Using 1985-2004 yearly panel data for 70 developing countries, including 28 from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the paper finds that once market size is accounted for, SSA's foreign direct investment (FDI) deficit with other regions of the world is mainly explained by the insufficient provision of...

The model of regulations on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in Taiwan is often categorized as “equalization” or “non-discriminatory,” though in reality the TCM practice is unequally regulated or even marginalized. The thesis of this Article is that medical licensing law in Taiwan...

This chapter will compare whether and to what extent China and India could take measures aimed at protecting public health within the framework of their BITs. After discussing BIT disputes on the issue of public health, I will discuss the evolution of the Chinese and Indian approaches to foreign...