Assessing sustainable development impacts of investment incentives

Louis Assessing Sustainable Development Impacts of Investment Incentives: A Checklist i trade knowledge network About the Trade Knowledge Network The Trade Knowledge Network is a global collaboration of research institutions across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas working on issues of trade and sustainable development. [...] Coordinated by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the TKN links network members, strengthens capacity and generates new research to assess and address the impact of trade and investment policies on sustainable development. [...] The overarching aim of the TKN is to help ensure that trade and investment contribute to sustainable development, with social development and the environment equitably addressed in trade and investment policies. [...] As a policy research institute dedicated to the effective communication of its findings, the Institute engages decision-makers in government, business, NGOs and other sectors in the development and implementation of policies that are simultaneously beneficial to the global economy, the global environment and to social well-being. [...] Other research outputs include four country case studies looking at investment incentives for the mining and quarrying industry in Vietnam (by the Central Institute for Economic Management, Vietnam), the pharmaceutical industry in Singapore (by the Singapore Institute for International Affairs), the chemical industry in Indonesia (by the Center for Asia Pacific Studies at Gadjah Mada University, I