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Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Sectoral Data in Indonesia Abdul Khaliq Department of Economics Andalas University, Indonesia and Ilan Noy Department Economics University of Hawai’i at Manoa March 2007 Abstract The paper investigates the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth using detailed sectoral data for FDI inflows to Indonesia over the period 1997-2006. In the aggregate level, FDI is observed to have a positive effect on economic growth. However, when accounting for the different average growth performance across sectors, the beneficial impact of FDI is no longer apparent. When examining different impacts across sectors, estimation results show that the composition of FDI matters for its effect on economic growth with very few sectors showing positive impact of FDI and one sector even showing a robust negative impact of FDI inflows (mining and quarrying). The sectors examined are: farm food crops, livestock product, forestry, fishery, mining and quarrying, non-oil and gas industry, electricity, gas and water, construction, retail and wholesale trade, hotels and restaurant, transport and communications, and other private and services sectors. Keywords: Foreign direct investment, economic growth, Indonesia. JEL codes: F21, F23. 1. Introduction During the past two decades, foreign direct investment (FDI) has become increasingly important in