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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449737603321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2005

ISBN

1-136-56274-5

1-280-47612-5

1-84977-176-6

9786610476121

600-00-0019-7

1-4175-8313-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ZarskyLyuba

Disciplina

338.9/27/091724

Soggetti

Investments, Foreign - Government policy - Developing countries

Sustainable development - Government policy - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 advo