FDI Perspective No. 251: “Promoting sustainable FDI through international investment agreements,” by Karl P. Sauvant

The author identifies ways to promote sustainable FDI through investment treaties, including by using contribution to development as a criterion when applying treaties, defining investment explicitly in reference to contribution to development, allowing governments to grant preferential treatment to sustainable FDI, and incorporating binding CSR references in investment treaties.

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Authors

Karl P. Sauvant

Senior Fellow