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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

( 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

( 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

( 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

( 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...


Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development

Report of the Eleventh Session (27 January 2003 and 28 April-9 May 2003)

Series: Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development
( Print: July 2003 )

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Commission on Sustainable Development

Report on the Twelfth Session (9 May 2003 and 14-30 April 2004)

Series: Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development
( Print: September 2004 )

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Commission on Sustainable Development

Report on the Thirteenth Session (30 April 2004 and 11-22 April 2005)

Series: Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development
( Print: August 2005 )

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Commission on Sustainable Development

Report on the Fifteenth Session (12 May 2006 & 30 April-11 May 2007)

Series: Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development
( Print: July 2007 )

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Commission on Sustainable Development

Report on the Sixteenth Session (11 May 2007 & 5-16 May 2008)

Series: Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development
( Print: July 2008 )

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Commission on Sustainable Development

Report on the Seventeenth Session (16 May 2008 & 4-15 May 2009)

Series: Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development
( Print: July 2009 )

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Commission on Sustainable Development

Report of the Eighteenth Session (15 May 2009 and 3-14 May 2010)

Series: Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development
( Print: August 2010 )

Official Records of the Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development 18th Session (15 May 2009 and 3-14 May 2010).

Official Records of the Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development 18th Session (15 May 2009 and 3-14 May 2010).


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Commission on Sustainable Development

Report of the Tewntieth Session (13 May 2011 and 20 September 2013)

Series: Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development
( Print: October 2013 )

Official Records of the Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development 20th Session (13 May 2011 and 20 September 2013).

Official Records of the Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development 20th Session (13 May 2011 and 20 September 2013).


Investment-Related Trade Measures

( 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...