概要

This handbook from the International Institude on Environment and Development (IIED) provides advice and analysis on the role of legal structures and tools in ensuring international investment contributes to sustainable development in low- and middle-income countries, with a focus on agricultre and extractives. The authors take an integrated approach, examining areas of law usually treated separately in order to refelct the sustainable development lense which suggests that: decisions on investment and public policies reflect both local and national priorities; investment deals are economically 'fair'; foreign investment addresses social and environmental, as well as economic issues; and investment promotion policies are correcly thought through.