International investment for sustainable development : balancing rights and rewards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zarsky, Lyuba, author.

Contributor:

Zarsky, Lyuba, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments, Foreign--Government policy--Developing countries.

Investments, Foreign.

Sustainable development--Government policy--Developing countries.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge Nov. 2004 Florence : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]

Oxon, [England] ; New York, New York : Earthscan, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Annotation 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:

International Investment for Sustainable Development Balancing Rights and Rewards; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables, Figures and Boxes; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction: Balancing Rights and Rewards in Investment Rules; Part 1: Links Between Foreign Direct Investment, Development and Sustainability; Chapter 1 No Miracle Drug: Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Development; Chapter 2 FDI and the Environment: What Empirical Evidence Does and Does Not Tell Us?

Chapter 3 Governing Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policies and Practices ReconsideredChapter 4 Sustainable Development and Foreign Direct Investment: The Emerging Paradigm in Asia; Part 2: The Governance of International Investment; Chapter 5 All Roads Lead Out of Rome: Divergent Paths of Dispute Settlement in Bilateral Investment Treaties; Chapter 6 The Road to Hell? Investor Protections in NAFTA's Chapter 11; Chapter 7 The Environment and the Principle of Non-discrimination in Investment Regimes: International and Domestic Institutions

Chapter 8 Corporate Governance and Global Disclosure: Let the Sun Shine InIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-136-56273-7

1-136-56274-5

1-280-47612-5

1-84977-176-6

9786610476121

600-00-0019-7

1-4175-8313-4

9781849771764

OCLC:

804665572