June 15

UCTAD And OECD: Third Report On G20 Investment Measures

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A joint UNCTAD and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report on G20 trade and and investment measures has been released,(Report). The report is being issued for the forthcoming G20 Summit in Toronto, Canada, to be held on 26-27 June. It calls on G20 countries to extend their commitment to resist protectionism.(Summary). UN Pulse: Permanent Link: UCTAD and OECD: Third Report on G20 Investment Measures
November 23

OECD : Preventing Investment Protectionism

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OECD work on preventing investment protectionism
Part of the OECD website, this portal brings together work from their Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs and other parts of the OECD on international investment instruments. It includes information on the effects of sovereign wealth funds (SWF) - government controlled investment funds worth hundreds of millions of dollars - on investment markets, the free market / protectionist debate and recipient countries / companies. The website includes reports, policy papers and accounts of meetings held to discuss the issue, plus guidance on how interacting with SWFs should be transparent and non discriminatory. Information is broken by down into statistics, publications and country based sections, with links to accompanying news / event listings. Many of the documents are presented as PDF files and some are available in multiple languages. Intute.ac.uk
http://www.oecd.org/daf/investment/foi
October 28

World Investment Report 2008. UNCTAD

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The World Investment Report 2008 is the 18th in a series published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The report analyses the latest trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) and has a special focus in 2008 on the role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in infrastructure development. You may download the report in full (full text, pdf, 4815Kb) in English or in other official languages of the UN from the website.

UN Pulse Permanent Link: World Investment Report 2008