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South-South Bilateral Investment Treaties: The same old story?

By Mahnaz Malik on March 16, 2011

Today, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) between developing countries account for approximately 26 per cent of the total number of BITs, and with enhanced South-South economic cooperation and greater regional integration, this number is likely to grow.

The paper examines trends in and characteristic of South-South BITs in order to establish whether and to what extent they follow the North-South European BITs template, and to identify those features and developments unique to the South-South BITs.

Report details

Topic
Investment Law & Policy
Focus area
Economies
Publisher
IISD
Copyright
IISD, 2011