Economic Law and Policy
About Economic Law and Policy
Our experts focus on areas of economic policy-making essential to sustainable development, including investment, trade, public procurement, infrastructure financing, and sustainability standards.
Our sector-specific work focuses on agriculture and mining in developing countries, given the urgency of the reforms needed and the impact on sustainable development.
IISD also serves as the secretariat to the Intergovermental Forum on Mining, Minerals Metals and Sustainable Development, a member-driven organization providing governments the opportunity to work collectively to achieve their sustainable mining goals.
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Report
Report
An Application of the Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) Methodology in Sri Lanka: Assessing the economic value of restoring the ecological health of Beira Lake in Colombo
The SAVi assessment quantifies the economic value of investing into different ecological restoration options for South-West Beira Lake in Colombo and makes a strong case for such investments given the positive effects on property values and recreational value of the lake.
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Commentary
Commentary
Investment Facilitation for Sustainable Development: Getting it right for developing countries
This piece explores how investment facilitation belongs not in binding World Trade Organization rules, but in the work of organizations that focus on research, best practice and capacity building for developing countries.
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Report
Report
Agricultural Bias in Focus
This paper provides further details and explains how to measure and understand the source of agricultural bias in a country, including examples and country case studies.
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Briefing Note
Briefing Note
A Policy Taxonomy for Agricultural Transformation
This taxonomy is derived from the original framework of four broad categories and nine sub-categories used in Transforming Agriculture in Africa & Asia: What are the policy priorities?
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Report
Report
Casualty or Catalyst: Gender equality and the future of mining
IISD hosted an event June 12, 2019, in Ottawa, Canada, focusing on gender equality and the future of mining.
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Blog
Blog
What's Next for the ECOWAS Gender Network: From dialogue to action
After a week full of dialogue and knowledge exchange, parliamentarians who are part of a new network on gender equality and agriculture now face the important task of turning lessons into long-term engagement.
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Report
Report
Insights on Incentives: Tax competition in mining
This paper highlights key findings from an analysis of the IGF Mining Tax Incentives Database, a collection of files comparing the fiscal regimes of 104 mining projects across 21 countries.
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Report
Report
Sustainability and Voluntary Certification in the Kenyan Tea Sector
IISD convened key representatives from all segments of the Kenyan tea value chain for a multistakeholder meeting of the sector, held on March 6, 2019, in Nairobi, Kenya.
Our experts
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Céline Bak
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Sofia Baliño
Communications and Editorial Manager, Economic Law and Policy -
Andrea Bassi
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Steffany Bermúdez
Data Collection and Analysis Specialist -
Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Executive Director, IISD Europe; Senior Director, Economic Law & Policy -
Matthew Bliss
Deputy Director, IGF -
Jonathan Bonnitcha
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Sarah Brewin
International Law Advisor, Agriculture and Investment -
Soledad Leal Campos
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Liesbeth Casier
Policy Advisor -
Aaron Cosbey
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Mohamed Coulibaly
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Alec Crawford
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, ECP -
Joy De Los Reyes
Program Assistant, Economic Law and Policy -
Joëlle Deschambault
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Tristan Easton
Senior Project Manager -
Sara Elder
Policy Advisor, Standards Workstream -
Kiranne Guddoy
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Mark Halle
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Jonathan Hepburn
Senior Policy Advisor -
Veena Jha
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Rashmi Jose
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Cristina Larrea
Lead, Sustainability Standards -
Thomas Lassourd
Policy Advisor, Tax and Extractives -
Brice Li
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Howard Mann
Associate & Senior International Law Advisor -
Kieran McDougal
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Sophia Murphy
Senior Specialist, Agriculture, Trade and Investment -
Clémence Naré
Outreach Manager and Law Advisor, IGF -
Suzy H. Nikièma
International Law Advisor -
Georg Pallaske
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Oshani Perera
Director, Sustainable Infrastructure -
David Perri
Communications Officer, Economic Law and Policy -
Francine Picard Mukazi
Policy Advisor -
Sandra Polaski
Senior Fellow -
Greg Radford
Director, IGF -
Isabelle Ramdoo
Senior Associate and Development Economist -
Alexandra Readhead
Lead, Tax and Extractives -
Marina Ruete
Associate -
Stefanie Schacherer
Associate -
Susan Sekirime
Project Manager -
Carin Smaller
Director, Agriculture, Trade & Investment -
Jaqueline Taquiri
Associate -
Ege Tekinbas
Gender Equality Advisor -
Flavia Thomé
Senior Operations Manager -
Laura Turley
Associate -
David Uzsoki
Senior Advisor, Sustainable Finance -
Vivek Voora
Associate -
Laurin Wuennenberg
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Samantha Zhang
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Juan Zhang
Associate, China Representative -
Joe Zhang
Senior Law Advisor