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China's Outward Foreign Direct Investment And International Investment Law, Karl P. Sauvant, Michael D. Nolan
China's Outward Foreign Direct Investment And International Investment Law, Karl P. Sauvant, Michael D. Nolan
Karl P. Sauvant
As China’s outward foreign direct investment (FDI) has grown, its approach to international investment agreements (IIAs) has changed. China is now one of the world’s most important outward investors, with Chinese FDI facing widespread criticism. The challenge for China is to adapt to this new configuration of interests stemming from these developments, both in terms of its national policies and the contents of its IIAs. In so doing, it is likely to influence, perhaps significantly, the further evolution of international investment law. This article deals briefly with the salient features of China’s outward FDI and the policies that support it; …
Policy Options For Promoting Foreign Direct Investment In The Least Developed Countries, Karl P. Sauvant, Padma Mallampally
Policy Options For Promoting Foreign Direct Investment In The Least Developed Countries, Karl P. Sauvant, Padma Mallampally
Karl P. Sauvant
Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role in the world economy and has the potential to contribute toward accelerating the process of economic growth and sustainable development in the least developed countries (LDCs). This article provides a brief overview of recent trends and patterns in FDI flows to the LDCs, and then takes stock of the policies, programs and measures pursued by host and home countries and by international organizations to stimulate FDI flows to LDCs and increase the benefits for these countries. It then lays out a number of policy proposals on how flows to LDCs, and the …
An International Support Programme For Sustainable Investment Facilitation, Karl P. Sauvant, Khalil Hamdani
An International Support Programme For Sustainable Investment Facilitation, Karl P. Sauvant, Khalil Hamdani
Karl P. Sauvant
The world’s investment needs are huge. Just meeting the Sustainable Development Goals requires, annually, trillions of dollars. Massive private investment, including foreign direct investment (FDI), has to be mobilized for this purpose. However, especially the least developed countries simply lack the capacity to compete successfully in the highly competitive FDI world market to obtain the required funds. They need assistance – not only to obtain more FDI but sustainable FDI, to advance sustainable development. This paper raises the question of the need to define “sustainable FDI” and calls for an international support program for sustainable investment facilitation.
Attracting Foreign Direct Investment And Benefiting From It: Challenges For The Least Developed Countries, Karl P. Sauvant
Attracting Foreign Direct Investment And Benefiting From It: Challenges For The Least Developed Countries, Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant
The challenge to attract FDI to least developed countries (LDCs) is twofold: to help increase FDI flows to LDCs; and to increase the contribution that the FDI flows that LDCs receive make to the development of host economies. Economic determinants, an enabling regulatory framework and investment promotion are crucial elements for attracting FDI that will ultimately enhance the contribution of TNCs to the economic growth and development of LDCs.
Aim Investment Report 2015: Trends And Policy Challenges, Karl P. Sauvant
Aim Investment Report 2015: Trends And Policy Challenges, Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant
Presented the “AIM Investment Report 2015: Trends and Policy Challenges" at the opening of the “Annual Investment Meeting” in Dubai, 30-31 March 2015.
Aim Investment Report 2015: Trends And Policy Challenges, Karl P. Sauvant
Aim Investment Report 2015: Trends And Policy Challenges, Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant
In the foreign-direct-investment world, the year 2014 was characterized by policy discussions, especially about the nature of the international investment law and policy regime, its investor-state dispute-settlement mechanism, the role of bilateral investment treaties, and the question of rules for state-owned enterprises. This discussion took place against the backdrop of a decline in world FDI flows by multinational enterprises and the growing attractiveness of emerging markets as host countries and the further rise of outward FDI from these countries.
The International Investment Law And Policy Regime: Challenges And Options, Karl P. Sauvant
The International Investment Law And Policy Regime: Challenges And Options, Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant
International investment—more specifically, foreign direct investment (FDI)—has become the most important vehicle to bring goods and services to foreign markets. In addition, FDI integrates the national production systems of individual countries and is in the process of creating an integrated international production system, the productive core of the globalising world economy. Against the background of the salient features of FDI and the emerging integrated international production system, this paper seeks to do three things—one, to discuss the evolution of national FDI policies; two, to review challenges for the international investment law and policy regime; and, three, to identify options on …