Key findings from Global INTAN-Invest presented at European Investment Bank webinar

9 December 2024, 04:00

Global INTAN-Invest continues to strengthen its engagement with the international institutions.

On 9 December 2024, the European Investment Bank – EIB hosted an online webinar aimed at providing an overview of the Global INTAN-Invest database and showcasing the World Intangible Investment Highlights report.

Co-published by WIPO and Luiss Business School in 2024, and co-authored by F. Bontadini, C. Corrado, C. Fink, A. Grewal, J. Haskel, M. Iommi, F. Jaccoud and S. Wunsch-Vincent, the World Intangible Investment Highlights serve as the key reference for the latest statistics on global intangible asset investments. It draws on the latest data from the Global INTAN-Invest database, covering 26 high-income and emerging economies, that represent together more than half of global GDP in 2023. The Global INTAN-Invest database is expected to broaden this coverage further with future editions and, given the gaps in existing data, the expansion of such statistics to cover middle-income economies represents a significant advancement for evidence-based policymaking.

The webinar was organized by the EIB's Economics Department and chaired by Debora Revoltella (Chief Economist and Director of the Economics Department, EIB). After an introductory address by Carsten Fink (Chief Economist, WIPO), Cecilia Jona-Lasinio (Full Professor of Applied Economics, Luiss Business School) presented the key findings of Global INTAN-Invest and outlined the next steps for expanding the database. The session concluded with a Q&A segment, allowing EIB participants to engage with the Global INTAN-Invest team.

The event offered a timely overview of how intangible assets are reshaping the global economy and represented a valuable opportunity to engage with the European Investment Bank (EIB), which plays a key role in facilitating the understanding of the challenges associated with investing in Europe’s economy while addressing the financing needs of such investments.

Further webinars with key international institutions are planned to be held in the near future, aimed at enriching the global debate on intangibles and their pivotal role in driving innovation and economic growth.