Political risks covers a wide range of issues, and this note focuses on a subset of political risk: the risks that arise from government actions, whether political or regulatory, that can affect the profitability...
Following from Vietnam’s ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in late 2018 and its effectiveness from January 2019, and the European Parliament’s...
Following from Vietnam’s ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in late 2018 and its effectiveness from January 2019, and the European Parliament’s...
This paper examines the level of investment protection for selected countries along the Belt &Road Initiative (BRI), based on coding the textual content of 17 investment laws and 648international investment...
Due to its recognized benefits, most countries today regardless of their level of development compete for and dedicate significant resources to attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). Capturing the...
Due to its recognized benefits, most countries today regardless of their level of development compete for and dedicate significant resources to attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). Capturing the...
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade agreement concluded and signed by 12 Pacific Rim countries and is set to frame the rules of trade and investment in the Pacific region. Currently, Indonesia...
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) insures foreign direct investments against losses related to: (i) currency inconvertibility and transfer restrictions; (ii) expropriation; (iii) war, civil...
In this issue: Disputes before the Centre; Designations to the ICSID panels of conciliators and of arbitrators; Investment protection and the energy Charter Treaty.
Different types of pension involve different kinds of uncertainty. For example, public sector pension schemes involve a 'policy risk', that the scheme might be reformed in the future so that benefits turn...
Different types of pension involve different kinds of uncertainty. For example, public sector pension schemes involve a 'policy risk', that the scheme might be reformed in the future so that benefits turn...
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID or the Centre) is a public international organization created under a treaty, the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes...
In this issue: Argentina and Nicaragua ratify the ICSID convention; twenty-eighth annual meeting of the administrative council; towards an international set of rules for investment: the OECD initiative;...
This press release announces on September 11, 1986, prospective member nations of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) met under World Bank auspices September 15 to 19 to define the new...