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Foreign direct investment in less developed countries : the role of ICSID and MIGA

Title
Foreign direct investment in less developed countries : the role of ICSID and MIGA / James C. Baker.
Author
Baker, James C., 1935-
Publication
Westport, Conn. : Quorum, 1999.

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Description
xx, 228 pages; 25 cm
Subject
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
  • Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  • Investments, Foreign > Developing countries
  • Economic development > International cooperation
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
I. Introduction. 1. Foreign Investors and Less Developed Countries. 2. International Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment in Less Developed Countries -- II. International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. 3. Arbitration by Private Institutions and by ICSID. 4. ICSID's Operations. 5. Selected ICSID Cases. 6. ICSID's Problems -- III. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. 7. The Evolution of MIGA. 8. MIGA's Structure. 9. MIGA's Operations to Date. 10. Selected MIGA Cases. 11. MIGA's Problems. 12. Theories of the Evolution of ICSID and MIGA -- IV. Conclusions. 13. An Evaluation of ICSID and MIGA. 14. Conclusions. App. I. MIGA Coverage by Investor and Host Countries -- App. II. ICSID Cases 1966-97.
ISBN
1567203124 (alk. paper)
LCCN
99010384
OCLC
ocm40609074
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries