Results of the 1997 Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey

This publication presents the results of a major statistical initiative conducted under the aegis of the International Monetary Fund, by 29 countries. The survey was used to collect information on portfolio invesment assets. It was undertaken in response to recommendations contained in the Report on the Measurement of International Capital Flows (the Godeaux Report), which was published by the International Monetry Fund in 1992. Among the major findings presented in the Godeaux Report was the existence of serious discrepancies in reported global flows of portfolio investment transactions and in associated estimates of stock and investment income.