For instance , there are significant gaps in the extent to which countries collect data on each of the three components of FDI : equity capital , reinvested earnings and other capital ( mainly intra-company loans ) . For instance , only 46 out of 56 countries that responded to the 2001 IMF/OECD Survey of Implementation of Methodological Standards for Direct Investment ( SIMSDI ) ( IMF/OECD , 2003 ) included all three components of FDI flows as required by international standards ( table 2 ) .