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Transfer of Technology
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
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
( Print: March 2000
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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...
Study on Underground Gas Storage in Europe and Central Asia
Working Party on Gas
This study provides unique information on underground gas storage (UGS) in Europe and Central Asia in the following areas: new and emerging technologies and improvements in UGS; current UGS status in...
This study provides unique information on underground gas storage (UGS) in Europe and Central Asia in the following areas: new and emerging technologies and improvements in UGS; current UGS status in...
Illicit Payments
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
( Print: December 2001
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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...
Foreign Direct Investment and Development
( Print: June 1999
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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...
East-west Energy Efficiency Standards and Labels
This document is the final report of the SACHA-II project. SACHA stands for The State of the Art of Cooling Household and Other Major Appliances Standards, Market and Technology in Central and Eastern...
This document is the final report of the SACHA-II project. SACHA stands for The State of the Art of Cooling Household and Other Major Appliances Standards, Market and Technology in Central and Eastern...
Energy Efficiency and Energy Security in the CIS
This study assesses the potential for energy conservation in CIS member countries to the year 2010 and explains how improvements in energy efficiency of member countries could contribute to enhancing...
This study assesses the potential for energy conservation in CIS member countries to the year 2010 and explains how improvements in energy efficiency of member countries could contribute to enhancing...
Energy Efficiency and Energy Security in the CIS (Russian language)
This study assesses the potential for energy conservation in CIS member countries to the year 2010 and explains how improvements in energy efficiency of member countries could contribute to enhancing...
This study assesses the potential for energy conservation in CIS member countries to the year 2010 and explains how improvements in energy efficiency of member countries could contribute to enhancing...
East-west Energy Efficiency Standards and Labels
This publication presents an analysis and interpretation of the situation of cooling household appliances (CHA) in four European countries - Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary and the Ukraine. The extensive...
This publication presents an analysis and interpretation of the situation of cooling household appliances (CHA) in four European countries - Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary and the Ukraine. The extensive...
Sources of Financing Energy Efficiency Projects in Central and Eastern Europe
The Energy Efficiency 2000 Project was set up to assist central and eastern Europe and CIS countries to enhance their energy efficiency ans security to ease the energy supply constraints of economic...
The Energy Efficiency 2000 Project was set up to assist central and eastern Europe and CIS countries to enhance their energy efficiency ans security to ease the energy supply constraints of economic...
Investment-Related Trade Measures
( Print: August 1999
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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
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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Taking of Property
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...