Performance Requirement Prohibitions in International Investment Law

Performance Requirement Prohibitions in International Investment Law
Author: Alexandre Genest
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2019-09-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004392106

In Performance Requirement Prohibitions in International Investment Law, Alexandre Genest proposes the first empirical typology of performance requirement prohibitions in investment treaties and the first in-depth analysis of arbitral awards on the subject, which will improve their interpretation and drafting.

Commentaries on Selected Model Investment Treaties

Commentaries on Selected Model Investment Treaties
Author: Chester Brown
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1018
Release: 2013-01-17
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199645191

Model Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) are a state's blueprint for the investment treaties it negotiates with other states. This book compiles commentaries on the Model BITs of 19 key jurisdictions. It analyses state practice on international investment law, detailing each state's legislative regime on foreign investment and their BIT programme

Global Innovation Index 2017

Global Innovation Index 2017
Author: Cornell University
Publisher: WIPO
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2017
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The Global Innovation Index provides detailed metrics about the innovation performance of 127 countries and economies around the world. Its 81 indicators explore a broad vision of innovation, including political environment, education, infrastructure and business sophistication. This year’s report reviews the state of innovation in agriculture and food systems across sectors and geographies. Chapters of the report provide more details on this year’s theme from academic, business, and particular country perspectives from leading experts and decision makers.

Global Corruption Report: Climate Change

Global Corruption Report: Climate Change
Author: Transparency International
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2013-11-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317972201

The global response to climate change will demand unprecedented international cooperation, deep economic transformation and resource transfers at a significant scale. Corruption threatens to jeopardise these efforts. Transparency International's Global Corruption Report: Climate Change is the first publication to comprehensively explore such corruption risks. More than fifty leading experts and practitioners contribute, covering four key areas: governance: investigating major governance challenges towards tackling climate change mitigating climate change: reducing greenhouse gas emissions with transparency and accountability adapting to climate change: identifying corruption risks in climate-proofing development, financing and implementation of adaptation forestry governance: responding to the corruption challenges plaguing the forestry sector, and how these challenges need to be integrated into current international strategies to halt deforestation and promote reforestation. The Global Corruption Report: Climate Change provides essential policy analysis to help policy-makers, practitioners and other stakeholders understand these risks and develop effective responses at a critical point in time when the main architecture for climate governance is being developed.

Amnesty International Report 2013

Amnesty International Report 2013
Author: Amnesty International Publications
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-05-23
Genre: Civil rights
ISBN: 9780862104801

This report documents the state of human rights in 159 countries and territories during the year 2012.