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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...


Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the ESCWA Region, Tenth Issue

Series: Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the Arab Region
( Print: February 2008, PDF: December 2007 )

The Bulletin provides data and statistics on the countries of the Economic Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) covering population, fertility and mortality, marriages and divorces. This issue includes...

The Bulletin provides data and statistics on the countries of the Economic Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) covering population, fertility and mortality, marriages and divorces. This issue includes...


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Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the ESCWA Region, Eleventh Issue

Series: Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the Arab Region
( Print: September 2010, PDF: December 2009 )

The Bulletin provides data and statistics on the countries of the Economic Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) covering population, fertility and mortality, marriages and divorces. This issue includes...

The Bulletin provides data and statistics on the countries of the Economic Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) covering population, fertility and mortality, marriages and divorces. This issue includes...


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Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the ESCWA Region, Twelfth Issue

Series: Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the Arab Region
( Print: April 2010 )

The Bulletin provides detailed information on the population of the Western Asia region and its vital events: births, deaths, marriages and divorces. It presents this information in three parts...

The Bulletin provides detailed information on the population of the Western Asia region and its vital events: births, deaths, marriages and divorces. It presents this information in three parts...


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Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the ESCWA Region, Thirteeth Issue

Series: Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the Arab Region
( Print: September 2011, PDF: August 2012 )

The Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the ESCWA Region, issue 13, disseminates data on population, fertility, mortality, marriages and divorces from different national sources: surveys...

The Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the ESCWA Region, issue 13, disseminates data on population, fertility, mortality, marriages and divorces from different national sources: surveys...


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Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the ESCWA Region, Fourteenth Issue

Series: Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the Arab Region
( Print: July 2012, PDF: August 2012 )

The Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the ESCWA Region, Issue 14, disseminates data on population, fertility, mortality, marriages and divorces from different national sources: surveys...

The Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the ESCWA Region, Issue 14, disseminates data on population, fertility, mortality, marriages and divorces from different national sources: surveys...


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Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the Arab Region, Fifteenth Issue

Series: Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the Arab Region
( Print: May 2013, PDF: March 2013 )

The Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the ESCWA Region, issue 15, disseminates data on population, fertility, mortality, marriages and divorces from different national sources: surveys...

The Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the ESCWA Region, issue 15, disseminates data on population, fertility, mortality, marriages and divorces from different national sources: surveys...


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Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the Arab Region, Sixteenth Issue

Series: Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the Arab Region
( Print: February 2014, PDF: December 2013 )

The Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the ESCWA Region, issue 16, disseminates data on population, fertility, mortality, marriages and divorces from different national sources: surveys...

The Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the ESCWA Region, issue 16, disseminates data on population, fertility, mortality, marriages and divorces from different national sources: surveys...


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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

( 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...


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The Millennium Development Goals Report: 2015 (Arabic language)

Series: Millennium Development Goals Report (Arabic)
( PDF: April 2016 )

The report presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), determining the areas where progress has been made, and those that are lagging behind. The...

The report presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), determining the areas where progress has been made, and those that are lagging behind. The...


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The Millennium Development Goals Report: 2015

Series: Millennium Development Goals Report
( Print: September 2015, PDF: April 2016 )

The report presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), determining the areas where progress has been made, and those that are lagging behind. The...

The report presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), determining the areas where progress has been made, and those that are lagging behind. The...


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Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement: Rapport 2015

Series: Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement
( PDF: April 2016 )

Le rapport présente une évaluation annuelle du progrès global vers la réalisation des OMD, en indiquant les secteurs où des progrès ont été réalisés, ainsi que ceux qui restent à la traîne. Le rapport...

Le rapport présente une évaluation annuelle du progrès global vers la réalisation des OMD, en indiquant les secteurs où des progrès ont été réalisés, ainsi que ceux qui restent à la traîne. Le rapport...


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The Millennium Development Goals Report: 2015 (Russian language)

Series: Millennium Development Goals Report (Russian language)
( PDF: April 2016 )

The report presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), determining the areas where progress has been made, and those that are lagging behind. The...

The report presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), determining the areas where progress has been made, and those that are lagging behind. The...


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...