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Regulating international business : beyond liberalization / created by Sol Picciotto and Ruth Mayne

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxfam, 1999Copyright date: ©1999Description: xi, 277 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780312225872
  • 0312225873
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • K3840 REG
Contents:
Preface Notes on Contributors Glossary Introduction: What Rules for the World Economy?; S.Picciotto PART I: INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT PROTECTION AND LIBERALIZATION Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries; V.Balasubramanyam A Brief History of Business Regulation; P.Muchlinski Defending the Legacy of Rio: The Civil Society Campaign against the MAI; N.Mabey A Critical Assessment of the MAI ; S. Picciotto PART II: BROADENING THE AGENDA The Implications of the MAI for Natural Resource and Land Use; L.Tshuma Improving Investor Accountability; D.Ayine & J.Werksman Transfer of Technology and Competition Policy in the Context of a Possible Multilateral Investment Agreement; P.Roffe Stabilizing Capital Flows to Developing Countries: The Role of Regulation; S.Griffith-Jones Labour Regulation in Internationalized Markets ; B.Hepple PART III: THE INTERACTION OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL REGULATION Voluntary Codes and Labour Standards; N.Kearney The Role of Voluntary Codes of Conduct and Regulation - a Retailer's View; P.Fridd & J.Sainsbury Regulating TNCs: The Role of Voluntary and Governmental Approaches; R.Mayne PART IV: THE POLITICS OF ACCOUNTABILITY NGOs, Global Civil Society and Global Economic Regulation; R.O'Brien Index
Summary: The Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) is set to be a major topic of global controversery in the next year or so. This book points the way towards a new positive regulatory framework for international investment following the failure of MAI
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Preface Notes on Contributors Glossary Introduction: What Rules for the World Economy?; S.Picciotto PART I: INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT PROTECTION AND LIBERALIZATION Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries; V.Balasubramanyam A Brief History of Business Regulation; P.Muchlinski Defending the Legacy of Rio: The Civil Society Campaign against the MAI; N.Mabey A Critical Assessment of the MAI ; S. Picciotto PART II: BROADENING THE AGENDA The Implications of the MAI for Natural Resource and Land Use; L.Tshuma Improving Investor Accountability; D.Ayine & J.Werksman Transfer of Technology and Competition Policy in the Context of a Possible Multilateral Investment Agreement; P.Roffe Stabilizing Capital Flows to Developing Countries: The Role of Regulation; S.Griffith-Jones Labour Regulation in Internationalized Markets ; B.Hepple PART III: THE INTERACTION OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL REGULATION Voluntary Codes and Labour Standards; N.Kearney The Role of Voluntary Codes of Conduct and Regulation - a Retailer's View; P.Fridd & J.Sainsbury Regulating TNCs: The Role of Voluntary and Governmental Approaches; R.Mayne PART IV: THE POLITICS OF ACCOUNTABILITY NGOs, Global Civil Society and Global Economic Regulation; R.O'Brien Index

The Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) is set to be a major topic of global controversery in the next year or so. This book points the way towards a new positive regulatory framework for international investment following the failure of MAI

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