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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. 2004/03 | 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. 2004/04 | 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. 2004/05 | 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. 2004/06 | 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 2006/03 | 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. 2006/04 | 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. 2010/01 | 01 May 2010 |
Intellectual Property Rights in International Investment Agreements
This article provides an overview of recent developments in investment treaty practice with regard to the protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs). The analysis departs from traditional IPR studies developed almost exclusively in the context... |
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No. 2010/03 | 01 Aug 2010 |
OECD's FDI Restrictiveness Index
The 2010 update of the FDI Restrictiveness Index (FDI Index) expands the sectors covered and revises the way in which FDI measures are scored and weighted. The FDI Index is now available for all OECD Members, adherents to the Declaration on... |
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No. 2010/02 | 01 Aug 2010 |
Foreign State Immunity and Foreign Government Controlled Investors
Discussions at the “Freedom of Investment” Roundtables, hosted by the OECD Investment Committee, have stressed that increased investments by foreign State-controlled investors can bring significant benefits to home and host societies, but have also... |
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No. 2011/01 | 01 Jun 2011 |
Environmental Concerns in International Investment Agreements
International investment agreements define commitments on investment protection, but also shed light on how these commitments are to be integrated with other public policy objectives. Investment protection in the context of environmental regulation... |
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No. 2011/02 | 01 Sept 2011 |
Defining and Measuring Green FDI
This paper was developed at the request of the OECD Working Party of the Investment Committee to document efforts to date to define and measure green FDI and to investigate the practicability of various possible definitions, as well as to identify... |
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No. 2012/01 | 12 Jun 2012 |
Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting
This paper provides an overview of current government schemes promoting corporate reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and analyses their main building blocks. It describes the drivers and challenges for governments, companies and investors in... |
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No. 2012/02 | 14 Dec 2012 |
Dispute Settlement Provisions in International Investment Agreements
Investor-State dispute settlement mechanisms (ISDS) are an important component of most International Investment Agreements (IIAs) and have significant influence on how disputes between States and investors are resolved. This statistical survey of a... |
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No. 2012/03 | 31 Dec 2012 |
Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Governments are facing an increasing number of arbitration claims by foreign investors relating to important public policies or seeking substantial damages, and many governments are taking a greater joint interest in how such cases are resolved in... |
OECD Working Papers on International Investment
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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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Intellectual Property Rights in International Investment Agreements
Lahra Liberti
01 May 2010
This article provides an overview of recent developments in investment treaty practice with regard to the protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs). The analysis departs from traditional IPR studies developed almost exclusively in the context...
OECD's FDI Restrictiveness Index
Blanka Kalinova, Angel Palerm and Stephen Thomsen
01 Aug 2010
The 2010 update of the FDI Restrictiveness Index (FDI Index) expands the sectors covered and revises the way in which FDI measures are scored and weighted. The FDI Index is now available for all OECD Members, adherents to the Declaration on...
Foreign State Immunity and Foreign Government Controlled Investors
David Gaukrodger
01 Aug 2010
Discussions at the “Freedom of Investment” Roundtables, hosted by the OECD Investment Committee, have stressed that increased investments by foreign State-controlled investors can bring significant benefits to home and host societies, but have also...
Environmental Concerns in International Investment Agreements
Kathryn Gordon and Joachim Pohl
01 Jun 2011
International investment agreements define commitments on investment protection, but also shed light on how these commitments are to be integrated with other public policy objectives. Investment protection in the context of environmental regulation...
Defining and Measuring Green FDI
Stephen S. Golub, Céline Kauffmann and Philip Yeres
01 Sept 2011
This paper was developed at the request of the OECD Working Party of the Investment Committee to document efforts to date to define and measure green FDI and to investigate the practicability of various possible definitions, as well as to identify...
Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting
Céline Kauffmann, Cristina Tébar Less and Dorothee Teichmann
12 Jun 2012
This paper provides an overview of current government schemes promoting corporate reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and analyses their main building blocks. It describes the drivers and challenges for governments, companies and investors in...
Dispute Settlement Provisions in International Investment Agreements
Joachim Pohl, Kekeletso Mashigo and Alexis Nohen
14 Dec 2012
Investor-State dispute settlement mechanisms (ISDS) are an important component of most International Investment Agreements (IIAs) and have significant influence on how disputes between States and investors are resolved. This statistical survey of a...
Investor-State Dispute Settlement
David Gaukrodger and Kathryn Gordon
31 Dec 2012
Governments are facing an increasing number of arbitration claims by foreign investors relating to important public policies or seeking substantial damages, and many governments are taking a greater joint interest in how such cases are resolved in...