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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Economic Development in Africa 2002

From Adjustment to Poverty Reduction - What Is New?

Series: Economic Development in Africa Report

( Print: November 2002, PDF: November 2002 )

Previous reports by the UNCTAD secretariat have examined the steps that need to be taken in the trading system and in international development finance cooperation to create the requisite external...

Le développement économique en Afrique 2002

De l'ajustement à la réduction de la pauvreté - Qu'y a-t-il de nouveau?

Series: Développement économique en Afrique, Le

( Print: April 2002, PDF: December 2002 )

La réduction de la pauvreté est devenue l'objectif fondamental des programmes et des activités des institutions financières internationales dans les pays à faible revenu. Ce rapport traite des...