Making foreign investment safe : property rights and national sovereignty /

The 1980s & 90s brought new protections to foreign investors in risky countries. Yet, the assurances failed to meet investors needs & imposed sometimes inordinate costs on poor countries. This text contains case histories which suggest reforms for international arbitration & official inv...

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Main Author: Wells, Louis T.
Other Authors: Ahmad, Rafiq
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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