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WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 2007
Transnational Corporations, Extractive Industries and development

World Investment Report 2007 (WIR07) is the seventeenth in a series published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The Report analyses the latest trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) and puts a special focus in 2007 on the role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in the extraction of oil, gas, and metal minerals.

Higher prices for many minerals have led to renewed investor interest in the extractive industries. TNCs  ( including some of the world´s largest corporations) play a key role in the mining of metals and in the extraction of oil and gas. Privately owned TNCs dominate the harvesting of metal minerals, while State-owned companies from developing and transition economies are key players in oil and gas. Many such State-owned firms are emerging as TNCs in their own right.

Drawing on unique data, the Report examines TNC involvement in the extraction of mineral resources and maps the key countries and companies. It also discusses how the forces driving investment change as raw materials progress up the "value chain" to become finished products, and as different types of companies participate. In view of recent discussion of the so-called "resource curse," the Report explores how the participation of TNCs may help or hinder long-term, broad-based economic development in developing countries -- the best approach for reducing poverty and raising living standards. It considers how energy and mineral extraction can help governments achieve such aims.


In addition to the general information on definitions and sources provided in this year´s World Investment Report, more detailed methodological notes for the data on FDI flows and stocks used in the Report - including how they were obtained for each economy - are available in electronic format only.

Table of contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Overview
Part One
Widespread Growth in FDI
Chapter I
GLOBAL TRENDS: SUSTAINED GROWTH IN FDI FLOWS
A. FDI and International Production
B. Changing Patterns of FDI
C. The largest TNCs
D. Prospects
Chapter II
REGIONAL TRENDS:
Introduction
A. Developing Countries
B. South-East Europe and the Commonwealth on Independent States
C. Developed countries
Part Two
TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS, EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduction
Chapter III
FEATURES OF THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
A. Extractive industries in the world economy
B. The commodity price boom and its impact on investments
C. Extractive industries: Opportunities and challenges for development
Chapter IV
TNCs IN EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
A. Global trends in FDI and other forms of TNC participation in extractive industries
B. The changing universe of TNCs in extractive industries
C. Drivers and determinants
D. Conclusions
Chapter V
DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS FOR HOST COUNTRIES
A. A framework for assessing implications for host countries of TNC involvement in extractive industries
B. Economic impact
C. Environmental impact
D. Social and political impacts
E. Conclusions
Chapter VI
THE POLICY CHALLENGE
A. The broader government policy and institutional framework
B. Regulating the entry and operations of TNCs in extractive industries
C. Arrangements for rent-sharing
D. Policies for broader economic benefits
E. Coping with environmental challenges
F. Addressing social and political concerns
G. Conclusions
Annex to Chapter 6
References
Statistical Annex
Annex A and  Annex B
Definitions and Sources
Selected UNCTAD publications on Transnational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment
Questionnaire
METHODOLOGICAL NOTES: For Annex B. Definitions and Sources
(Not contained in the hard-copy version of the Report)


Book information: 
UN Symbol: UNCTAD/WIR/2007
Sales no.: E.07.II.D.9
Date of publication: 16/10/07
ISBN: ISBN 978-92-1-112718-8
No. of pages: 323
Price:
US$ 90 (Developed countries)
US$ 42 (Developing countries)
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