Graduate School: International Business and Trade
International Business Environment Analysis
Assignment 27 September 2010: Trade and investment
Provide an overview and brief analysis of developments in international trade
and investment flows over the last decade in [country:
].
Trade:
Limitation:
Merchandise trade (excluding trade in services)
Main indicators:
* Total XM values (trade balance)
* Composition of trade
* Major regional groups/countries: source (M)/destination (X)
FDI:
Limitation:
Inward foreign direct investment (FDI) excluding outward FDI and
foreign portfolio investments (FPI)/foreign indirect investment (FII).
Main indicators:
Total size (approved/disbursed/BoP-concept)
Sectors (broad sectors, ISIC)
Source countries
Sectors/source countries
The term paper (max 8 pp) should include references to different sources of data
on similar indicators.
Term paper to be handed in (paper copy + electronic version) and presented
4 October.
Major flagship publications on trade and FDI
UN International Trade Statistics Yearbook
UN Comtrade (United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database)
WTO World Trade Report – themes
WTO International Trade Statistics
+ database at WTO webpage
IMF Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS: quarterly + annual)
UNCTAD Trade and Development Report – themes
UNCTAD Handbook on Statistics
International Trade Center (intracen.org) (joint UN and WTO agency)
World Bank Trade Indicators (Country briefs; Trade at a Glance TAAG)
Regional organizations, e.g.: ADB, OECD, UNESCAP, UNECLAC, UNECA,
etc…
Major flagship publications on FDI
IMF BoP statistics
UNCTAD World Investment Report
UNCTAD World Investment Directory (regional)
UNCTAD FDI database online
UNCTAD country fact sheets/profiles
OECD International Direct Investment Statistics Yearbook