G-8 Investment Task Force and MENA-OECD Investment Programme

This meeting, which took place in Paris on 19 November 2004, explored the complementary roles of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme and the G-8 Investment Task Force in promoting key reforms to improve the investment climate and fostering private sector development in the MENA region.

Global Forum on International Investment: Investment for Development - Forging Partnerships

Organised in New Delhi, India, the 4th annual conference of the OECD Global Forum on International Investment examined the role of international co-operation in enhancing the business environment and maximising the benefits of investment in developing countries.

OECD-India Investment Roundtable on "Opportunities and Policy Challenges for Investment in India"

19-21 October 2004, New Delhi, India. This Roundtable provided an opportunity for policymakers and business representatives from OECD member countries, India and other non-member countries to discuss India’s investment policies, sectoral FDI policies and investment partnerships with India.

Workshop on International Investment Statistics: Summary of the Discussions

Within the framework of the revision of the OECD Benchmark Definition of FDI, this report provides a summary of the discussions at the Workshop on International Investment Statistics held in Paris on 12-13 October 2004.

Handbook on Hedonic Indexes and Quality Adjustments in Price Indexes: Special Application to Information Technology Products (STI Working Paper 2004/9)

This handbook reviews the methods employed in price indexes to adjust for quality change: “conventional” quality adjustment methods and hedonic price indexes.

2004/4 - L' « Expropriation indirecte » et le « droit de réglementer » dans le droit international de l'investissement

La présente étude offre des éléments factuels d’information sur la jurisprudence, les pratiques des États et les travaux publiés dans ce domaine. Elle expose les problèmes en jeu et décrit les fondements de l’obligation d’indemniser l’expropriation indirecte, examine si et comment les instruments juridiques et autres textes énoncent la différence entre l’expropriation indirecte et le droit des gouvernements de réglementer sans

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Roundtable on Corporate Responsibility: Encouraging the positive contribution of business to environment - Summary of the Discussion

Summary of the discussion from the Roundtable on Corporate Responsibility which was held on 16 June 2004. It will form part of the forthcoming publication "Annual Report on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: 2004 Edition".

2004/4 - Косвенная экспроприация и право на регулирование в международном инвестиционном праве

This article on "Indirect Expropriation" and the "Right to Regulate" in International Investment Lawwas translated into Russian by Dr. Marina Trunk-Fedorova, LL.M. and published in Die Rechtslage von Auslandsinvestitionen in Transformationslaendern – Legal issues of foreign investment in transition countries. Liber Amicorum to Professor Wolfgang Seiffert, former Director of the Institute of East European Law at the University of

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2004/3 - La norme du traitement juste et équitable dans le droit international des investissements

La présente étude fournit des éléments d’information factuelle sur la jurisprudence, les publications et les pratiques nationales en ce qui concerne la norme du traitement juste et équitable.

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2004/3 - 国际投资法上的公正与公平待遇标准

This document provides factual elements of information on jurisprudence, literature and state practice related to the fair and equitable treatment standard. It examines the origins of the standard and its use in international agreements and state practice, its relationship with the minimum standard of international customary law and the elements of its normative content as identified by arbitral tribunals.

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