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The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2018

Lisa E. Sachs, Lise Johnson, and Jesse Coleman

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication which provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the international investment law and policy field, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI), investment treaty practice, and investor-state arbitration.

The Yearbook monitors current developments in international investment law... (Read more)
Modelling for Sustainable Development: New Decisions for a New Age

Andrea M. Bassi, Liesbeth Casier, David Laborde, Max Linsen, David Manley, Nicolas Maennling, Howard Mann, Morten Siersted, Carin Smaller, Iain Steele, David Uzsoki, and Johnny West

This book outlines how next-generation models need to integrate social and environmental components in government and corporate decision-making. Traditionally, these models have focused on profits and taxes, but to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, they need to take a more holistic view. The book builds on the expanding practices of modelling complex decision... (Read more)
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2017

Lisa E. Sachs, Lise Johnson, and Jesse Coleman

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication which provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the international investment law and policy field, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI), investment treaty practice, and investor-state arbitration.

The Yearbook monitors current developments in international investment law... (Read more)
Rethinking International Investment Governance: Principles for the 21st Century

Emma Aisbett, Barnali Choudhury, Olivier De Schutter, Frank Garcia, James Harrison, Song Hong, Lise Johnson, Mouhamadou Kane, Santiago Peña, Matthew Porterfield, Susan Sell, Stephen E. Shay, and Louis T. Wells

Rethinking International Investment Governance: Principles for the 21st Century – written over the course of a week by a distinguished group of experts in international economic governance using the Booksprint process – aims to serve as a practical resource for those interested in the elements of an international investment system that promotes sustainable development... (Read more)
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2015-2016

Lisa E. Sachs and Lise Johnson

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication which provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the international investment law and policy field, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI), investment treaty practice, and investor-state arbitration.

Several themes emerge in this 2015-2016 edition of the... (Read more)
The New Frontiers of Sovereign Investment

Perrine Toledano and Malan Rietveld

Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) can be effective tools for national resources revenue management. These state-owned investments, funded by commodity exports, foreign exchange reserves, or other national assets, are adaptable to the challenges posed by financial shocks and have been successfully employed in an increasing number of countries. The number of SWFs continues to grow,... (Read more)
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2014-2015

Andrea K. Bjorklund

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication which provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the international investment law and policy field, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI), investment treaty practice, and investor-state arbitration.

Several themes emerge in this 2014-2015 edition of the... (Read more)
Rethinking Investment Incentives: Trends and Policy Options

Ana Teresa Tavares-Lehmann, Perrine Toledano, Lise Johnson, and Lisa E. Sachs

The use of incentives to attract investment is connected to and impacts the most pressing challenges facing us today, including climate change, corruption, employment, development, harmful competition, and public spending efficiency. How, when, where, and why governments use incentives to attract investment is therefore critically important to whether and how society benefits from investments... (Read more)
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2013-2014

Andrea K. Bjorklund

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication which provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the international investment law and policy field, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI), investment treaty practice, and investor-state arbitration.

International investment law today consists of a network of... (Read more)
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2012-2013

Andrea K. Bjorklund

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication which provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the international investment law and policy field, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI), investment treaty practice, and investor-state arbitration.

Today, international investment law consists of a network of... (Read more)
Mining Contracts: How to Read and Understand Them

International Senior Lawyers Project, OpenOil, Revenue Watch Institute-Natural Resource Governance Institue, and Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment

In December 2013, a diverse group of 14 experts from Africa, Asia, North and South America, and Europe worked together for five days to produce a user-friendly guide in English and in French on "Mining Contracts: How to Read and Understand Them," to help policy makers, civil society, citizens, and the media understand the... (Read more)
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2011-2012

Karl P. Sauvant

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication which provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the international investment law and policy field, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI), investment treaty practice, and investor-state arbitration.

Today, international investment law consists of a network of... (Read more)
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011

Karl P. Sauvant

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication which provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the international investment law and policy field, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI), investment treaty practice, and investor-state arbitration.

Today, international investment law consists of a network of... (Read more)
Sovereign Investment: Concerns and Policy Reactions

Karl Sauvant, Lisa E. Sachs, and Wouter P.F. Schmit Jongbloed

Sovereign Investment: Concerns and Policy Reactions provides the first major holistic examination and interdisciplinary analysis of sovereign wealth funds. Sovereign wealth funds currently hold three trillion dollars' worth of investments, almost twice the amount in all the hedge funds worldwide, and are predicted to hold nine trillion more by 2015.

This relatively new and... (Read more)
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2009-2010

Karl P. Sauvant

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication which provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the international investment law and policy field, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI), investment treaty practice, and investor-state arbitration.

Today, international investment law consists of a network of... (Read more)
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2008-2009

Karl P. Sauvant

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication which provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the international investment law and policy field, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI), investment treaty practice, and investor-state arbitration.

Today, international investment law consists of a network of... (Read more)
The Effect of Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment: Bilateral Investment Treaties, Double Taxation Treaties and Investment Flows

Karl Sauvant and Lisa E. Sachs

In recent years, the treaties and strategies promoting global investment have changed dramatically. The widespread liberalization of economic policy has effectively spurred an increase in foreign direct investment (FDI). By encouraging foreign investors to enter international markets, many countries are witnessing exponential growth within their economies and local industries. The surge of FDI not... (Read more)
Handbook for Promoting Foreign Direct Investment in Medium-size, Low-Budget Cities in Emerging Markets

Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment and Millennium Cities Initiative

In November 2009, the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment and the Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI) released the Handbook for Promoting Foreign Direct Investment in Medium-size, Low-Budget Cities in Emerging Markets. With foreign direct investment (FDI) flows declining worldwide by an estimated 40-50% this year (following a decline of over 10% in 2008),... (Read more)