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No. 2006/04 | 01 Dec 2006 |
OECD's FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index
This paper provides a revised measure of regulatory restrictions on inward foreign direct investment (FDI) for OECD countries and extends the approach to 13 non-member countries. The methodology is largely similar to that adopted in the previous... |
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No. 2006/03 | 01 Oct 2006 |
Interpretation of the Umbrella Clause in Investment Agreements
This paper was prepared by Katia Yannaca-Small, Legal Advisor, Investment Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD. Thanks are due to Catriona Paterson, a consultant to the Investment Division, for research input. It has been... |
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No. 2006/02 | 01 Mar 2006 |
Investor-to-State Dispute Settlement in Infrastructure Projects
This paper was prepared in the context of the Investment Committee’s project on International Investor Participation in Infrastructure. It summarises information available in the public domain about investor-state dispute settlements in the... |
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No. 2006/01 | 01 Feb 2006 |
Improving the System of Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms embodied in most investment treaties provide rights to foreign investors to seek redress for damages arising out of alleged breaches by host governments of investment-related obligations. The system of... |
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No. 2005/03 | 01 Sept 2005 |
Corporate Responsibility Practices of Emerging Market Companies
Emerging market companies make up 3.8 per cent of the FT500, the 500 largest global traded companies1 and 4.6 per cent of the Dow Jones Global Index of 2,500 companies. OECD statistics show that, while the bulk of international investment flows... |
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No. 2005/02 | 01 Sept 2005 |
Multilateral Influences on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (the “Guidelines”) are one of many intergovernmental instruments that seek to promote economic, social and environmental progress. The OECD Guidelines do this by establishing concepts and principles... |
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No. 2005/01 | 01 May 2005 |
Transparency and Third Party Participation in Investor-State Dispute Settlement Procedures
The present document surveys the issues related to transparency and third party participation in investor-state dispute settlement procedures. Section I examines the way in which the current rules apply to these issues. Section II describes the steps... |
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No. 2004/06 | 01 Dec 2004 |
Mobilising Investment for Development
The Vietnamese economy was in the doldrums in the 1980s and until a certain progress had been made in the context of Doi Moi there was little incentive for businesses to invest. The following reasons are commonly given for the sluggish economic... |
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No. 2004/05 | 01 Nov 2004 |
ODA and Investment for Development
The present paper was prepared in the context of a joint project between the OECD Investment Committee (IC) and Development Assistance Committee (DAC) on Official Development Assistance and Investment for Development. It responds to discussions at... |
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No. 2004/04 | 01 Sept 2004 |
"Indirect Expropriation" and the "Right to Regulate" in International Investment Law
It is a well recognised rule in international law that the property of aliens cannot be taken, whether for public purposes or not, without adequate compensation. Two decades ago, the disputes before the courts and the discussions in academic... |
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No. 2004/03 | 01 Sept 2004 |
Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard in International Investment Law
The obligation to provide “fair and equitable treatment” is often stated, together with other standards, as part of the protection due to foreign direct investment by host countries. It is an “absolute”, “non-contingent” standard of treatment, i.e. a... |
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No. 2004/02 | 01 Sept 2004 |
Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment in International Investment Law
Bilateral and regional investment agreements have proliferated in the last decade and new ones are still being negotiated. Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) clauses link investment agreements by ensuring that the parties to one treaty provide treatment no... |
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No. 2004/01 | 01 May 2004 |
Relationships between International Investment Agreements
International, bilateral and regional agreements have proliferated in the last ten years to twenty years and new ones are still being negotiated. It is thus virtually certain that for some more time to come international investment disciplines will... |
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No. 2003/02 | 01 Jun 2003 |
Business Approaches to Combating Corrupt Practices
The international business community’s anti-corruption efforts are essential parts of broader systems for fighting corrupt business practices. These also include formal law enforcement, where an appropriate regulatory framework is already in place,... |
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No. 2003/01 | 01 Mar 2003 |
Incentives-based Competition for Foreign Direct Investment
The general benefits of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), and the potential of FDI as a tool for regional economic development in particular, are commonly recognised by policy makers and analysts. A recent study prepared under the auspices... |
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No. 2002/02 | 01 Jun 2002 |
Managing Working Conditions in the Supply Chain
The expanding geographical sweep of supply chains reflects important advances in the area of logistics management. Some of these advances are linked to progress in computing, telecommunications and robotics technologies as well as to the accumulation... |
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No. 2002/01 | 01 May 2002 |
Multinational Enterprises in Situations of Violent Conflict and Widespread Human Rights Abuses
In response to enquiries about foreign investment in Myanmar, the Committee for International Investment and Multinational Enterprises (CIME) asked the Secretariat to prepare a paper, under the responsibility of the latter, that would provide... |
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No. 2001/06 | 01 May 2001 |
Codes of Corporate Conduct
Based on a slight extension of the inventory of 233 codes of corporate conduct collected for an earlier study (TD/TC/WP(98)74/FINAL), this paper takes a more in-depth look at the contents of the codes with respect to issue coverage and code... |
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No. 2001/05 | 01 Dec 2001 |
The OECD Guidelines and Other Corporate Responsibility Instruments
The OECD Guidelines are recommendations by governments to multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in or from the 33 countries that adhere to the Guidelines. The Guidelines help ensure that MNEs act in harmony with the policies of countries in... |
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No. 2001/04 | 01 Feb 2001 |
Public Policy and Voluntary Initiatives
Government involvement in “voluntary” initiatives for corporate responsibility has been extensive. This chapter reviews four main types of involvement -- legal and regulatory incentives, tax expenditures on the NGO sector, contributions to compliance... |
OECD Working Papers on International Investment
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OECD's FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index
Takeshi Koyama and Stephen S. Golub
01 Dec 2006
This paper provides a revised measure of regulatory restrictions on inward foreign direct investment (FDI) for OECD countries and extends the approach to 13 non-member countries. The methodology is largely similar to that adopted in the previous...
Interpretation of the Umbrella Clause in Investment Agreements
Katia Yannaca-Small
01 Oct 2006
This paper was prepared by Katia Yannaca-Small, Legal Advisor, Investment Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD. Thanks are due to Catriona Paterson, a consultant to the Investment Division, for research input. It has been...
Investor-to-State Dispute Settlement in Infrastructure Projects
Catriona Paterson
01 Mar 2006
This paper was prepared in the context of the Investment Committee’s project on International Investor Participation in Infrastructure. It summarises information available in the public domain about investor-state dispute settlements in the...
Improving the System of Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Katia Yannaca-Small
01 Feb 2006
Investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms embodied in most investment treaties provide rights to foreign investors to seek redress for damages arising out of alleged breaches by host governments of investment-related obligations. The system of...
Corporate Responsibility Practices of Emerging Market Companies
Jeremy Baskin and Kathryn Gordon
01 Sept 2005
Emerging market companies make up 3.8 per cent of the FT500, the 500 largest global traded companies1 and 4.6 per cent of the Dow Jones Global Index of 2,500 companies. OECD statistics show that, while the bulk of international investment flows...
Multilateral Influences on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
Kathryn Gordon and Clelia Mitidieri
01 Sept 2005
The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (the “Guidelines”) are one of many intergovernmental instruments that seek to promote economic, social and environmental progress. The OECD Guidelines do this by establishing concepts and principles...
Transparency and Third Party Participation in Investor-State Dispute Settlement Procedures
OECD
01 May 2005
The present document surveys the issues related to transparency and third party participation in investor-state dispute settlement procedures. Section I examines the way in which the current rules apply to these issues. Section II describes the steps...
Mobilising Investment for Development
Thuc Duc Le, Thi Thanh Ha Nguyen, Thu Hang Nguyen and Thi Hanh Tran
01 Dec 2004
The Vietnamese economy was in the doldrums in the 1980s and until a certain progress had been made in the context of Doi Moi there was little incentive for businesses to invest. The following reasons are commonly given for the sluggish economic...
ODA and Investment for Development
Hans Christiansen
01 Nov 2004
The present paper was prepared in the context of a joint project between the OECD Investment Committee (IC) and Development Assistance Committee (DAC) on Official Development Assistance and Investment for Development. It responds to discussions at...
"Indirect Expropriation" and the "Right to Regulate" in International Investment Law
OECD
01 Sept 2004
It is a well recognised rule in international law that the property of aliens cannot be taken, whether for public purposes or not, without adequate compensation. Two decades ago, the disputes before the courts and the discussions in academic...
Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard in International Investment Law
OECD
01 Sept 2004
The obligation to provide “fair and equitable treatment” is often stated, together with other standards, as part of the protection due to foreign direct investment by host countries. It is an “absolute”, “non-contingent” standard of treatment, i.e. a...
Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment in International Investment Law
OECD
01 Sept 2004
Bilateral and regional investment agreements have proliferated in the last decade and new ones are still being negotiated. Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) clauses link investment agreements by ensuring that the parties to one treaty provide treatment no...
Relationships between International Investment Agreements
Marie-France Houde and Katia Yannaca-Small
01 May 2004
International, bilateral and regional agreements have proliferated in the last ten years to twenty years and new ones are still being negotiated. It is thus virtually certain that for some more time to come international investment disciplines will...
Business Approaches to Combating Corrupt Practices
OECD
01 Jun 2003
The international business community’s anti-corruption efforts are essential parts of broader systems for fighting corrupt business practices. These also include formal law enforcement, where an appropriate regulatory framework is already in place,...
Incentives-based Competition for Foreign Direct Investment
Hans Christiansen, Charles P. Oman and Andrew Charlton
01 Mar 2003
The general benefits of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), and the potential of FDI as a tool for regional economic development in particular, are commonly recognised by policy makers and analysts. A recent study prepared under the auspices...
Managing Working Conditions in the Supply Chain
OECD
01 Jun 2002
The expanding geographical sweep of supply chains reflects important advances in the area of logistics management. Some of these advances are linked to progress in computing, telecommunications and robotics technologies as well as to the accumulation...
Multinational Enterprises in Situations of Violent Conflict and Widespread Human Rights Abuses
OECD
01 May 2002
In response to enquiries about foreign investment in Myanmar, the Committee for International Investment and Multinational Enterprises (CIME) asked the Secretariat to prepare a paper, under the responsibility of the latter, that would provide...
Codes of Corporate Conduct
OECD
01 May 2001
Based on a slight extension of the inventory of 233 codes of corporate conduct collected for an earlier study (TD/TC/WP(98)74/FINAL), this paper takes a more in-depth look at the contents of the codes with respect to issue coverage and code...
The OECD Guidelines and Other Corporate Responsibility Instruments
Kathryn Gordon
01 Dec 2001
The OECD Guidelines are recommendations by governments to multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in or from the 33 countries that adhere to the Guidelines. The Guidelines help ensure that MNEs act in harmony with the policies of countries in...
Public Policy and Voluntary Initiatives
OECD
01 Feb 2001
Government involvement in “voluntary” initiatives for corporate responsibility has been extensive. This chapter reviews four main types of involvement -- legal and regulatory incentives, tax expenditures on the NGO sector, contributions to compliance...