Investment for Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is an investment issue. Capital is needed to alleviate poverty, create jobs, accelerate the clean energy transition and allow for the development of much-needed infrastructure to provide goods and services for all. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an important source of that capital.
But investment does not come without risks. How can we ensure investments are made responsibly, without harming people, the environment or the local economy?
IISD works with governments and civil society to develop and improve legal and policy tools focusing on the critical linkage between investment and sustainable development. We look for and provide new approaches to ensure that investment law and policy advance environmentally sound investment that generates broad socioeconomic benefits. In particular, IISD experts examine how the rules and institutions that govern international investment flows can be improved to benefit developing countries.
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The Full Protection and Security Standard Comes of Age: Yet another challenge for states in investment treaty arbitration?
This paper traces the development of the full protection and security provision in international investment agreements.This provision has emerged...
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Transparency in the Dispute Settlement Process: Country best practices
In many investor-state arbitrations, it is difficult or impossible even to know that the dispute has been initiated, what the issues and arguments are, and what decisions or awards have been made to resolve the matter.
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The Legal Monster that lets Companies Sue Countries
The article traces the history of European bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and highlights the recent concerns surrounding the rise of investor...
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Making Investment Work for Africa: What role for parliamentarians?
Making Investment Work for Africa: What role for parliamentarians? is a discussion note on foreign investment in agricultural land and water...
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Comments on Draft Rules on Transparency in Investor-State Arbitration
IISD and CIEL have produced a note summarizing their response to the proposed draft articles and noting which options are, and which options are...
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Investment Treaty News Quarterly, Volume 2, Issue 1, October 2011
In this issue:Rethinking investor-state contracts through a sustainable development lens; Stabilization in investment contracts: Rethinking the...
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Investment Treaty News Quarterly, Volume 1, Issue 4, July 2011
In this issue:Philip Morris v. Uruguay: Will investor-state arbitration send restrictions on tobacco marketing up in smoke?; Australia's rejection...
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International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from 2000-2010
This book summarizes and analyzes select decisions issued between 2000 and 2010 by arbitral tribunals in investor-state arbitrations.In contrast to...
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Arbitrator Independence and Impartiality: Examining the dual role of arbitrator and counsel
This paper examines the investor-State arbitrations in view of the available common institutional safeguards ensuring arbitrator independence and...
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Investment Treaty News Quarterly, Volume 1, Issue 3, April 2011
In this issue:Freezing government policy: Stabilization clauses in investment contracts; The problem of moral hazard and its implications for the...
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