This book contributes to a growing body of research on International Investment Law reform models by examining and providing empirical evidence on the regulatory approaches and treaty making practices in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region. This is an eight-country trade...

Precise predictions about the possible and plausible future shape of international investment law, and International Investment Agreements (IIAs) in particular, are impossible to make. But what this text evidences is the need to see the object and purpose of provisions (in their broadest sense)...