Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index-2016

The 2016 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index

Question: Which of the following position is secured by India in the 2016 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index released by AT Kearney?
(a) 8th
(b) 9th
(c) 10th
(d)11th
Ans:(b)
Related facts:

  • AT Kearney, a global management consulting firm has released the 2016 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index.
  • The Index of a London-based consulting firm is a forward-looking analysis of how political, economic, and regulatory changes will likely affect FDI inflows into countries in the coming years.
  • The Index is constructed using primary data from a proprietary survey administered to senior executives of the world’s leading corporations.
  • All companies participated in the survey are having annual revenues of $500 million or more.
  • The Unites States of America and China hold top two positions for fourth straight year in the list of 25 countries.
  • US and China has scored 2.02 and 1.82 respectively out of 3.
  • Canada ranked at third position. Germany secured fourth position. The UK, Japan, Australia and France secured the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth position respectively. Singapore secured the tenth position.
  • India jumped two places to rank number 9 in this year’s AT Kearney Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index.
  • In this year’s survey, 32 per cent of the respondents said they were more optimistic about India’s economic outlook over the next three years, compared to a year ago.
  • Newcomers to the FDI Confidence Index in 2016 are Taiwan, Thailand, and Ireland. Singapore makes the largest leap up the Index, raising an impressive five spots since last year.
  • The study shows that global business executives are the most optimistic about the American regional economy and are more pessimistic about the Sub-Saharan African economy.
  • The results of the Index also show that domestic market size, cost of labour, regulatory transparency and lack of corruption are among the top factors that executives look at when making decisions about investing in a country.

Reference:
https://www.atkearney.com/gbpc/foreign-direct-investment-confidence-index/publication/-/asset_publisher/lsBVD71WgZDd/content/2016-a-t-kearney-foreign-direct-investment-confidence-index/10192
https://www.atkearney.com/documents/10192/8064626/2016+A.T.+Kearney+Foreign+Direct+Investment+Confidence+Index%E2%80%93FDI+on+the+Rebound.pdf/e61ec054-3923-4f96-b46c-d4b4227e7606