Figures for FDI were even more dramatic.

Source UNCTAD, database on BITs.

This figure is based on data on outward FDI stocks provided by the home countries.

Data in this section are based on an estimation using FDI flow data available as of December 2004.

Data collection for investment goods is also under way.

All flow data are calculated from these stock data by subtracting the previous year from the current year.

It created a new website dedicated to FDI and TNC statistics (www.unctad.org fdistatistics), a site of comprehensive and integrated data sets on FDI and operations of TNCs, drawn from UNCTAD's database on FDI and TNCs.

Source UNCTAD, FDI TNCs database.

The data warehouse consolidation system will provide a secure, centrally administered data repository for all information imported from all investment data sources.

The Investment Management Service will be easily able to use retained historical data from all data sources and will be better positioned to proactively verify data and perform in depth analysis and internal audit.

According to the data of National Bureau of Statistics, the fixed asset investment growth, total imports and other data in July have come down.

The GRID Meta Database Management System will be implemented in 1996 and will provide a catalog (electronic and hard copy) of worldwide GRID data resources.

(d) A consolidation of data in a single database is an important step in increasing the overall operational efficiency of the investment process.

Source Computation based on Prowess Database (2002) and RIS OFDI Dataset.

(b) Improve the collection and dissemination of financial and other data necessary for investors to take judicious investment decisions

Source UNCTAD, FDI TNC database (www.unctad.org fdi statistics).

Source UNCTAD, FDI TNC database. (www.unctad.org fdistatistics).

In both cases, FDI from developing countries is likely to be underestimated in the case of the figure based on outward data ( 859 billion), outward FDI stock may not be fully reported by some offshore financial centres and in that of the figure based on inward data ( 877 billion), information on the sources of FDI is not available for those centres.

We continue to incur considerable expenditure for the collection of data as a primary investor and now as a Contractor.

The types of data available and their advantages and deficiencies in view of policy makers' needs, especially in developing countries

(b) Very limited financial data is available on specific sectors, particularly data on private sector investments, relevant to the Convention.

Data on outward FDI by SMEs are still very limited.

to identify and record the techniques used by financial sector stakeholders to integrate environmental performance data into their investment decisions

It provides comprehensive data and information on FDI (both flows and stock), operations of TNCs, basic financial data on the largest TNCs, the legal framework in which investment takes place and selected bibliographical information about FDI and TNCs in 36 individual economies.

A state of the art system will allow the Investment Management Service to rapidly and accurately handle complex investment data and analyse the portfolio risk and its performance.

38. As part of the ongoing trends and data analysis for the World Investment Report, comprehensive investment policy reviews are being undertaken.

Source Revised Data on Foreign Direct Investment, press release of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry,

a Owing to the lack of data on OFDI by SMEs, the authors constructed a database which classified OFDI by firm size by merging firm names from the Prowess database of the Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy with information from government sources and the dataset from the Research and Information System for the Non Aligned and Other Developing Countries (RIS).

Source Computation based on RIS Outward FDI dataset.

The Department of Statistics does not publish annual flow data on outward FDI from Singapore.

Note Figures for 1976 1983 include only equity capital indicates the stock of OFDI project accumulated over the past whereas indicates the cumulative number of approved OFDI projects from 1997 to 2004.

In the 2004 data, most investment was concentrated in the area of an electronic United Nations, although other areas also show significant investment, as illustrated in figure 7.

As of November 2004, FDI data covered about 80 countries while trade data covered some 150 countries.

Item 3 FDI data compilation and policy formulation in developing countries

The Centre manages several data banks on investment projects and foreign partners.

Returns the number of periods of an investment.

(a) Statistics on macroeconomic data, industrial sectors, energy consumption and foreign direct investment were compiled for the Asia Pacific region.

The Investment Map is an interactive Internet tool that combines statistics on FDI, international trade and market accession for better investment targeting (www.investmentmap.org).

If inward FDI stock data from recipient countries are used, the value of South South FDI is higher, at least about 700 billion.

The sector's share of OFDI consistently increased in 1990 2003.

9. The Government s capital budget estimates form the basis of the public sector investment programme, which is financed through the Development Fund.

The estimate of 400 billion of outward stock of South South FDI is based on home country data.

(b) Short term investments (number of actions)

As indicated, detailed outward FDI data reported by home developing countries are limited.

Table 1. Singapore OFDI stock, by geographical distribution, 1981 2003