Contains a number of useful links for research, including datasets from BIS publications , such as the title Statistics on External Indebtedness and many others. Contains IMF, OECD, and European Union financial data for hundreds of countries, including direct investment abroad, debt and equity portfolio investment, and direct investment within the host country. Also includes aggregate import and export data, balance of payments, and a wide range of other financial information. Data is available in time-series format and downloadable directly into a spreadsheet. An excellent online manual is available via Princeton University .
Some items have links to full-text.
Contains detailed reports on investment conditions for hundreds of countries, as well as economic policy and trade practices, foreign economic relations, labor trends, country-specific commercial guides, exchange rate information, and FDI flows by source country, usually for the past three to five years. Sections particularly relevant for FDI include the sections on Country Specific Information and the Market Reports Historical Archive. World Bank data from over 200 countries and more than 800 time series, including Foreign Direct Investment Inflows as a percentage of GDP and GDI, Gross Domestic Fixed Investment, net direct and portfolio investment, and a wide range of other economic and socio-economic time series. Data is annual and can be downloaded directly into Excel, SAS and other statistical software packages. Selected indicators are available on the web site linked with the title, above.