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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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Report of the Committee on Information

Thirty-fifth Session (22 April - 2 May 2013)

Series: Report of the Committee on Information
( Print: May 2015, PDF: May 2015 )

This is the official record of the Committee on Information for its thirty-fifth session dated the 22nd of April to the 2nd of May 2013.

This is the official record of the Committee on Information for its thirty-fifth session dated the 22nd of April to the 2nd of May 2013.


Report of the Committee on Information

Report on the Twenty-fifth Session (28 April-9 May 2003)

Series: Report of the Committee on Information
( Print: July 2003 )

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Report of the Committee on Information

Twenty-sixth Session (26 April-7 May 2004)

Series: Report of the Committee on Information
( Print: July 2004 )

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Report of the Committee on Information

Twenty-Seventh Session (18 April-3 May 2005)

Series: Report of the Committee on Information
( Print: July 2005, PDF: July 2005 )

This is the official report submitted to the General Assembly on the Committee on Information's twenty-seventh session held on 18 April 2005 at United Nations Headquarters.

This is the official report submitted to the General Assembly on the Committee on Information's twenty-seventh session held on 18 April 2005 at United Nations Headquarters.


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Report of the Committee on Information

Twenty-eighth Session (24 April-5 May 2006)

Series: Report of the Committee on Information
( Print: June 2006 )

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Report of the Committee on Information

Twenty-ninth Session (30 April- 11 May 2007)

Series: Report of the Committee on Information
( Print: July 2007, PDF: August 2007 )

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Report of the Committee on Information

Thirtieth Session (28 April- 9 May 2008)

Series: Report of the Committee on Information
( Print: June 2008, PDF: June 2008 )

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Report of the Committee on Information

Thirtiy-first Session (4-15 May 2009)

Series: Report of the Committee on Information
( Print: June 2009, PDF: June 2009 )

This is the official report submitted to the General Assembly on the Committee on Information's thirty-first session held on 4 May 2009 at United Nations Headquarters.

This is the official report submitted to the General Assembly on the Committee on Information's thirty-first session held on 4 May 2009 at United Nations Headquarters.


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Report of the Committee on Information

Thirty-second Session (26 April - 7 May 2010)

Series: Report of the Committee on Information
( Print: June 2010, PDF: June 2010 )

Official records of the Report of the Committee on Information on the Thirty-second Session (26 April – 7 May 2010).

Official records of the Report of the Committee on Information on the Thirty-second Session (26 April – 7 May 2010).


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...