Economic Law and Policy
About Economic Law and Policy
Our experts focus on areas of economic policy-making that are 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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Blog
Blog
What Do Bears and Smartphones Have in Common?
The challenge that electronics hibernation poses to the circular economy.
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Commentary
Commentary
Reply to Public Consultation on Canada's International Investment Agreements (FIPAs)
The Canadian government launched a public consultation on Canada’s foreign investment promotion and protection agreements (FIPAs) on August 14, 2018. This commentary outlines IISD's reply.
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Blog
Blog
WTO Survival Uncertain as Ministers Meet in Canada
The WTO faces its most critical test—a reaction to the October 2018 Joint Communiqué as international trade evolves faster than the WTO can move.
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Blog
Blog
Burkina Faso Adopts a New Agricultural Investment Code: How does it contribute to sustainable development?
The strengths and growth potential of Burkina Faso's new Agricultural Investment Code.
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Newsletter
Newsletter
Investment Treaty News (ITN), Volume 9, Issue 3, October 2018
Investment Treaty News (ITN) is IISD’s flagship journal on international investment law and policy.
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Book
Book
International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from the 2010s
This e-book features 10 summaries and analyses of decisions rendered between 2011 and 2018 by arbitral tribunals in treaty-based investor–state arbitration cases having sustainable development implications.
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Blog
Blog
Nordhaus Nobel Recognizes What We've Long Known: Carbon pricing works
In 1984, Nordhaus concluded climate change is real, its impacts are global and comparable to economic depression, and it's likely to occur in sudden jolts.
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Report
Report
Local Content Policies in the Mining Sector: Stimulating direct local employment
The paper, focused on stimulating direct local employment, is part of a set of expert documents to substantiate the IGF Guidance for Governments on local content policies, released in July 2018.
Our experts
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Andrea Bassi
Senior Associate -
Steffany Bermúdez
Data Collection and Analysis Specialist -
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
Associate, Agriculture and Investment Advisor -
Liesbeth Casier
Project Officer -
Stacy Corneau
Media and Communications Officer -
Aaron Cosbey
Senior Associate -
Mohamed Coulibaly
Associate -
Joy De Los Reyes
Program Assistant, Economic Law and Policy -
Joëlle Deschambault
Project Administrator -
Tristan Easton
Project Manager -
Mark Halle
Senior Fellow -
Veena Jha
Associate -
Cristina Larrea
Sustainability Standards Workstream Lead -
Howard Mann
Associate & Senior International Law Advisor -
Kieran McDougal
Associate -
Sophia Murphy
Senior Specialist, Agriculture and Investment -
Thomas A. Myers
Senior Fellow -
Clémence Naré
Outreach and Engagement Manager, IGF -
Suzy H. Nikièma
International Law Advisor -
Georg Pallaske
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Oshani Perera
Director, Public Procurement and Infrastructure Finance -
Francine Picard Mukazi
Associate -
Sandra Polaski
Senior Fellow -
Greg Radford
Director, IGF -
Isabelle Ramdoo
Senior Associate and Development Economist -
Alexandra Readhead
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Marina Ruete
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Carin Smaller
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Flavia Thomé
Senior Operations Manager -
Laura Turley
Associate -
David Uzsoki
Project Officer -
Scott Vaughan
President and Chief Executive Officer -
Vivek Voora
Associate -
Laurin Wuennenberg
Researcher, Innovation -
Simon Zadek
Senior Fellow and Associate -
Juan Zhang
Associate, China Representative -
Joe Zhang
Law Advisor