Foreign Direct Investment and the Law: Perspectives from Selected African Countries
- ISBN-10
- 1485135621
- ISBN-13
- 9781485135623
- Pages
- 298
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
- Publisher
- Juta
- Authors
- Tracy Gutuza, Debbie Collier, Silindile Buthelezi
Description
This collective volume focuses on foreign direct investment and the law in Africa, with an emphasis on the effects of the Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Contents: Foreword, abbreviations and editors' introduction (Professor Sir Jeffrey Jowell QC); Bilateral investment treaties: has South Africa chartered a new course? (Dennis M. Davis); Legal protection of property under the Protection of Investment Act 22 of 2015 (Charlotte-Sophie Picker); The Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area: will it spur foreign direct investment in Africa? (Malebakeng Agnes Forere); Foreign direct investment and the rule of law in Africa in the context of legal integration (Salvatore Mancuso & Sara Rigazio); Is there a positive relationship between investment policies and inward foreign direct investment flows? A study of Nigeria and Guinea-Bissau (Sinikiwe Mzezewa & Luck Mavhuru); Approaches to investor state dispute resolution in Eastern Africa: Rwanda, Kenya and Mauritius (Lise Bosman & Susan Kimani); The relationship between tax incentives and human rights obligations in the drive to attract foreign direct investment: are developing countries in Africa getting it right? (Afton Titus & Tracy Gutuza); Labour standards and foreign direct investment: a perspective on the export-oriented garment sectors in selected sub-Saharan African countries (Debbie Collier & Shane Godfrey); Conclusion; Appendix: Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area. [ASC Leiden abstract].
