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Foreign Direct Investment and Development

( Print: June 1999 )

The importance of foreign direct investment for development has dramatically increased in recent years. This concise study offers balanced and easily accessible analysis of the issues involved...

The importance of foreign direct investment for development has dramatically increased in recent years. This concise study offers balanced and easily accessible analysis of the issues involved...


Investment-Related Trade Measures

( Print: August 1999 )

Investment-related trade measures help shape the attractiveness of the investment climate by altering trade conditions associated with a given country or region. This concise study offers balanced and...

Investment-related trade measures help shape the attractiveness of the investment climate by altering trade conditions associated with a given country or region. This concise study offers balanced and...


Scope and Definition

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: June 1999 )

Investment agreements must specify not only their geographical and temporal coverage but, and most importantly, their subject-matter coverage, which is done primarily through the provisions on...

Investment agreements must specify not only their geographical and temporal coverage but, and most importantly, their subject-matter coverage, which is done primarily through the provisions on...


Transfer Pricing

Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: June 1999 )

Transfer pricing methods raise important and contentious policy questions for both host and home governments, as well as transnational corporations, as they directly affect the amount of profit...

Transfer pricing methods raise important and contentious policy questions for both host and home governments, as well as transnational corporations, as they directly affect the amount of profit...


Admission and Establishment

( Print: May 1999 )

The legal and policy options surrounding the admission and establishment of foreign direct investment by transnational corporations into host countries, is a topic that raises questions central to...

The legal and policy options surrounding the admission and establishment of foreign direct investment by transnational corporations into host countries, is a topic that raises questions central to...


Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment

( Print: June 1999 )

The most-favoured-nation treatment (MFN) standard is a core element of international investment agreements, it gives investors a guarantee against certain forms of discrimination by host countries...

The most-favoured-nation treatment (MFN) standard is a core element of international investment agreements, it gives investors a guarantee against certain forms of discrimination by host countries...


Fair and Equitable Treatment

( Print: September 1999 )

The concept of fair and equitable treatment, which has assumed prominence in investment relations between States, provides a yardstick by which relations between foreign direct investors and...

The concept of fair and equitable treatment, which has assumed prominence in investment relations between States, provides a yardstick by which relations between foreign direct investors and...


National Treatment

( Print: November 1999 )

In international investment agreements, the national treatment standard extended by a host country to foreign investors, touches upon economically and politically sensitive issues as it seeks to...

In international investment agreements, the national treatment standard extended by a host country to foreign investors, touches upon economically and politically sensitive issues as it seeks to...


Etude des Droits des Personnes Appartenant Aux Minorites Ethniques, Religieuses et Linguistiques

Series: Droits de l'Homme Série d'Etudes
( Print: December 1991 )

Cette étude présente les multiples questions ayant trait au sort des minorités. Elle commence par un aperçu historique de la question de la protection des minorités. Elle analyse ensuite la notion...

Cette étude présente les multiples questions ayant trait au sort des minorités. Elle commence par un aperçu historique de la question de la protection des minorités. Elle analyse ensuite la notion...


Condition de L'Individu et Droit International Contemporain

Promotion, Protection et Retablissement des Droits de L'Homme aux Niveaux National, Regional et...

Series: Droits de l'Homme Série d'Etudes
( Print: June 1993 )

Droits de L'Homme et L'Invalidite, Les

Series: Droits de l'Homme Série d'Etudes
( Print: June 1993 )

Cette étude examine les problèmes d'ordre juridique auxquels sont confrontées les personnes handicapées et passe en revue les facteurs qui sont à l'origine de l'invalidité et qui entraînent les...

Cette étude examine les problèmes d'ordre juridique auxquels sont confrontées les personnes handicapées et passe en revue les facteurs qui sont à l'origine de l'invalidité et qui entraînent les...


Elimination de Toutes les Formes D'Intolerance et de Discrimination Fondees fur la Religion ou la...

Series: Droits de l'Homme Série d'Etudes
( Print: June 1990 )

Ce rapport constitue une étude générale et approfondie sur les dimensions actuelles des problèmes de l'intolérance et de la discrimination fondées sur la religion ou la conviction, en prenant comme...

Ce rapport constitue une étude générale et approfondie sur les dimensions actuelles des problèmes de l'intolérance et de la discrimination fondées sur la religion ou la conviction, en prenant comme...


Le Droit a un Logement Convenable

Rapport du Rapporteur Special

Series: Droits de l'Homme Série d'Etudes
( Print: August 1996 )

Protection du Patrimoine des Populations Autochtones

Series: Droits de l'Homme Série d'Etudes
( Print: November 1997 )