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China’s international investment strategy by Julien Chaisse (editor)
Chinas international investment law and policy have been the subject of detailed study since the liberation endeavour of the late 1970s which was a landmark change in the countrys development path and integration into the global economy. The countrys active participation in the global economy is mirrored by its evolving profile of cross border capital flows with China both a prominent source of and destination for foreign investment. Indeed Chinas rise as a global investor has made its approach to international investment an important issue on which a considerable amount of literature has already been published. The recent past has nevertheless seen several important events within China as well as bilateral regional and global events influencing Chinas approach towards international investment and adding new perspectives thereto.
Research methods in international business by Lorraine Eden, Bo Nielsen and Alain Verbeke
World Investment Report 2011: Non-equity modes of international production and development: Key messages – FDI trends and prospects (overview)
UNCTAD-EORA Global Value Chain Database: methodology and further research agenda
ASEAN investment report 2015: Infrastructure investment and connectivity. UNCTAD
World investment report 2016: Investor nationality: Policy challenges. UNCTAD
Book review
No issue is of greater consequence to the rapidly expanding field of international investment law than the issue of whether sovereign states should continue to utilize existing mechanisms for the arbitration of investment disputes with investors. Jean Kalicki and Anna Joubin-Bret have made a magnificent contribution to the discussion of that issue with their collection of papers. This book is neither an assault upon nor an apology for investor-state arbitration. Rather the contributors to this volume have sought a middle ground by endeavouring to propose very concrete ways in which to reform investor-state arbitration in response to many of the most common criticisms of that form of investment dispute resolution.
World Investment Report 2010: Investing in a low-carbon economy (Overview) Key Messages – FDI Trends and Prospects
World Investment Report 2012: Towards a new generation of investment policies
Focused section: World Investment Forum 2023: Key issues and elements of a forward-looking research agenda: Introduction
UNCTAD’s eighth World Investment Forum 2023 (WIF23) provided the opportunity to tap into the latest research and academic thinking to strengthen the support and advice to Member States. The forum had more than 150 sessions and 8000 attendees including more than 1100 speakers. Heads of state and government ministers and international organization representatives attended as well as policymakers and legislators parliamentarians heads of investment promotion agencies treaty negotiators regulators chief executive officers and other executives of multinational enterprises (MNEs) academics and civil society.
Investment Policy Review - Peru
Peru's investment climate has dramatically improved in the 1990s. The main objective of the government since 1990 has been to create an economic and political environment that allows privately owned businesses to emerge and develop. Attention must now turn to policies for the next decade that will enhance Peru's potential for FDI. This report examines the strategic directions that would enable the country to continue to attract investment. It emphasizes the need for strategies to deepen the impact of existing FDI and to encourage new investment. This review aims at promoting awareness of the investment environment and contributes to an improvement in policies in Peru.
Investment Policy Review - Nigeria
Nigeria is well known as a major oil producer. However oil wealth has not been converted unto a comparable improvement in living standards due to decades of economic mismanagement. The report provides an overview of foreign direct investment (FDI) trends and performance; analyses the investment framework; outlines a strategy of “supported market forces” to induce and support foreign affiliates in manufacturing to increase their presence in the country and in so doing the contribution to Nigeria’s development. The final chapter summarizes the main findings of the report and the proposed policy recommendations.
Investment Policy Review - The Sudan
Sudan has a significant but largely unexploited potential to attract foreign investors notably due to ongoing internal conflicts. The country is also facing the consequences of the secession of South Sudan in particular the loss of the bulk of its oil reserve. In this context reassuring and rebuilding the trust of investors is essential to attract them to Sudan.
Investment Policy Review - Sri Lanka
The Investment Policy Review on Sri Lanka provides an overview of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the Island including the most recent trends and developments. The publication examines the legal investment framework currently in place and identifies new areas of high FDI potential. The Review is intended to improve Sri Lanka’s investment policies and to inform the international private sector of its investment environment.
Investment Policy Review - Ethiopia
With the signing of the peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea in December 2000 effectively ending the two-year conflict between the neighboring countries there is a renewed hope that Ethiopia will regain the economic growth momentum that it experienced in the post 1992 liberalization period. Key ingredients for renewed growth are increased investment both domestic and foreign in supply capacity including physical infrastructure the generation of relevant skills and the development of competitive enterprises through local technological and innovative capability building.
Investment Policy Review - Uganda
Over the past decade the Government of Uganda has reversed earlier policy and management failures that were destructive to the economy and the investment climate. With economic fundamentals restored investor and donor confidence have grown. The need for Uganda to continue the momentum of recovery towards sustainable development is the central message of this publication. Investment Policy Review discusses foreign direct investment (FDI) trends and the improved economic and investment climate which have placed Uganda as one of the front runners for inward FDI. Reviews the policy and operational framework for FDI and considers opportunities for FDI in utilities infrastructure and financial services. It also provides an eight-point action plan on investment promotion and highlights priority actions to attract FDI.
Investment Policy Review - Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone has important investment opportunities and growth potential in various sectors of the economy. The country continues however to bear the impact of the civil war 2002 including in terms of weak economic performance human capital shortages deficient infrastructure network and poor image. The investment policy review (IPR) takes note of the open and favourable FDI regulatory regime and of the guarantee against expropriation. It stresses though that the government policy should target the negotiations of a more comprehensive bilateral investment treaty and double taxation treaty network to boost the country's FDI attractiveness. At the request of the Government of Sierra Leone the report outlines the elements of a strategy to stimulate investment while urging the international community to continue supporting the peace and economic reform processes in Sierra Leone.
Harnessing Agricultural Trade for Sustainable Development: Vanuatu Cocoa and Coconut
The study builds on the National Green Export Review (NGER) of Vanuatu and leverages UNCTAD expertise in key analytical areas including non tariff measures voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) the trade agriculture gender nexus and pro poor structural rural diversification through trade. Invaluable support was provided by the Government of Vanuatu in particular the Department of Industry which generously shared information facilitated multi stakeholder consultations and reviewed the final draft. The information in this report has been gathered from various sources including interviews with key stakeholders in the country. To this purpose missions were carriedout in Port Vila Vanuatu in 2017 and 2018. Interviews were conducted with public and private stakeholders including representatives from the Department of Industry the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development the Department of Women’s Affairs the National Statistics Office the Government Chief Information Officer the private sector International Organisations and the donor community.