Economic Law and Policy
About Economic Law and Policy
Our experts focus on areas of economic policy-making essential to sustainable development, including investment, trade, public procurement and infrastructure finance and sustainability standards.
Our sector-specific work focuses on agriculture and mining in developing countries, given the urgency of the reforms needed and the impact on sustainable development.
IISD also serves as the secretariat to the Intergovermental Forum on Mining, Minerals Metals and Sustainable Development, a member-driven organization providing governments the opportunity to work collectively to achieve their sustainable mining goals.
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Report
Report
Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) of the Contournement de Rabat (Morocco)
IISD has carried out an economic and financial assessment of different risk scenarios of the contournement de Rabat, the bypass road in Morocco. The assessment included the valuation of different externalities related to the road project.
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Blog
Blog
How Can Sustainability Standards Contribute to Empowering Women’s Food Security?
Food security is an intersectional issue and development organizations can use voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) to contribute to empowering women’s food security in agriculture.
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Report
Report
Leveraging Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Agriculture: A Guide for Development Organizations Based on the Sustainable Development Goals
Our report, available in English and French, explains how voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) can be used as a tool to meet the SDGs and targets related to gender equality and women’s empowerment in agriculture.
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Policy Brief
Policy Brief
The Farmer and Her Husband: Legal innovations for women in contract farming
Read our policy brief to learn how contracts, if designed with women’s interests in mind, can help foster more balanced relationships between farmers and buyers, as well as female farmers and their husbands.
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Report
Report
SADC-IISD Investment Facilitation Workshop
Report of the meeting held August 21–23, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Report
Report
Survey on Developing Country Investment Treaty Negotiations
At the suggestion of participants at the 11th Annual Forum of Developing Country Investment Negotiators, IISD produced a survey of developing country government officials on investment negotiations...
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Report
Report
2018 IGF Annual Report
The IGF 2018 annual report dives into our commitment to making sure mining’s benefits are not just shared but leveraged for sustainable development by our 69 member countries.
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Blog
Blog
As Members Debate WTO Reform, What Lies Ahead for 2019?
The international trade community is returning to action in what promises to be a jam-packed year that could set the stage for an overhaul of the World Trade Organization.
Our experts
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Céline Bak
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Sofia Baliño
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Andrea Bassi
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Steffany Bermúdez
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Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Group Director, Economic Law & Policy -
Matthew Bliss
Deputy Director, Programs, IGF -
Jonathan Bonnitcha
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Martin Dietrich Brauch
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Sarah Brewin
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Liesbeth Casier
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Stacy Corneau
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Aaron Cosbey
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Mohamed Coulibaly
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Alec Crawford
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Joy De Los Reyes
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Joëlle Deschambault
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Tristan Easton
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Mark Halle
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Veena Jha
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Cristina Larrea
Sustainability Standards Workstream Lead -
Howard Mann
Associate & Senior International Law Advisor -
Kieran McDougal
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Sophia Murphy
Senior Specialist, Agriculture and Investment -
Clémence Naré
Outreach Manager and Law Advisor, IGF -
Suzy H. Nikièma
International Law Advisor -
Georg Pallaske
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Oshani Perera
Director, Public Procurement and Infrastructure Finance -
Francine Picard Mukazi
Policy Advisor -
Sandra Polaski
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Greg Radford
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Isabelle Ramdoo
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Alexandra Readhead
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Marina Ruete
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Sanaa Bouchikhi
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Carin Smaller
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Flavia Thomé
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Laura Turley
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David Uzsoki
Senior Advisor, Sustainable Finance and Infrastructure -
Vivek Voora
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Laurin Wuennenberg
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Juan Zhang
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Joe Zhang
Law Advisor