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Transfer of Technology
Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( Print: February 2002
)
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...
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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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World Economic Situation and Prospects 2014
Series: World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP)
( Print: January 2014,
PDF: February 2014
)
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) is the definitive report of the United Nations on the state of the world economy. One of the most highly anticipated economic reports from the United...
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) is the definitive report of the United Nations on the state of the world economy. One of the most highly anticipated economic reports from the United...
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World Economic Situation and Prospects 2015
Series: World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP)
( Print: February 2015,
PDF: December 2014
)
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) is the definitive report of the United Nations on the state of the world economy. One of the most highly anticipated economic reports from the United...
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) is the definitive report of the United Nations on the state of the world economy. One of the most highly anticipated economic reports from the United...
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2000
Series: World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP)
( PDF: December 2000
)
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) is the definitive report of the United Nations on the state of the world economy. One of the most highly anticipated economic reports from the United...
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) is the definitive report of the United Nations on the state of the world economy. One of the most highly anticipated economic reports from the United...
World Economic Situation and Prospects 1999
Series: World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP)
( PDF: June 1999
)
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) is the definitive report of the United Nations on the state of the world economy. One of the most highly anticipated economic reports from the United...
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) is the definitive report of the United Nations on the state of the world economy. One of the most highly anticipated economic reports from the United...
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World Economic Situation and Prospects 2017
Series: World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP)
( Print: January 2017,
PDF: January 2017
)
This publication notes that although a modest global recovery is projected for 2017-18, the world economy has not yet emerged from the period of slow growth, characterised by weak investment...
This publication notes that although a modest global recovery is projected for 2017-18, the world economy has not yet emerged from the period of slow growth, characterised by weak investment...
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...
National Treatment
Series: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements (Series One)
( 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...
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World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016
Series: World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP)
( Print: January 2016,
PDF: January 2016
)
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) is the definitive report of the United Nations on the state of the world economy. One of the most highly anticipated economic reports from the United...
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) is the definitive report of the United Nations on the state of the world economy. One of the most highly anticipated economic reports from the United...
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2002
Series: World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP)
( Print: March 2002,
PDF: June 2002
)
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) is the definitive report of the United Nations on the state of the world economy. One of the most highly anticipated economic reports from the United...
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) is the definitive report of the United Nations on the state of the world economy. One of the most highly anticipated economic reports from the United...