The authors discuss a number of issues related to the rise of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the world FDI market. More specifically, they review the type of sovereign FDI vehicles, identify the principal concerns related to them (focusing on national...

The rise of FDI is accompanied by an increasingly stronger international investment regime, enforced by an investor-state dispute settlement mechanism. Still, MNEs are becoming increasingly concerned about political risk in host countries. Governments and some multilateral organizations offer...