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Transfer of Technology
Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: February 2002
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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
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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
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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...
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Illicit Payments
Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: November 2001
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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
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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
Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( 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...
Proyecciones Latinoamericanas 2001-2002
Series: Estudios Estadísticos y Prospectivos
( Print: February 2002
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Países Industrializados
Resumen de las Proyecciones 2001-2002
Series: Estudios Estadísticos y Prospectivos
( Print: April 2002
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Hacia fines de 2000, la desaceleración de la economía norteamericana ya era evidente y mayor que la prevista. Esta evolución motivó un giro de parte de la Reserva Federal en su política monetaria, con...
Hacia fines de 2000, la desaceleración de la economía norteamericana ya era evidente y mayor que la prevista. Esta evolución motivó un giro de parte de la Reserva Federal en su política monetaria, con...
Investment-Related Trade Measures
Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( 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
Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: June 1999
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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
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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
Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( 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
Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( 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
Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( 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
Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( 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...
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Países Industrializados
Un Análisis Comparativo de las Proyecciones 2002-2003
Series: Estudios Estadísticos y Prospectivos
( Print: July 2003
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El documento analiza y compara aspectos esenciales de las diferentes proyecciones a corto plazo hechas por varias instituciones, tanto nacionales como internacionales, de carácter público o privado...
El documento analiza y compara aspectos esenciales de las diferentes proyecciones a corto plazo hechas por varias instituciones, tanto nacionales como internacionales, de carácter público o privado...
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Proyecciones de América Latina y el Caribe, 2003
Series: Estudios Estadísticos y Prospectivos
( Print: July 2003
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Bajo el marco internacional se analiza la situación y perspectivas del año 2003. Se estudia el desempeño reciente de las economías latinoamericanas y, la caracterización y sincronía de la recuperación...
Bajo el marco internacional se analiza la situación y perspectivas del año 2003. Se estudia el desempeño reciente de las economías latinoamericanas y, la caracterización y sincronía de la recuperación...
Taking of Property
Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: March 2000
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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...
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Medición de los Objectivos de Desarrollo del Milenio en las Areas Urbanas de América Latina, La
Series: Estudios Estadísticos y Prospectivos
( Print: August 2006
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En este documento se presenta una serie de indicadores comparables a nivel regional para el seguimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio en 36 áreas urbanas de nueve países de América Latina...
En este documento se presenta una serie de indicadores comparables a nivel regional para el seguimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio en 36 áreas urbanas de nueve países de América Latina...
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Latin America and the Caribbean
Projections 2006-2007
Series: Estudios Estadísticos y Prospectivos
( Print: October 2006
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The gross domestic product of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean will grow by 4.6% in 2006, up slightly from 2005. This could lead to an increase of more than 3% in per capita GDP, stemming...
The gross domestic product of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean will grow by 4.6% in 2006, up slightly from 2005. This could lead to an increase of more than 3% in per capita GDP, stemming...