Governments are increasingly turning to the private sector to provide the capital, resources and/or know-how necessary for development and operation of infrastructure. In some cases, the involvement by the private sector will trigger coverage by an international investment treaty that overlies, and can override, the domestic law and contract that would otherwise be applicable to… read more
Date: April 14, 2014 12:10pm-1:00pm
Location: Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 807
New York: Oxford University Press, 2009-present. The Yearbook monitors current developments in international investment law and policy, focusing (in Part One) on trends in foreign direct investment (FDI), international investment agreements, and investment disputes. Part Two, then, looks at central issues in the contemporary discussions on international investment law and policy. With contributions by leading… read more
Date: April 8, 2014 9:00am – 6:00pm
Location: Enrique V Iglesias Conference Center, 1330 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC
Date: April 3, 2014 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Columbia University, Uris Hall, Room 142
Date: January 30 – April 10, 2014 12:10-1:00pm
Location: Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 546
Karl P. Sauvant and Victor Z. Chen, “China’s Regulatory Framework for Outward Foreign Direct Investment,” East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, EABER Working Paper Series, Paper No. 88, November 2013
Edited by Karl P. Sauvant, Padma Mallampally, and Geraldine McAllister (New York: VCC, 2013). This second edition contains a series of 77 standardized country profiles dealing with the inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI) performance of 40 economies. The profiles have been peer-reviewed by a global network of experts. The publication is intended to… read more
By Karl P. Sauvant and Federico Ortino (Helsinki: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2013). This booklet discusses briefly the key features of the international investment law and policy regime, identifies drivers for change, discusses critical issues affecting the regime, and lays out various options for improving it. The ebook volume is available for download… read more
Date: November 13 and 14, 2013 9:00 am to 5:30 pm
Location: Faculty House, Columbia University, New York
