Foreign direct investment in renewable energy / Michael Stephen Hanni in Transnational Corporations, TRANSCORP 20/2 ([28/08/2015])  

Public ISBD [article]  inTransnational Corporations > TRANSCORP 20/2 [28/08/2015] . - p. 29-66 Titre : Foreign direct investment in renewable energy : trends, drivers and determinants Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Michael Stephen Hanni, Auteur ; Thomas van Giffen, Auteur ; Ralf Krüger ; Hafiz Mirza Année de publication : 2015 Article en page(s) : p. 29-66 Langues : Anglais (eng) Tags : IDE  Energies renouvelables Résumé : Technology and finance have emerged as critical factors in the transition to a low-carbon economy, and thereby in international climate change negotiations. A potential source of such resources, that is already having an impact in countries around the world through foreign direct investment (FDI), is transnational corporations (TNCs). The scale and scope of this phenomenon remains under research, including sector-specific drivers pushing firms to invest abroad and the determinants leading to investments in specific host economies. This paper seeks to shed light on these issues through an analysis of FDI in renewable electricity generation and the manufacture of related equipment. FDI in these areas has grown tremendously over the period 2003–2010. Using a framework developed in the World Investment Report 2010, the contribution of various drivers and determinants are discussed as they relate to the observed trends in FDI. The findings suggest that those governments seeking to target FDI as a source of external climate change finance must be mindful in particular of the motivations of the investors they are targeting, as well as the state of their domestic energy policies. En ligne : http://unctad.org/en/Docs/unctaddiaeia2011v202_en.pdf [article] Foreign direct investment in renewable energy : trends, drivers and determinants [texte imprimé] / Michael Stephen Hanni, Auteur ; Thomas van Giffen, Auteur ; Ralf Krüger ; Hafiz Mirza . - 2015 . - p. 29-66. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Transnational Corporations > TRANSCORP 20/2 [28/08/2015] . - p. 29-66 Tags : IDE  Energies renouvelables Résumé : Technology and finance have emerged as critical factors in the transition to a low-carbon economy, and thereby in international climate change negotiations. A potential source of such resources, that is already having an impact in countries around the world through foreign direct investment (FDI), is transnational corporations (TNCs). The scale and scope of this phenomenon remains under research, including sector-specific drivers pushing firms to invest abroad and the determinants leading to investments in specific host economies. This paper seeks to shed light on these issues through an analysis of FDI in renewable electricity generation and the manufacture of related equipment. FDI in these areas has grown tremendously over the period 2003–2010. Using a framework developed in the World Investment Report 2010, the contribution of various drivers and determinants are discussed as they relate to the observed trends in FDI. The findings suggest that those governments seeking to target FDI as a source of external climate change finance must be mindful in particular of the motivations of the investors they are targeting, as well as the state of their domestic energy policies. En ligne : http://unctad.org/en/Docs/unctaddiaeia2011v202_en.pdf

Responsible agricultural investment / Hafiz Mirza in Transnational Corporations, TRANSCORP 22/2 ([14/08/2015])  

Public ISBD [article]  inTransnational Corporations > TRANSCORP 22/2 [14/08/2015] . - 25-70 Titre : Responsible agricultural investment : drawing upon best practices in existing initiatives Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Hafiz Mirza, Auteur ; Zoe Goodman, Auteur ; Atrid Agostini Année de publication : 2015 Article en page(s) : 25-70 Langues : Anglais (eng) Tags : Agriculture  Investissements  Secteur privé  Alternatives Résumé : Since the mid-2000s, private sector investment in agriculture – both domestic and foreign – has been on the increase. Studies on this trend find mixed results, both positive and negative consequences for local communities, depending on conditions and circumstances. In response, there has been a multiplication of principles, guidelines or benchmarks for investors and host governments which aim to mitigate the negative impacts of large-scale agricultural investments, while maximizing positive outcomes. This paper contributes to the ongoing discussions on principles for responsible agricultural investments (RAI) by assessing how RAI principles can draw upon best practices from existing initiatives. To facilitate the discussion, we first propose a typology for categorizing initiates to regulate investment in agriculture. Then we assess the best practices in ten key areas that RAI principles should consider. En ligne : http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/diaeia2014d3_en.pdf [article] Responsible agricultural investment : drawing upon best practices in existing initiatives [texte imprimé] / Hafiz Mirza, Auteur ; Zoe Goodman, Auteur ; Atrid Agostini . - 2015 . - 25-70. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Transnational Corporations > TRANSCORP 22/2 [14/08/2015] . - 25-70 Tags : Agriculture  Investissements  Secteur privé  Alternatives Résumé : Since the mid-2000s, private sector investment in agriculture – both domestic and foreign – has been on the increase. Studies on this trend find mixed results, both positive and negative consequences for local communities, depending on conditions and circumstances. In response, there has been a multiplication of principles, guidelines or benchmarks for investors and host governments which aim to mitigate the negative impacts of large-scale agricultural investments, while maximizing positive outcomes. This paper contributes to the ongoing discussions on principles for responsible agricultural investments (RAI) by assessing how RAI principles can draw upon best practices from existing initiatives. To facilitate the discussion, we first propose a typology for categorizing initiates to regulate investment in agriculture. Then we assess the best practices in ten key areas that RAI principles should consider. En ligne : http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/diaeia2014d3_en.pdf

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