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Handbook on Outward Investment Agencies and Institutions

Series: ASIT Advisory Studies
( Print: January 2000 )

The increasing efforts of developing countries and economies in transition to attract foreign investment have led over the years to the establishment of investment promotion agencies or similar...

The increasing efforts of developing countries and economies in transition to attract foreign investment have led over the years to the establishment of investment promotion agencies or similar...


Investment Regimes in the Arab World

Issues and Policies

Series: ASIT Advisory Studies
( Print: December 2000 )

Foreign direct investment flows to the Arab world as a whole remain modest and have not kept pace with the upward global trend. This publication presents an overview of the main issues and challenges...

Foreign direct investment flows to the Arab world as a whole remain modest and have not kept pace with the upward global trend. This publication presents an overview of the main issues and challenges...


Arms Bazaar, The

Series: ODS Lecture
( Print: November 1996 )

This lecture, by the former President of Costa Rica Oscar Arias Sanchez, reveals the extent and surge of the arms trade in the post-cold war world and its consequences for development.

This lecture, by the former President of Costa Rica Oscar Arias Sanchez, reveals the extent and surge of the arms trade in the post-cold war world and its consequences for development.


Global Competitiveness and Human Development

Allies or Adversaries?

Series: ODS Lecture
( Print: April 1997 )

The nations of the developing world are not just emerging markets, as the phase has it. They are human societies. This publication walks us through the systemic human development problems that emerge...

The nations of the developing world are not just emerging markets, as the phase has it. They are human societies. This publication walks us through the systemic human development problems that emerge...


People First

Series: ODS Lecture
( Print: March 1998 )

This book expresses the primacy of people centred development. It calls for a partnership between key institutions such as the United Nations and Government to give people 'a chance' by working...

This book expresses the primacy of people centred development. It calls for a partnership between key institutions such as the United Nations and Government to give people 'a chance' by working...