This paper explores the potential international investment consequences of the recent boom in long-term land leases (25 … years or more) offered by national governments in Asia and Africa to private, foreign agribusinesses. The paper explores the … implications of umbrella clauses in bilateral investment treaties, stabilization clauses, and the lack of performance standards to …

Purpose - The study extends the debate on finance versus institutions in the promotion of investment documented by … investment, notably: political, economic and institutional governances. Financial indicators of depth, allocation efficiency … governance as a better determinant of private investment than financial intermediary development. Moreover, the evidence of …

Contrary to mainstream consensus on the dominance of English common law countries in investment prospects, this paper … in private investment. The assessment is based on 38 African countries for the period 1996-2007. The law mechanisms of … North African) have influenced a plethora of investment dynamics (domestic, foreign, private and public). The dominance of …

Development economists have enjoined Africans to leverage on remittance as their main source of investment financing …'s remittance and investment financing and the modulating effect of the investment climate in this relation on a panel of 28 sub … following empirical findings were established. First, the theoretical supposition underpinning the assumption in investment …