Submissions from 2016
Employment from Mining and Agricultural Investments: How Much Myth, How Much Reality?, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Olle Östensson, and Perrine Toledano
Mining a Mirage: Reassessing the Shared-Value Paradigm in Light of the Technological Advances in the Mining Sector, Aaron Cosbey, Howard Mann, Nicolas Maennling, Perrine Toledano, Jeff Geipel, and Martin Dietrich Brauch
Guide to Land Contracts: Agricultural Projects, International Senior Lawyers Project, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, and Sam Szoke-Burke
Space for Local Content Policies and Strategies, Lise Johnson
International Investment Law and the Extractive Industries Sector, Lise Johnson and Jesse Coleman
Beyond Trade Deals: Charting a Post-Brexit Course for UK Investment Treaties, Lise Johnson and Lorenzo Cotula
International Investment Agreements: Impacts on Climate Change Policies in India, China and Beyond, Lise Johnson and Brooke Güven
The Outsized Costs of Investor–State Dispute Settlement, Lise Johnson and Lisa E. Sachs
The Real Danger in TPP, Lise Johnson, Lisa E. Sachs, and Jeffrey D. Sachs
Emerging Practices in Community Development Agreements, Jennifer Loutit, Jacqueline Mandelbaum, and Sam Szoke-Burke
Emerging Practices in Community Development Agreements, Jennifer Loutit, Jacqueline Mandelbaum, and Sam Szoke-Burke
Periodic Review in Natural Resource Contracts, Jacky Mandelbaum, Salli Anne Swartz, and John Hauert
A Silver Lining? Impact of Commodity Price Fall on Good Governance in Sierra Leone, Herbert M'cleod, Nicolas Maennling, and Lisa E. Sachs
TransCanada Lawsuit Highlights Need to Scuttle TPP, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Brooke Güven, and Lisa E. Sachs
Sustainable Development Goals: How Can the Mining Sector Contribute?, Lisa E. Sachs
Here's the Deal, Sam Szoke-Burke
ResourceContracts.org – A Searchable Repository for Publicly Available Mining and Petroleum Contracts, Sophie Thomashausen
Submissions from 2015
Uncloaking the Secrecy Behind Large-Scale Land Deals, Jesse Coleman
Comments on the World Bank’s Revised Draft Environmental and Social Framework, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Exploring the Link Between Food Security and Climate Change, Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Measuring Land Rights for a Sustainable Future, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Jeffrey D. Sachs
Memo to the Obama Administration on the U.S. National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Lisa E. Sachs
Memo to Prime Minister Cameron on the Revision of the U.K. National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Sam Szoke-Burke
Ripe for Refinement: The State’s Role in Interpretation of FET, MFN, and Shareholder Rights, Lise Johnson
The TPP’s Investment Chapter: Entrenching, Rather Than Reforming, a Flawed System, Lise Johnson and Lisa E. Sachs
Investor-State Dispute Settlement, Public Interest and U.S. Domestic Law, Lise Johnson, Lisa E. Sachs, and Jeffrey D. Sachs
Natural Resource Contracts as a Tool for Managing the Mining Sector, David Kienzler, Perrine Toledano, Sophie Thomashausen, and Sam Szoke-Burke
The Responsible Investor’s Guide to Climate Change, Jeffrey D. Sachs and Lisa E. Sachs
Not So Fast, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Lisa E. Sachs, and Lise Johnson
Why Fast Track Is a Dangerous Gift to Corporate Lobbies, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Lisa E. Sachs, and Lise Johnson
Eyes Wide Shut On ISDS, Lisa E. Sachs and Lise Johnson
TPP Would Let Foreign Investors Bypass the Canadian Public Interest, Lisa E. Sachs and Lise Johnson
Wrong Direction on Climate, Trade and Development, Lisa E. Sachs and Lise Johnson
Next Generation Treaty – India’s New Model BIT Makes it Clear that its Goal is to Accomplish More than Investor Protection, Lisa E. Sachs, Lise Johnson, and Sudhanshu Roy
Resource Resilience: How to Break the Commodities Cycle, Lisa E. Sachs and Nicolas Maennling
Shared-Use Mining Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa, Sophie Thomashausen and Glen Ireland
Global Value Chains and Resource Corridors: The Nexus is Regional Integration, Perrine Toledano
Submissions from 2014
Managing the Public Trust: How to Make Natural Resource Funds Work for Citizens, Andrew Bauer, Perrine Toledano, and Malan Rietveld
Meeting Summary of Colloquium on Policy, Law, Contracts, and Sustainable Development, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Outcome Report of Roundtable on Governing Natural Resources, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Outcome Report of Roundtable on Human Rights Impact Assessments (HRIAs) of Large-Scale Foreign Investments, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Why Good Governance of Land and Tenure Security Need to be Part of the Sustainable Development Goal Framework, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Making Agricultural Investments Work for Land Users & Communities, Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Trading Away Human Rights, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Olivier De Schutter
The Impact of Investment Treaties on Governance of Private Investment in Infrastructure, Lise Johnson
New UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules on Transparency: Application, Content and Next Steps, Lise Johnson and Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
State Control over Interpretation of Investment Treaties, Lise Johnson and Merim Razbaevea
State Liability for Regulatory Change: How International Investment Rules are Overriding Domestic Law, Lise Johnson and Oleksandr Volkov
Review Mechanisms in Natural Resource Contracts, Jacky Mandelbaum, Salli Anne Swartz, and John Hauert
Toward Win-Win Sustainable Development, Linda Moon
Leveraging Mining Demand for Internet and Telecommunications Infrastructure for Broad Economic Development: Models, Opportunities and Challenges, Perrine Toledano and Clara Roorda
Leveraging Mining Investments in Water Infrastructure for Broad Economic Development: Models, Opportunities and Challenges, Perrine Toledano and Clara Roorda
A Framework to Approach Shared-Use of Mining Related Infrastructure, Perrine Toledano, Sophie Thomashausen, Nicolas Maennling, and Alpa Shah
Submissions from 2013
Community Development Funds and Agreements in Guinea Under the New Mining Code, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Cameroon Pastoralists Fight for their Way of Life, Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Memo to the Obama Administration on the Burma Responsible Investment Reporting Requirements, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Lisa E. Sachs
Mobil v. Canada – Ratcheting Down the Scope of Treaty Reservations, Lise Johnson
New UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules on Transparency: Application, Content and Next Steps, Lise Johnson
Investor-State Contracts, Host-State “Commitments” and the Myth of Stability in International Law, Lise Johnson and Oleksandr Volkov
Ask the Experts: Mining, Lisa E. Sachs
Great Debate: Mining in Latin America, Lisa E. Sachs
On Solid Ground: Toward Effective Resource-Based Development, Lisa E. Sachs
Shared-Use Infrastructure: A Prickly Partnership Takes Root, Perrine Toledano
Leveraging Paraguay’s Hydropower for Sustainable Economic Development, Perrine Toledano and Nicolas Maennling
Why the Extractive Industry Should Support Mandatory Transparency: A Shared Value Approach, Julien Topal and Perrine Toledano
Submissions from 2012
Inching Towards Consensus: An Update on the UNCITRAL Transparency Negotiations, Lise Johnson
The 2012 US Model BIT and What the Changes (or Lack Thereof) Suggest About Future Investment Treaties, Lise Johnson
Intra-African Investment – A Pressing Issue, Lise Johnson and Shawn Pelsinger
Can Timor-Leste Rely on its Endowments to Achieve the Strategic Development Plan Targets?, Nicolas Maennling
Devil in the Bidding Detail, Lisa E. Sachs, Jacky Mandelbaum, and Perrine Toledano
Openness in Extraction, Lisa E. Sachs and Shefa Siegel
Leveraging Extractive Industry Infrastructure Investments for Broad Economic Development: Regulatory, Commercial and Operational Models for Railways and Ports, Perrine Toledano
Leveraging the Mining Industry’s Energy Demand to Improve Host Countries’ Power Infrastructure, Perrine Toledano
Paper on the Business Case for Transparency, Perrine Toledano
Background Paper for Second Workshop on Contract Negotiation Support for Developing Host Countries, Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment and Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance
Submissions from 2011
Wider Role for Our Miners in Africa, Lisa E. Sachs, Joel Negin, and Glenn Denning
Zambezi Valley Development Study, Lisa E. Sachs and Perrine Toledano
Memo to the SEC on the Proposed Rule on Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers, Perrine Toledano
Submissions from 2010
Investment Promotion Agencies and Sustainable FDI: Moving toward the Fourth Generation of Investment Promotion, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies
Submissions from 2009
Bilateral Investment Treaties and FDI Flows, Lisa E. Sachs