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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

THE REGIME OF BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES BETWEEN GREECE AND NON EU COUNTRIES OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN EUROPE: THE PERSPECTIVE OF A NECESSARY REFORM [PDF]

open access: yesBuletin ştiinţific: Universitatea din Piteşti. Seria Ştiinţe Economice, 2015
The Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) concluded mainly between developed and developing countries are the main instrument of international investment protection.
Odysseas SPILIOPOULOS   +1 more
doaj  

Respondent Status and Allocation of International Responsibility under EU Investment Agreements

open access: yesEuropean Papers, 2017
(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2016 1(3), 847-860 | Article | (Table of Contents) I. Setting the scene. - II. Analysis of the legal framework set out in EU investment agree-ments. - III.
Luca Pantaleo
doaj   +1 more source

What Determines BITs? [PDF]

open access: yes
Bilateral investment treaties (BITs) have proliferated over the past 50 years such that the number of pairs of countries with BITs is roughly as large as the number of country-pairs that belong to bilateral or regional preferential trade agreements (PTAs)
Jeffrey H. Bergstrand, Peter Egger
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The Line of Equilibrium: Improving Investment Arbitration through the Application of the WTO General Exceptions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This article considers the application of the general exceptions of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to the context of international investment ...
Collins, D. A.
core   +1 more source

Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source

The Fictions and Realities of MFN Clauses in International Investment Agreements

open access: yesAJIL Unbound, 2018
In an article published concurrently in the Journal of International Economic Law, I reach many of the same conclusions as Simon Batifort and J. Benton Heath regarding the use of most favored nation (MFN) clauses to import substantive provisions from ...
Facundo Pérez-Aznar
doaj   +1 more source

Liberalizing trade in services : a survey [PDF]

open access: yes
Since the mid 1980s a substantial amount of research has been undertaken on trade in services. Much of this is inspired by the World Trade Organization or regional trade agreements, especially the European Union, but an increasing number of papers focus ...
Hoekman, Bernard
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Geographical Indications, Food Safety, and Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper examines the legal and policy relationship reinforcement amongst international standards for GIs, food safety standards, and other claims of quality or safety.
Wirth, David A.
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State-controlled entities as "investors" under international investment agreements [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A review of the definition of "investor" and investor-state dispute resolution clauses in 851 international investment agreements (IIAs) reveals that, except in two cases, state-controlled entities (SCEs) (including sovereign wealth funds and state-owned
Low, Jo En
core   +2 more sources

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