The Joint Initiative on Investment Facilitation: Developments from 2020 and the road ahead to MC12

The document updates the progress of investment facilitation talks within the WTO, reviewing the streamlined texts from early 2020 and the revised draft texts as of February 2021, while considering the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on governance and investment.

• The briefing tracks the progress of investment facilitation negotiations among WTO members, specifically reviewing the transition from the streamlined text released in early 2020 to the informal consolidated and revised draft texts available as of February 2021.
• The analysis incorporates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on both the governance processes of these negotiations and the actual flow of investments.

APA

Campos,, S. B. B.-O. L. (2021). The Joint Initiative on Investment Facilitation: Developments from 2020 and the road ahead to MC12. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/joint-initiative-investment-facilitation

Chicago

Campos,, Sofia Baliño,Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder,Soledad Leal. The Joint Initiative on Investment Facilitation: Developments from 2020 and the road ahead to MC12. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2021. https://www.iisd.org/publications/joint-initiative-investment-facilitation.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{campos2021joint, author = {Campos,, Sofia Baliño,Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder,Soledad Leal}, title = {{The Joint Initiative on Investment Facilitation: Developments from 2020 and the road ahead to MC12}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2021}, month = apr, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/joint-initiative-investment-facilitation}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }