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An International Investment Regime? — Issues of Sustainability

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An International Investment Regime? — Issues of Sustainability

Environmental activists are widely credited with (or condemned for) launching the opposition that finally led to the abandonment of negotiations for a Multilateral Agreement on Investment at the OECD in late 1998. It took more than environmental opposition to stop the MAI in its tracks, but since then it has been accepted wisdom that environmentalists are opposed to an
international investment agreement. This study takes a hard look at that assumption. Its first conclusion is that an international investment agreement should be a priority for those interested in the environment and sustainable development. The question then is, what kind of an investment agreement?

In publishing this study, the International Institute for Sustainable Development hopes to help relaunch the debate on an appropriate international investment regime. IISD is convinced that a great deal of useful work needs to be done in this area, much of which will benefit the environment and sustainable development.[more...]
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