International investment arrangements

The past few years saw a proliferation of international investment agreements (IIAs) at the bilateral, regional and interregional levels, presenting new challenges for policymakers. As global economic integration becomes ever deeper, managing the impacts of integration on the domestic economy becomes more complex and the challenges greater. This paper provides an overview of some of the issues that arise as countries seek to ensure policy coherence in the face of a complex network of overlapping IIA provisions. --Publisher's description.