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Reconstructing the Treaty Network - EU report
Pinto Nogueira, João Félix; Pistone, Pasquale; Garcia … - 2020
This study was drafted as the EU topical report for IFA's general report on the topic reconstructing the treaty network and deals with the intersection of three areas: i) European Union law; ii) the OECD's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project (BEPS) and its implementation, and; iii) member...
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The dark side of multinational companies : international transmission of negative shocks
Bena, Jan; Dinç, Serdar; Erel, Isil - 2018
We study how non-financial multinational companies propagate economic declines from their subsidiaries located in … countries experiencing an economic downturn to subsidiaries in countries not experiencing one. We find that investment is 18 …% lower in subsidiaries of these parents relative to the same-industry, same-country subsidiaries of parents that are …
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Enhancing foreign direct investment via transparency? : evaluating the effects of the EITI on FDI
Schmaljohann, Maya - 2013
The so called resource curse, the fact that countries rich in natural resources often show lower rates of economic growth compared to resource-poor countries, is commonly attributed to the low quality of governance in resource-rich countries. The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative...
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Rethinking the World Bank's Sanctions System
Yukins, Christopher R. - 2013
The World Bank is reviewing its system for suspending and debarring contractors (known formally as the World Bank sanctions system). The system is used to suspend and debar contractors that have engaged in fraud or corruption (and other enumerated bad acts) related to Bank-financed projects....
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Briefing Note : Aligning International Investment Agreements with the Sustainable Development Goals
Johnson, Lise; Sachs, Lisa; Lobel, Nathan - 2021
International investment agreements (“IIAs”) provide enforceable protections to foreign investors based on the premise that enforceable investor protections will stimulate greater foreign investment flows, which, in turn, are assumed to promote development. However, as understandings of both...
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Carbon Accounting by Public and Private Financial Institutions : Can We Be Sure Climate Finance Is Leading to Emissions Reductions?
Spittle, Emily; Dietrich Brauch, Martin - 2021
As reporting GHG emissions becomes mandatory in the financial sector, the methods by which emissions are calculated will grow in importance for their impact on the resulting metric. Progress is underway in both the public and private financial sectors to embed emissions accounting standards, but...
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Human Rights Criticism of the World Bank's Private Sector Development and Privatization Projects
Kinley, David; Davis, Tom - 2015
The World Bank is no stranger to criticism of its projects, especially in respect of its privatization and private sector development projects. Critics point to the environmental, social and cultural damage that certain projects have caused, which for some appears not just to be a product of the...
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Automatic Exchange of Information as the New Global Standard : The End of (Offshore Tax Evasion) History?
Meinzer, Markus - 2018
Automatic exchange of information (AEoI) for tax purposes has become the global standard for international tax cooperation in 2013. As a tool for containing offshore tax evasion, it has encountered opposition in the past and continues to be fraught with challenges. This paper recapitulates the...
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Using Central Counterparties to Limit Global Financial Crises
Henkel, Christoph - 2020
Conventional economic analysis assumes that Central Counterparties (CCPs) may help to reduce systemic risk and avoid future financial crises by mandating the central clearing of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. This view largely goes unchallenged by governments, regulators, practitioners, and...
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Illicit financial flows and the Global South : a review of methods and evidence
Brandt, Kasper - 2020
Illicit financial flows (IFFs) constitute a major challenge for development in the Global South, as domestic resource mobilization is imperative for providing crucial public services. While several methods offer to measure the extent of IFFs, each has its benefits and drawbacks. Critically,...
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