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From traditional knowledge to market: A pathway for ethical commercialisation of Indigenous food products

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Global legal frameworks seek to ensure that benefits arising from the use of biological resources are shared fairly, yet their practical application—particularly where plant materials and Indigenous knowledge are involved—remains challenging. This article presents a case study modelling a pathway for ethical research and commercialisation of Indigenous
Jessica Cartwright   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of heterogeneity in bilateral investment treaties on foreign direct investment

open access: yesJournal of Applied Economics
Prior research remains highly debated regarding whether bilateral investment treaties (BITs) effectively attract foreign direct investment (FDI). In this context, this study introduces a new dataset, the international investment agreement (IIA) mapping ...
Zhaokuan Zhu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

State succession to investment treaties: mapping the issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Following recent decisions in Sanum v Laos and World Wide Minerals v Kazakhstan, investment lawyers have begun to engage with the legal rules governing State succession to treaties. As State succession is one of the more technical and controversial areas
Tams, Christian J.
core   +1 more source

Advancing Sustainable Industrialization Under SDG 9: The Role of Financial Globalization and Income Inequality

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how income inequality and financial globalization shape sustainable industrialization across 87 countries over 2000–2022, using the SDG 9 composite index as the outcome and the Method of Moments Quantile Regression (MMQR) to capture heterogeneous effects.
Özge Kozal, Daniel Balsalobre‐Lorente
wiley   +1 more source

Ending International Investment Agreements: Russia's Withdrawal from Participation in the Energy Charter Treaty

open access: yesAJIL Unbound, 2017
When states withdraw from bilateral investment treaties or denounce multilateral treaties related to foreign investment, a range of intersecting questions arise in domestic and international law.
Tania Voon, Andrew D. Mitchell
doaj   +1 more source

Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Investor-State Arbitration: Underlying Challenges and Perspectives

open access: yesKyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal, 2021
This article provides an analysis of existing international mechanisms for protecting intellectual property rights and concludes whether investment arbitration can be an effective forum for resolving intellectual property disputes.
Kateryna Lazarchuk, Oksana Zadniprovska
doaj   +1 more source

Bilateral Tax Treaties and US Foreign Direct Investment Financing Modes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Though it is often claimed that bilateral tax treaties promote foreign direct investment (FDI), previous empirical studies do not support this view. Indeed, the literature provides mixed results where bilateral tax treaties have a positive impact on FDI ...
Daniels, Joseph P.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Targeted Trade Policy Instruments and Climate Change Mitigation: The Case of Environmental Provisions in Trade Agreements

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the effect of including environmental provisions (EPs) in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) on climate change mitigation and explores whether these effects vary based on the heterogeneity of the EPs. Our analysis combines country‐level data on climate change mitigation with details on 300 types of EPs in 775 trade ...
Petros Suzgo Kayovo Mkandawire   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking Ethiopia’s Bilateral Investment Treaties in light of Recent Developments in International Investment Arbitration

open access: yesMizan Law Review, 2015
International investment law is dynamic. As treaty practice and jurisprudence in the area constantly develop, global standards are always in the making.
MB Hailu, TE Kassahun
doaj   +1 more source

Success and failure in foreign policy: Comparing Bob Hawke and Kevin Rudd's regional order‐building initiatives

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Remarkably little is known about what factors drive success or failure in foreign policy. In part, this is because there is little fundamental agreement on what constitutes success or failure in this domain in the first place. This article engages with these shortcomings by comparing two similar regional order‐building initiatives overseen by ...
Benjamin Day
wiley   +1 more source

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