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The Trinity and the Dragon : Reconciling Finance, Human Rights and the Environment in China
Cunningham, Fiona - 2012
The Equator Principles experiment in forging a trinity of corporate responsibilities – financial, social and environmental – is now ten years old. By a number of measures, it has been a success. From an initial cohort of ten financial institutions, membership of the Equator Principles has...
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China’s Development Banks in Asia : A Human Rights Perspective
Vanhullebusch, Matthias - 2019
With the establishment of China's new multilateral development banks in Asia, concerns on behalf of developed nations have been raised regarding the future protection of human rights and environmental standards in the financing of development projects in Asia by China's new financial vehicles....
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Finance, Rule of Law and Human Rights in China
Vanhullebusch, Matthias - 2019
Finance has become an indispensable vehicle for economic development in emerging economies. Such economic progress involves a number of human rights implications which affect financial products, the entitlements of the banking sector itself as well as broad matters of socio-political and...
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China's Defense of its Human Rights Policies
Chow, Daniel C. K. - 2021
Although the United States has launched repeated attacks on China’s human rights policies for the past three decades, China’s Communist Party has been able to mount an effective defense and counterattack that has resonated with China’s citizens, the most important constituency for the...
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China's Belt and Road Initiative is Reshaping Human Rights Norms
Salamatin, Mikkaela - 2021
Since its birth in 2015, the Belt and Road Initiative has garnered significant attention for its benefits and its detriments. Much of the current scholarship in this area is focused on particular pieces of the Belt and Road Initiative, with few in legal scholarship considering the impact of the...
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Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) : logistics services
Sugie, Kazuhiro; Geloso Grosso, Massimo; Nordås, … - 2015
, India, Indonesia, the Russian Federation and South Africa. The STRIs capture de jure restrictions. This report presents the …
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The Implications of China's Ascendancy for Africa
Besada, Hany - 2008
Africa has produced mutual benefits for both and whether Africa is reaping the necessary benefits required for poverty … China's extraordinary level of interest in Africa - in particular, its economic engagement with perceived repressive regimes … - African leaders view China's entry as a means of pulling Africa onto the path of globalization. It is thus important that …
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The Impact of Chinese Trade and Investment in Africa on the African Tax Base – More Costs Than Benefits?
Titus, Afton - 2021
’s investment in Africa. This paper concludes by recommending how African countries may better protect their tax bases and in so … doing, benefit fully and responsibly from China’s interest in Africa …
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Africa's Investment Treaty Practice with China : Are the Africa-China BITs Conducive to the Implementation of the AU Agenda 2063?
Zagel, Gudrun Monika - 2021
China has been a predominant investor in Africa for many years and contributes substantially to facilitating economic … development and infrastructure projects in many African states. Yet, it is uncertain, to what extent the existing Africa … the Agenda 2063 aspirations to achieve sustainable development. The article explores the current Africa-China BIT …
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Der lange Marsch 2.0 : Chinas neue Seidenstraßen als Entwicklungsmodell
Hoering, Uwe - Stiftung Asienhaus - 2018
, Energieversorgung und Wirtschaftskorridoren zwischen Asien, Afrika und Europa soll ein "neues Goldenes Zeitalter der Globalisierung …
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