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The Shape of Things to Come: The FDI Outlook for 2009 and Performance Analysis for 2008

Between 2003 and 2008, global greenfield FDI projects grew 11% annually, creating millions of jobs and raising trillions of dollars in capital investment. In a special report, fDi Intelligence analyses trends during this boom time for FDI and looks at the long-term prospects for further growth.

The report provides a comprehensive analysis of crossborder greenfield investment trends in 2008 and the outlook for 2009, prepared by the fDi Intelligence division of the Financial Times Ltd. It is an essential guide to what happened in the global FDI market last year and a forecast for this year and beyond.

Information in the report is based on the fDi Markets database, which tracks greenfield investment projects. It does not include M&A or other equity-based or non-equity investments. Only new investment projects and significant expansions of existing projects are included. fDi Markets is the most authoritative source of intelligence on real investment in the global economy and the only source of greenfield investment data that covers all countries and industries worldwide.

The data presented includes FDI projects that have either been announced or opened by a company. The data on capital investment and job creation is based on the total investment a particular company is making at the time of the project announcement or opening. Because companies can raise capital locally, phase their investment over a period of time, and channel their investment through different countries for tax efficiency, the data used in this report is different to the official data on FDI flows. The data from fDi Markets is an accurate and real-time indicator of the real investment that companies are making in their overseas subsidiaries. However, investment projects tracked by fDi Markets are being constantly updated and revised based on new intelligence received and by algorithms constantly improving their accuracy over time. The data presented in this report may therefore differ slightly from the real-time data which is available on the website: www.fdimarkets.com.

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fDi Markets is the most authoritative crossborder inward investment database and investor tracking tool. It is the exclusive source of FDI project data for the UNCTAD World Investment Report and the Economist Intelligence Unit. fDi Markets has tracked $7.42 Trillion greenfield investment since 2003 and is invaluable for market and industry analysis, site selection and investor targeting.

fDi Benchmark is the only online corporate location benchmarking tool with a robust, comparable and independent assessment of project locations. It covers all main cost and quality benchmarking indicators for over 380 countries, cities and sectors. fDi Benchmark has become the essential tool for corporate location assessment and for benchmarking locations globally.

fDi Reports are provided by a specialist research team within fDi Intelligence with access to the global resources of the Financial Times Ltd. Our in-house experts produce bespoke reports for clients on country trends, industry analysis, location competitiveness and company profiling. fDi Reports is a key source of business intelligence for all organisations developing FDI strategies.

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