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International investment for sustainable development : balancing rights and rewards / edited by Lyuba Zarsky.

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Lippincott Library HG5993 .I574 2005
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Zarsky, Lyuba.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Investments, Foreign--Government policy--Developing countries.
Investments, Foreign.
Sustainable development--Government policy--Developing countries.
Sustainable development.
Sustainable development--Government policy.
Investments, Foreign--Government policy.
Developing countries.
Physical Description:
xiv, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2005.
Summary:
International Investment for Sustainable Development critically examines the interface between sustainability, development, and the governance of international investment. It challenges the conventional view that foreign direct investment is a 'miracle drug' for developing countries, and exposes serious shortcomings in the current international investment regime. Composed of norms, agreements, treaties and regulations, the emerging investment regime expands the rights of transnational corporations (TNCs) without commensurate rewards for the common good.
Drawing on both research and engaged advocacy, the contributors ultimately map out a new way forward, towards the creation and implementation of international investment rules that will promote global sustainability and equity.
Contents:
No miracle drug : foreign direct investment and sustainable development / Kevin P. Gallagher and Lyuba Zarsky
FDI and the environment : what empirical evidence does and does not tell us? / Monica Araya
Governing foreign direct investment in Sub-Saharan Africa : policies and practices reconsidered / John Mugabe
Sustainable development and foreign direct investment : the emerging paradigm in Asia / Simon S.C. Tay and Iris Tan
All roads lead out of Rome : divergent paths of dispute settlement in bilateral investment treaties / Luke Eric Peterson
The road to hell? : investor protections in NAFTA's chapter 11 / Aaron Cosbey
The environment and the principle of non-discrimination in investment regimes : international and domestic institutions / Konrad von Moltke
Corporate governance and global disclosure : let the sun shine in / Sandy Buffett.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1844070395
1844070387
OCLC:
55644607

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