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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
( 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...
Boletín de Población de las Naciones Unidas
Fecundidad por debajo del Nivel de Reemplazo
Series: Boletín de Población
( Print: July 2000
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La División de Población del Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de la Secretaría de las Naciones Unidas organizó el 4 al 6 de noviembre de 1997 una reunión de expertos para estudiar los...
La División de Población del Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de la Secretaría de las Naciones Unidas organizó el 4 al 6 de noviembre de 1997 una reunión de expertos para estudiar los...
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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
( 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...
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Boletín de Población de las Naciones Unidas
Respuestas Normativas Aplicables al Envejecimiento y la Disminución de la Población
Series: Boletín de Población
( Print: November 2005
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La División de Población del Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de la Secretaría de las Naciones Unidas organizó una reunión de expertos para debatir respuestas normativas aplicables al...
La División de Población del Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de la Secretaría de las Naciones Unidas organizó una reunión de expertos para debatir respuestas normativas aplicables al...
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Boletín de Población de las Naciones Unidas 2002
Perspectivas de Descenso de la Fecundidad en los Países con Fecundidad Elevada
Series: Boletín de Población
( Print: September 2007
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La población mundial ha alcanzado un total de 6.000 millones de personas al comienzo del nuevo milenio, y las proyecciones demográficas indican que el crecimiento futuro hasta el año 2050 será...
La población mundial ha alcanzado un total de 6.000 millones de personas al comienzo del nuevo milenio, y las proyecciones demográficas indican que el crecimiento futuro hasta el año 2050 será...
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Boletín de Población de las Naciones Unidas
Arreglos Residenciales de las Personas de Edad - Edición Especial
Series: Boletín de Población
( Print: June 2003
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La División de Población del Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y sociales de la Secretaría de las Naciones Unidas, con el apoyo financiero del United States National Institute on Aging, organizó una...
La División de Población del Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y sociales de la Secretaría de las Naciones Unidas, con el apoyo financiero del United States National Institute on Aging, organizó una...
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
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
( 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...
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Global International Waters Assessment
Caspian Sea
Series: GIWA Regional Assessment
( Print: October 2006
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This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Caspian Sea – the largest land-locked water body on earth, bordered by five countries and influenced by three more in the catchment area. The assessment...
This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Caspian Sea – the largest land-locked water body on earth, bordered by five countries and influenced by three more in the catchment area. The assessment...
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Global International Waters Assessment
Sea of Okhotsk
Series: GIWA Regional Assessment
( Print: October 2006
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This report presents the results of the GIWA assessment of the Sea of Okhotsk region. Rapid population growth and economic development have led to increasing pollution loads in the Amur River basin...
This report presents the results of the GIWA assessment of the Sea of Okhotsk region. Rapid population growth and economic development have led to increasing pollution loads in the Amur River basin...
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Global International Waters Assessment
Oyashio Current
Series: GIWA Regional Assessment
( Print: October 2006
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This report presents the results of the GIWA assessment of the Oyashio Current region – one of the most productive waters in East Asia. Changes in the hydrological cycle and ocean circulation have...
This report presents the results of the GIWA assessment of the Oyashio Current region – one of the most productive waters in East Asia. Changes in the hydrological cycle and ocean circulation have...