Protecting foreign investment : implications of a WTO regime and policy options /: implications of a WTO regime and policy options. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Protectionism
• Further Information: Note: Carlos Correa and Nagesh Kumar.
• Other Names: Correa, Carlos María; Kumar, Nagesh, 1958-
• Contents: FDI, development and national and international policy framework -- Foreign direct investment, host government policy and development -- Trends and patterns in FDI inflows and the North-South divide -- FDI inflows to developing countries -- Developmental impact of FDI on the host economies: a selective review of the literature -- FDI, growth and domestic investment: empirical evidence -- Knowledge spillovers and productivity improvements -- Effect of FDI on host country market structures or the level of competition -- Role of government policy and performance requirements: experiences and evidence -- Trade policy -- Selective FDI policies -- Performance requirements -- Investment incentives -- Competition policy -- Multilateral Agreements on Investments: a historical background -- Need for international intervention -- Types of international intervention -- Regulatory interventions -- Initiatives of the United Nations -- UNCTAD's Codes of Conduct on technology transfer and restrictive business practices (RBPs) -- ILO Tripartite Declaration -- OECD Guidelines for MNEs -- Promotional interventions -- World Bank-sponsored agreements on investment -- Multilateral trade negotiations and investment -- Draft United Nations Code of Conduct on Transnational Corporations as of Summer 1986 -- Multilaterally agreed equitable principles and rules for the control of restrictive business practices -- The Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures and developing countries -- The Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (400 pages)
• Subjects: 382.92; Investments, Foreign -- Government policy -- Developing countries; Investments, Foreign -- Developing countries; Protectionism; Investissements directs étrangers; Organisation mondiale du commerce; Protectionnisme; Commerce international; Pays en développement; Economic policy; International economic relations; Investments, Foreign; Investments, Foreign -- Government policy; Protectionism; Außenwirtschaftspolitik; Direktinvestition; Investitionsschutz; Buitenlandse investeringen; Handelsverdragen; Direktinvestition; Außenwirtschaftspolitik; Developing countries -- Economic policy; Developing countries -- Foreign economic relations; Developing countries; Entwicklungsländer; Entwicklungsländer
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781848137608; 1848137605
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.