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Transfer of Technology

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: February 2002 )

This paper discusses the issue of technology transfer in the context of international investment agreements (IIAs) and is divided into four main sections. The first section is an explanation of the...

This paper discusses the issue of technology transfer in the context of international investment agreements (IIAs) and is divided into four main sections. The first section is an explanation of the...


Trends in International Investment Agreements

An Overview

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: March 2000 )

In the past four decades, national and international legal policies and rules concerning foreign direct investment (FDI) have repeatedly changed. This paper provides an overview of the developments in...

In the past four decades, national and international legal policies and rules concerning foreign direct investment (FDI) have repeatedly changed. This paper provides an overview of the developments in...


Lessons from the MAI

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: March 2000 )

This publication considers the factors that contributed to the decision of the members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to discontinue the negotiations on the Multilateral...

This publication considers the factors that contributed to the decision of the members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to discontinue the negotiations on the Multilateral...


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Illicit Payments

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: November 2001 )

This paper examines the topic of transnational bribery in the context of international investment agreements (IIAs), as well as other international instruments that address issues related to the...

This paper examines the topic of transnational bribery in the context of international investment agreements (IIAs), as well as other international instruments that address issues related to the...


Home Country Measures

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: December 2001 )

Most international negotiations on foreign direct investment focus on issues involving the paired relationship between transnational corporations and host countries. This publication discusses the...

Most international negotiations on foreign direct investment focus on issues involving the paired relationship between transnational corporations and host countries. This publication discusses the...


Taking of Property

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: March 2000 )

The taking of private assets by public authorities raises significant issues of international law, where such takings involve the assets of foreign private investors. This publication examines the...

The taking of private assets by public authorities raises significant issues of international law, where such takings involve the assets of foreign private investors. This publication examines the...


Taxation

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: August 2000 )

This publication describes how various international tax issues related to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) have been addressed in international investment agreements (IIAs) and in international tax...

This publication describes how various international tax issues related to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) have been addressed in international investment agreements (IIAs) and in international tax...


Employment

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: August 2000 )

This publication examines the management of employment issues in the area of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Transnational Corporations (TNCs). It provides an analysis of the coverage of...

This publication examines the management of employment issues in the area of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Transnational Corporations (TNCs). It provides an analysis of the coverage of...


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Competition (Arabic language)

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: November 2005 )

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Competition

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: January 2005 )

The regulation of anti-competitive practices by private parties is an established aspect of economic regulation in national laws. By contrast, the linkage of competition issues to the concerns of...

The regulation of anti-competitive practices by private parties is an established aspect of economic regulation in national laws. By contrast, the linkage of competition issues to the concerns of...


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Competition (Russian Language)

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: February 2006 )

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Competition (Chinese language)

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: September 2005 )

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Dispute Settlement

Investor-state

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: September 2003 )

This paper examines the main aspects of Investor-State dispute settlement from the perspective of both the investor and the host state. Investors and capital-exporting countries favor these disputes...

This paper examines the main aspects of Investor-State dispute settlement from the perspective of both the investor and the host state. Investors and capital-exporting countries favor these disputes...


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State Contracts (Arabic language)

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: September 2005 )

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State Contracts

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: April 2005 )

One common mode of entry for foreign direct investment is through the making of a foreign investment contract with the State. The aim of this paper is to consider more specific international...

One common mode of entry for foreign direct investment is through the making of a foreign investment contract with the State. The aim of this paper is to consider more specific international...


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Contratos de Estado

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: August 2006 )

El presente estudio trata el tema de los contratos de estado. Esos contratos han desempeñado un papel fundamental en los procesos de inversión extranjera directa, sobre todo en los países en...

El presente estudio trata el tema de los contratos de estado. Esos contratos han desempeñado un papel fundamental en los procesos de inversión extranjera directa, sobre todo en los países en...


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Contrats d'Etats

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: June 2006 )

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State Contracts (Russian language)

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: July 2006 )

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State Contracts (Chinese language)

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: September 2005 )

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Scope and Definition

A Sequel

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: April 2011, PDF: August 2012 )

This UNCTAD paper, the sequel to the 1999 Pink Series paper on scope and definition, considers how the concepts of investment and investor have been defined in existing international investment...

This UNCTAD paper, the sequel to the 1999 Pink Series paper on scope and definition, considers how the concepts of investment and investor have been defined in existing international investment...