Discourses of ISDS reform: a comparison of UNCITRAL Working Group III and ICSID processes
The reform of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) has been tackled by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group (WG) III.
J. Marcoux +3 more
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The autonomy of EU law and international investment arbitration [PDF]
This article argues that, in the context of international investment law, the principle of autonomy need not be construed as broadly as the recent judgment in Achmea may appear to suggest.
Koutrakos, P.
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Private Counsel and the Proposed Reforms of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) [PDF]
This chapter examines the impact that ISDS reforms will have on counsel’s activities. More specifically, it discusses two specific amendments namely the establishment of an Advisory Centre on Investment Law (ACIL) and the elaboration of a code of conduct -using the example of the CETA.
Ziegler, Andreas R., Kabre, Jonathan R.
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ABSTRACT Over the past two decades, agricultural restructuring in Vietnam — driven by land consolidation, crop diversification and modernization — has shifted farming from labour‐intensive to capital‐intensive production. This article argues that agrarian change in Vietnam has not simply resulted in the marginalization of women, a finding that ...
Nga Dao, Quang Phung
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Effects of Investor-State Dispute Settlements (ISDS) on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Flows
This paper assesses how ISDS mechanisms have impacted FDI flows, using quantitative data from more than 100 countries between 2000 and 2020. By applying a differences-in-differences approach combined with a gravity model, it finds that ISDS disputes ...
Frans Lavdari, Xhulio Lavdari
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Abstract Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) are novel financing mechanisms that encourage coal‐dependent emerging economies to transition away from fossil fuels. JETPs aim to facilitate coal phaseout and transitions to renewable energy through private and public financing.
Francine Hug
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Investment provisions in trade and investment treaties: the need for reform [PDF]
This repository item contains a policy brief from the Boston University Global Economic Governance Initiative. The Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) is a research program of the Center for Finance, Law & Policy, the Frederick S.
Gallagher, Kevin P. +2 more
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Loopholes and the Incidence of Public Services: Evidence From Funding Career and Technical Education
ABSTRACT In 2015, Michigan increased its Career and Technical Education (CTE) funding and changed its funding formula to reimburse programs based on student progression through program curricula. Although this change nearly doubled program completion rates, student enrollment and persistence were unaffected; instead, administrators accelerated student ...
Thomas Goldring +3 more
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Radical Reform of the International Investment Treaty Regime: A Role for Climate Clubs?
ABSTRACT There is growing concern that provisions in international investment treaties are being used to delay the critically needed transition away from fossil fuels. Although various procedural and substantive reforms have been pursued in recent years, these reforms have thus far failed to tackle the fundamental problems with investment treaties and ...
Kyla Tienhaara +2 more
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Implications of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) for Investment Flows Between the European Union and the USA [PDF]
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a controversial subject, but at the same time it is perceived to be the most comprehensive international agreement on free trade and investment protection. Among the topics that evoke criticism
Witkowska, Janina
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