. Net inflows of investment is the difference between investment flows and investment outflows in and out of the resident economy.

Data source

Central Bank of Belize

DATA CHARACTERISTICS



Contact organization person

Central Bank of Belize

Date last updated
28-OCT-2019
Periodicity

Annual

Unit of measure

Millions of Belize dollars

Other characteristics

FDI flows record the value of cross-border transactions related to direct investment during a given period of time, usually a quarter or a year. Financial flows consist of equity transactions, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital and short-term capital.

DATA CONCEPTS and CLASSIFICATIONS



Classification used

Data on FDI net inflows and outflows are based on the sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 

Disaggregation

disaggregated by donor, recipient country, type of finance, type of aid, sub-sector, etc.

Key statistical concepts

Outward flows represent transactions that increase the investment that investors in the reporting economy have in enterprises in a foreign economy, such as through purchases of equity or reinvestment of earnings, less any transactions that decrease the investment that investors in the reporting economy have in enterprises in a foreign economy, such as sales of equity or borrowing by the resident investor from the foreign enterprise. Inward flows represent transactions that increase the investment that foreign investors have in enterprises resident in the reporting economy less transactions that decrease the investment of foreign investors in resident enterprises.

 

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Recommended uses

This indicator can be used to measure net foreign direct investment inflows as a percentage of GDP.

Limitations

Foreign direct investment does not include capital raised locally, which can be an important source of financing for investment projects. In addition, foreign direct investment data capture only cross-border investment flows that involve equity participation and thus do not include non-equity cross-border transactions such as intra-firm flows of goods and services.

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