Brazil, after signing several traditional Bilateral Investment Treaties without ratifying them, recently shifted towards a different type of bilateral investment agreement, i.e., Investment Cooperation and Facilitation Agreements. Two claims have been made in the literature regarding the...

The European Union growth agenda has become even more pressing because growth is needed to support public and private sector deleveraging, reduce the fragility of the banking sector, counter the falling behind of southern European countries and prove that Europe is still a worthwhile place to...

This paper looks at the role of the key international agreements in the process of liberalization of the telecommunications industry. We analyse in particular the role of the WTO agreement in furthering liberalization around the world, and the extent to which it provides protection for foreign...

The debate on trade and growth increasingly focuses on the composition of exports. Exports of more “sophisticated” products appear to be positively correlated with growth, and upgrading the quality of exports is high on the policy agenda of many countries. This study presents evidence...

Ausländische Direktinvestitionen begünstigen die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung nicht nur in Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländern, sondern ebenso in Industrienationen. Einen ausführlichen Einblick in die neuesten Entwicklungen bei weltweiten Direktinvestitionen bietet der jährlich erscheinende...

Die wichtigsten Entwicklungen und Aspekte weltweit beobachteter ausländischer Direktinvestitionen werden jährlich im Rahmen des von der Welthandelskonferenz (UNCTAD) herausgegebenen World Investment Reports dargestellt und analysiert. Der aktuelle World Investment Report (WIR) widmet sich...