The objective of the Policy Framework for Investment is to mobilise private investment that supports economic growth … Development as critically important for the quality of a country’s environment for investment, including by small enterprises and … foreign investors. These are: Investment policy Investment promotion and facilitation Trade Competition Tax Corporate …

Bilateral and regional investment agreements have proliferated in the last decade and new ones are still being … negotiated. Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) clauses link investment agreements by ensuring that the parties to one treaty provide … have thus become a significant instrument of economic liberalisation in the investment area. Moreover, by giving the …

positive attitude of countries around the world toward foreign investment and the proliferation of bilateral treaties and other … investment agreements requiring prompt, adequate and effective compensation for expropriation of foreign investments have largely … nationalisation that marked the 70s and 80s -- have been replaced by disputes related to foreign investment regulation ... …

integration remains. It is essential for long-term world prosperity that countries' commitment to trade and investment … investment have achieved double the average annual growth of more closed economies. More individuals, firms and nations than ever … before depend on the gains from trade and investment liberalisation. Yet anxiety about the effects of greater market …

protection due to foreign direct investment by host countries. It is an “absolute”, “non-contingent” standard of treatment, i … favoured nation” principles which define the required treatment by reference to the treatment accorded to other investment1 …. Although some references to the standard can be found in the first negotiating attempts of multilateral trade and investment …