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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Discussion Paper
Discussion Paper
Tokenization of Infrastructure: A blockchain-based solution to financing sustainable infrastructure
This reports presents how tokenization can address some of the fundamental challenges of financing sustainable infrastructure projects.
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Report
Report
Leveraging Sustainable Finance Leadership in Canada: Opportunities to align financial policies to support clean growth and a sustainable Canadian economy
Our policy roadmap shares how mandatory climate risk disclosure and actions by the Canadian government and financial actors can empower meaningful climate action.
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Blog
Blog
Why Financing Rural Infrastructure Is Crucial to Achieving Food Security
Financing infrastructure, including roads, storage and localized energy grids, will help provide food security for the millions of people living in hunger worldwide.
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Report
Report
Green Economy Analysis in Georgia: A Sustainable Asset Valuation for the analysis of sustainable infrastructure investments
Georgia’s Green Economy Strategy includes infrastructure investments in agriculture, buildings and the tourism sector. SAVi assesses the investment costs, government revenues and co-benefits of implementing the Green Economy Strategy.
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Report
Report
Lake Dal in Srinagar, India: Application of the Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) methodology for the analysis of conservation options
The report presents the interim results of the SAVi analysis for developing the business case for the long-term conservation of Lake Dal. A hybrid infrastructure solution is most cost-effective for reducing pollution pressures and for generating economic benefits in the region. This solution combines sewage treatment infrastructure upgrades and the construction of an artificial wetland.
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Report
Report
The Sustainable Asset Valuation of the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor in Tanzania (SAGCOT) Initiative: A focus on irrigation
This report discusses the results of the application of the Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) tool to irrigation infrastructure in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor in Tanzania.
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Report
Report
Financing Rural Infrastructure: Priorities and pathways for ending hunger
Read our report to discover how new financial instruments can support a decentralized and robust infrastructure base for farmers, food processors and rural communities.
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Policy Brief
Policy Brief
Financing Rural Infrastructure: Priorities and pathways for ending hunger: Investment in Agriculture Policy Brief #7
Read our policy brief to discover how financing infrastructure will help provide food security for the 821 million people estimated to live in hunger worldwide.
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
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Matthew Bliss
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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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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
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Kieran McDougal
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Sophia Murphy
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Clémence Naré
Outreach Manager and Law Advisor, IGF -
Suzy H. Nikièma
International Law Advisor -
Georg Pallaske
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Oshani Perera
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Francine Picard Mukazi
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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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Doria Shima
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Carin Smaller
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Flavia Thomé
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Laura Turley
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David Uzsoki
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Scott Vaughan
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Vivek Voora
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Laurin Wuennenberg
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Juan Zhang
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Joe Zhang
Law Advisor