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Putting it to Work in Developing Countries - Nathan Associates

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Description<br />

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Exam<strong>in</strong>es trends <strong>in</strong> f<strong>in</strong>ancial flows<br />

Develop<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Countries</strong>.<br />

(background note prepared for a<br />

Available at http://<strong>to</strong>pics.developmentgateway.org/<br />

Development Comm<strong>it</strong>tee meet<strong>in</strong>g of the<br />

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Profiles opportun<strong>it</strong>ies <strong>in</strong> Africa brought<br />

about by new trad<strong>in</strong>g agreements, pol<strong>it</strong>ical<br />

risk packages, and other changes.<br />

International Arrangements Affect<strong>in</strong>g Investment<br />

Cosby, Aaron, Howard Mann, Luke Peterson, and Konrad von<br />

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Agreements, UNCTAD/WEB/ITE/IIA2006/7<br />

http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp<strong>in</strong>tItemID=3974&lang=1<br />

Exam<strong>in</strong>es his<strong>to</strong>ry of <strong>in</strong>vestment<br />

agreements from an environmental<br />

perspective, and assesses whether the<br />

WTO can deliver on <strong>in</strong>vestment issues.<br />

Summarizes arguments <strong>in</strong> favor of a<br />

multilateral framework put forward by the<br />

EU and the Un<strong>it</strong>ed States, as well as<br />

cr<strong>it</strong>icisms presented by India, the ma<strong>in</strong><br />

opponent.<br />

Explores the role of bilateral treaties <strong>in</strong><br />

stimulat<strong>in</strong>g FDI.<br />

Surveys arguments for why develop<strong>in</strong>g<br />

countries should support adoption of a<br />

multilateral agreement on <strong>in</strong>vestment.<br />

Covers OECD guidel<strong>in</strong>es for<br />

mult<strong>in</strong>ational enterprises, national<br />

treatment, <strong>in</strong>ternational <strong>in</strong>vestment<br />

<strong>in</strong>centives and dis<strong>in</strong>centives, conflict<strong>in</strong>g<br />

requirements.<br />

Describes potential conflicts between the<br />

WTO’s Agreement on Subsidies and<br />

Countervail<strong>in</strong>g Measures and the<br />

<strong>in</strong>centive programs of develop<strong>in</strong>g<br />

countries’ export process<strong>in</strong>g zones.<br />

Background on the WTO <strong>Work</strong><strong>in</strong>g Group<br />

onTrade and Investment, the TRIMS, and<br />

the GATS.<br />

Quarterly mon<strong>it</strong>or that tracks trends and<br />

issues <strong>in</strong>vestment agreements, both BITS,<br />

and free trade agreements.<br />

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