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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
)
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...
Social Dimensions of Macroeconomic Policy
Series: Informes y Estudios Especiales
( Print: February 2002
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This report starts with a short historical background, which describes the ascendancy of macroeconomic policies over social development policies. It continues with an evaluation of the relation...
This report starts with a short historical background, which describes the ascendancy of macroeconomic policies over social development policies. It continues with an evaluation of the relation...
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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...
Foreign Direct Investment and Development
Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( 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...
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Developing Countries' Anti-cyclical Policies in a Globalizing World
Series: Informes y Estudios Especiales
( Print: September 2002
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This paper looks at the role of developing countries’ domestic policies in managing externally generated boom-bust cycles. It draws upon an extensive list of recent literature on the subject and upon...
This paper looks at the role of developing countries’ domestic policies in managing externally generated boom-bust cycles. It draws upon an extensive list of recent literature on the subject and upon...
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Inversión y Volatilidad Financiera
América Latina en los Inicios del Nuevo Milenio
Series: Informes y Estudios Especiales
( Print: May 2002
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La liberación financiera y la apertura al mercado de capitales permitió atraer la inversión extranjera y expandir la capacidad de financiamiento de los proyectos de inversión, pero al mismo tiempo...
La liberación financiera y la apertura al mercado de capitales permitió atraer la inversión extranjera y expandir la capacidad de financiamiento de los proyectos de inversión, pero al mismo tiempo...
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Paraguay
Resultados de las Reformas (2003-2005) y sus Perspectivas
Series: Informes y Estudios Especiales
( Print: March 2007,
PDF: January 2009
)
Los países Latinoamericanos han encarado una serie de reformas y programas de estabilización en los años noventa como respuesta a la década perdida de los ochenta y como resultado de las exigencias de...
Los países Latinoamericanos han encarado una serie de reformas y programas de estabilización en los años noventa como respuesta a la década perdida de los ochenta y como resultado de las exigencias de...
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Diferenciación por Calidad de Bienes con Base Primaria y de Baja Tecnología
¿Una Ventana de Oportunidades para América Latina?
Series: Informes y Estudios Especiales
( Print: February 2008
)
El informe utiliza los valores unitarios de exportación como medida de calidad de los bienes exportados y analiza, mediante este indicador, si los países latino americanos se encuentran en una...
El informe utiliza los valores unitarios de exportación como medida de calidad de los bienes exportados y analiza, mediante este indicador, si los países latino americanos se encuentran en una...
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Brazil's Derivatives Markets
Hedging, Central Bank Intervention and Regulation
Series: Informes y Estudios Especiales
( Print: July 2008
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This report is a study of Brazil’s derivatives markets. It examines their important role in the economy, and their role in monetary policy making by the Brazilian Central Bank (BCB). The first part of...
This report is a study of Brazil’s derivatives markets. It examines their important role in the economy, and their role in monetary policy making by the Brazilian Central Bank (BCB). The first part of...
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Institutional Requirements for Market-led Development in Latin America
Series: Informes y Estudios Especiales
( Print: May 2003
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This paper seeks to provide a systematic framework for the main ideas that have been developed by ECLAC concerning the effects that market-led reforms have had on labor, financial and technology...
This paper seeks to provide a systematic framework for the main ideas that have been developed by ECLAC concerning the effects that market-led reforms have had on labor, financial and technology...
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Necesidades Institucionales de un Desarrollo Orientado hacia el Mercado en América Latina
Series: Informes y Estudios Especiales
( Print: August 2003
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En este trabajo se intenta establecer un marco sistematizado de las principales ideas que ha formulado la CEPAL respecto de los efectos que han tenido las reformas orientadas al mercado sobre los...
En este trabajo se intenta establecer un marco sistematizado de las principales ideas que ha formulado la CEPAL respecto de los efectos que han tenido las reformas orientadas al mercado sobre los...
Investment-Related Trade Measures
Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( 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
Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( 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
Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( 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
Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( 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...