Monitoring of Direct Investments of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine in Eurasia — 2014

Abstract

The report focuses on new results of the project dedicated to monitoring of direct investments in Eurasia, implemented by EDB Centre for Integration Studies in partnership with the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of RAS (IMEMO RAN). The study is in addition to the monitoring of mutual investments of the CIS countries that has been carried out since 2011. It covers outward direct investments of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine in all the Eurasian countries except the CIS and Georgia — compared with 2013, South-West Asia and South Asia have been added. In addition, the report examines outward direct investments of Austria, Turkey, India, Vietnam and China that have been made in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. On the basis of the statistics collected during monitoring, detailed information is provided on the dynamics, actual geographical location and sectoral structure of the investments.

Keywords: FDI, Russian MNEs, investments in Eurasia

JEL Classification: F21, F23