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Towards Sustainable Development in Manitoba: Recommendations for Manitoba's Watershed-Based Policy Framework
IISD's recommendations to strengthen proposed programs under Manitoba's Watershed-Based Policy Framework aim for net gains through geographic targeting, an evaluation framework to assess cumulative impacts and value for money, as well as coordination of local level-actions through aligned metrics with other programs related to land and water management.
Manitoba Prairie Lakes: Mass balance budget for nutrient management at Pelican Lake, Manitoba
This study documents the variance and relative importance of different nutrient sources and internal lake processes for a Prairie lake (Pelican Lake, Manitoba).
The Rise of Agricultural Growth Poles in Africa: Investment in Agriculture Policy Brief #6
Africa has seen the emergence of 36 agricultural growth poles and 9 corridors over the past 15 years. They cover at least 3.5 million hectares of land in 23 countries. Ensuring that the new wave of agropoles and growth corridors is effective requires robust policies, laws and practices to ensure that a possible new trend of investment helps Africa achieve the sustainable development goals the continent has set.
Assessing the Impacts of Investment Treaties: Overview of the evidence
Investment treaties grant powerful legal rights to foreign investors. Foreign investors’ ability to frame plausible multimillion-dollar claims against a wide range of host government actions—and the fact that these claims are adjudicated through a system of private arbitration—has made investment treaties controversial. This scoping study seeks to provide an overview and assessment of existing evidence of investment treaties’ impacts.
Sustainable Asset Valuation Tool: Water infrastructure
Technical background document for the Sustainable Asset Valuation Tool of IISD (SAVi) for water infrastructure.
Sustainable Asset Valuation Tool: Roads
Technical background document for the Sustainable Asset Valuation Tool of IISD (SAVi) for road infrastructure.
Sustainable Asset Valuation Tool: Energy infrastructure
Technical background document for the Sustainable Asset Valuation Tool of IISD (SAVi) for energy infrastructure.
Sustainable Asset Valuation Tool: Buildings
Technical background document for the Sustainable Asset Valuation Tool of IISD (SAVi) for buildings.
Investment Treaty News Quarterly (ITN), Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2017
Investment Treaty News (ITN) is IISD’s flagship quarterly journal on international investment law and policy.