Publishing Institution: Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment / Political Geography: Global Focus

Author:: Columbia Centre on Sustainable Investment
Publication Date:: 03-2016
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Abstract:: Agricultural investment contracts can be complex, with complicated provisions that are difficult to understand. This Guide provides explanations for a range of common provisions, and includes a Glossary of legal and technical terms. It assists non-lawyers in better understanding agricultural investment contracts, such as those available on OpenLandContracts.org. The Guide was prepared by International Senior Lawyers Project staff and volunteers in collaboration with the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment.
Topic:: Agriculture and International Affairs
Political Geography:: Global Focus

Author:: Aaron Cosbey
Publication Date:: 12-2015
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Abstract:: While there has been a strong tendency in resource rich countries to push for more stringent local content regulations, the mining sector is looking to move towards increased automation. In this study titled “Mining a Mirage: Reassessing the Shared-Value Paradigm in Light of the Technological Advances in the Mining Sector,” CCSI, IISD and Engineers Without Borders researched the technological innovations that are being developed, assessing when these technologies could be rolled out, and quantifying the potential impacts automation may have on local employment and procurement and on the shared value paradigm. The objective was to better understand how governments could adapt local content, industrial and fiscal policies in order to better prepare for and embrace technological advances in the mining sector.
Topic:: International Affairs
Political Geography:: Global Focus

Author:: Lise Johnson
Publication Date:: 02-2014
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Abstract:: This paper, prepared in connection with a February 2014 conference organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa, discusses some of the implications that investment treaties have for investments in infrastructure and the extractive industries. It focuses on liability for government conduct (1) in connection with tenders and negotiations; (2) when responding to questions regarding the legality of the investment; (3) in using performance requirements to leverage benefits and capture spillovers from the investment; (4) changing the legal framework governing an investment in response to evolving needs, circumstances, and interests; (5) administering the investment; and (6) requesting, and responding to requests for, renegotiation. After describing some investment treaty disputes, this paper concludes by outlining options for addressing and minimizing tensions between investment treaties and government policies and practices in these areas.
Topic:: International Political Economy and Foreign Direct Investment
Political Geography:: Global Focus

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