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 Myanmar-Japan Bilateral Investment Treaty
After decades of international isolation, Myanmar is going through a process of political transition toward democracy.As part of the reform process...
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Myanmar’s Investment Treaties: A review of legal issues in light of recent trends
This paper reviews Myanmar’s existing investment treaties and examines the legal and policy implications of key terms contained in them.The purpose...
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Investment Treaty News Quarterly, Volume 5, Issue 3, August 2014
In this issue:Risky Business or Risky Politics: What Explains Investor-State Disputes?; Aron Broches and the Withdrawal of Unilateral Offers of...
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Bilateral Investment Treaties, Mining and National Champions: Making it work
The past decade has seen a surge of national and regional efforts to re-envision the role of mining in East Africa and more broadly in Africa as a...
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Reply to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on Investment Protection and Investor-to-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP)
On March 27, 2014 the European Commission launched public consultations on the investment chapter of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment...
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Integrating Environmental Risks into Asset Valuations: The potential for stranded assets and the implications for long-term investors
Institutional investors are increasingly committed to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their strategies for...
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Investment Treaty News Quarterly, Volume 5, Issue 2, May 2014
In this issue:The Practice of Responsible Investment Principles in Larger-Scale Agricultural Investments; Foreign Investment in Farmland and Water:...
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IISD Input to the LPI E-Consultation: Guiding principles on large-scale land-based investments in Africa
This note summarizes IISD’s contribution to the Land Policy Initiative’s e-consultation and draft of guiding principles on large-scale land-based...
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IISD Input to the CFS-RAI E-Consultation
This note summarizes IISD’s contribution to the Committee on World Food Security’s e-consultation on the zero draft of the principles for...
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Investment Treaty Arbitration: Opportunities to reform arbitral rules and processes
Investors are increasingly turning to investor-state arbitration to challenge a wide range of government measures, including laws, regulations and...
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