Author : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Publisher : Unctad Series International Investment
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Book Synopsis International Investment Rule-making by : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Download or read book International Investment Rule-making written by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and published by Unctad Series International Investment. This book was released on 2008 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper has a three-fold objective. It reviews sixty years of international investment rule-making and identifies main trends in current treaty practice, as well as the core characteristics of the existing universe of international investment agreements (IIAs) at the beginning of the 21st century. Based on this analysis, the third part describes the main challenges for policy markers and IIA negotiators dering from present IIA system, and makes a number of suggestions on how to deal with them. The fourth part contains a brief outlook concerning the future evolution of the IIA universe.