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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Business Models for Foreign Investment in Agriculture In Laos
This paper investigates foreign direct investment (FDI) into the agriculture sector of Laos in an attempt to understand the pros and cons of...
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Farmland and Water: China invests abroad
China is actively investing in agriculture abroad and is now the world's third largest source of foreign investment stocks in agriculture, behind...
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Investment Treaty News Quarterly, Volume 2, Issue 4, July 2012
In this issue:Deference or No Deference, That is the Question: Legitimacy and Standards of Review in Investor-State Arbitration; The Source for...
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Foreign Investment in Agriculture in MERCOSUR Member Countries
Foreign investors have taken a keen interest in the agricultural sector in recent years, for a number of reasons.These reasons include sharp spikes...
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Going public to improve investment in agriculture
This paper makes the case for transparency in investment contracts.It looks at the negative impacts for governments, investors and communities when...
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Addressing Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Through Insurance for Overseas Investments: The example of the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation
The paper aims to illustrate the connections between government policy, investment and climate change; it looks at the role and activities of the...
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The German Nuclear Phase-Out Put to the Test in International Investment Arbitration? Background to the new dispute Vattenfall v. Germany (II)
The Swedish energy company Vattenfall has now followed through on its threat to bring an international arbitration claim against Germany in relation to that country's recent decision to phase out nuclear power. Damages claimed by Vattenfall could exceed €700 million.
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International Public Finance for Climate-friendly Investment: Vehicles, availability, and governance
Sustainable development at its heart is an investment problem—a challenge to replace unsustainable infrastructure, productive technologies, and...
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Making Investment Work for Africa: A parliamentarian response to "land grabs"
A report from the seminar Making Investment Work for Africa, organized by the Pan African Parliament in collaboration with the International...
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Investment Treaty News Quarterly, Volume 2, Issue 3, April 2012
In this issue:Defining an ICSID Investment: Why economic development should be the core element; Pro-Investor or Pro-State Bias in Investment...
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