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Opening up land contracts
… them. A new online resource is seeking to change this by making contracts for land deals available.  IIED has previously scrutinised the land deals between states and investors. Our report … regulate matters that one would expect to be governed by national law – such as taxation or environmental standards, as this report (PDF) …
Blog, 20 October 2015
New online database of investment contracts hailed as a "game changer"
… database will contain the details of publicly available investment contracts for large-scale land, agriculture, and forestry projects from … step forward and a "potential game-changer" for people wanting to scrutinise investments in the land and agriculture sector.  He will also … Cotula authored a report, ' Democratising international investment law ', which reviewed current efforts to make international investment …
News, 06 October 2015
IIED research and evidence in academia
… in Special Economic Zones: between unilateralism and transnational law diffusion (2021), Journal of International Economic Law This … and action after COVID-19. Featuring IIED's Lorenzo Cotula .  2020 Scrutinizing impact investment in sustainable fisheries  … and measured. Featuring IIED's Annabelle Bladon . Investment contracts and international law: charting a research agenda (2020), …
Article, 23 September 2020
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How to scrutinise a production sharing agreement
… guide discusses the provisions of a particular type of oil and gas contract, the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA). While the guide is … proved invaluable at two training sessions on extractive industry contracts co-organised by IIED in Central Asia (with Kazakhstan Revenue Watch) and in Ghana (with the Centre for Public Interest Law). … 16031IIED … 16031IIED … Ingilab Ahmadov … Anton Artemyev … Kenan …
Publication, 01 April 2012
Legal tools: sharing lessons from innovation
… includes making use of investor and company grievance mechanisms to scrutinising international investment treaties, contracts and arbitration. Through approaches such as paralegal … IIED Report |  en français Catalysing famers' influence in shaping law reform: experience from Senegal,  Ndèye Coumba Diouf (2015), IIED …
Article, 09 October 2014
Human rights should be at the heart of investment policy making
… of expression and assembly, are essential for citizens to be able to scrutinise and influence investment policy making. The United Nations' … also feature an addendum that contains Principles for Responsible Contracts (PDF) , which provides guidance on how to integrate human … to respect' those rights come directly into contact. Unbalanced law promotes unfair investments Yet, human rights are rarely factored …
Blog, 20 October 2014
Development finance and land rights: how we can do better
… commercial lending. Now more than ever, DFIs should very carefully scrutinise proposed projects and ensure environmental and social issues … for affected people in their relations with DFI clients Reviewing the contracts project developers may have signed with the host government or … … Lorenzo Cotula … Brendan Schwartz … Land acquisitions and rights … Law … Development finance and land rights: how we can do better …
Blog, 22 March 2019
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Legal Tools for Citizen Empowerment: Strengthening rights and voices in natural resource investment
… making use of investor and company grievance mechanisms, through to scrutinising international investment treaties, contracts and arbitration. … G03860 … G03860 … Lorenzo Cotula … Natural resource management … Law … Legal Tools for Citizen Empowerment: Strengthening rights and …
Publication, 01 November 2014