South-south Cooperation in International Investment Arrangements
Publisher: United Nations Publications
Published: February 10, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9789211126877
Subjects: Central government policies; Development economics; International finance; Investment & securities; Political economy; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Economics Of Developing Countries; Foreign Investments; Business & Economics; Business/Economics; Developing countries; Development - Economic Development; Investments & Securities - General
First sentence: The wave of South-South cooperation in investment can be observed - albeit with variations - in terms of the different types of IIAs, ranging from BITs and DTTs to PTIAs (in this volume PTIAs that contain a commitment to facilitate investment flows through liberalization, protection and/or promotion of foreign investment are counted as investment agreements (see definition of PTIAs in section C)).