PART
TWO TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS, AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduction
and Chapter III.-TNCS AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
A. Introduction
B. Agriculture
in developing countries: characteristics,
significance and salient issues
C. TNC
participation in agriculture: historical
and conceptual insights
D. Trends
in FDI and other forms of TNC
participation in agriculture
E. Major
TNCs in agriculture and related activities
F. Conclusions
Notes
Chapter IV.-
DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS OF TNC
INVOLVEMENT IN AGRICULTURE
A. Introduction
B. Impact
on agricultural production in host
developing economies
C. Broader
implications
D. Conclusions
Notes
Chapter V.-
POLICY CHALLENGES AND OPTIONS
A. The
main policy challenges
B. Host-country
policy options for TNC participation in
agricultural production
C. Home-country
policies to encourage outward FDI in
agricultural production
D. International
policies related to FDI in agricultural
production
E. Conclusions
and policy options
Notes
Epilogue
References
Annex A
A.I.1. Number of greenfield FDI projects, by source/destination, 2004–2009
A.I.2. Number of greenfield FDI projects, by sector/industry, 2004–2009
A.I.3. Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2008
A.I.4. Estimated world inward FDI stock, by sector and industry, 1990 and 2007
A.I.5. Estimated world outward FDI stock, by sector and industry, 1990 and 2007
A.I.6. Estimated world inward FDI flows, by sector and industry, 1989–1991 and 2005–2007
A.I.7. Estimated world outward FDI flows, by sector and industry, 1989–1991 and 2005–2007
A.I.8. Number of parent corporations and foreign affiliates, by region and economy, latest available year
A.I.9. The world’s top 100 non-financial TNCs, ranked by foreign assets, 2007
A.I.10. The world’s top 100 non-financial TNCs, ranked by foreign assets, 2008
A.I.11. The top 100 non-financial TNCs from developing countries, ranked by foreign assets, 2007
A.I.12. The top 50 financial TNCs ranked by Geographical Spread Index (GSI), 2008
A.I.13. IIAs (other than BITs and DTTs) concluded in 2008
A.III.1. Relative importance of agriculture and manufacturing in selected economies
A.III.2. Top 10 exporters of selected agricultural commodities, average of 2002–2006
A.III.3. Inward FDI in agriculture, forestry and fishing, various years
A.III.4. The world’s 25 largest agriculture-based and plantation TNCs, ranked by foreign assets, 2007
A.III.5. The world’s 25 largest TNC suppliers of agriculture, ranked by foreign assets, 2007
A.III.6. The world’s 50 largest food and beverage TNCs, ranked by foreign assets, 2007
A.III.7. The world’s 25 largest food retail TNCs, ranked by foreign assets, 2007
A.III.8. The world’s 25 largest privately owned agri-food TNCs, ranked by their agri-food sales, 2006
Annex B
B.1. FDI flows, by region and economy, 2006–2008
B.2. FDI stock, by region and economy, 1990, 2000, 2008
B.3. FDI flows as a percentage of gross fixed capital formation, 2006–2008, and
FDI stocks as a percentage of gross domestic product, by region and economy, 1990, 2000, 2008
B.4. Value of cross-border M&As, by region/economy of seller/purchaser, 2006–2009
B.5. Number of cross-border M&As, by region/economy of seller/purchaser, 2006–2009
B.6. Value of cross-border M&As, by sector/industry, 2006–2009
Definitions and Sources
Selected UNCTAD publications on TNCs and FDI
Methodological
Notes
(Not contained in
the hard-copy version of the Report)
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