Natural resources and sustainable development : international economic law perspectives / edited by Celine Tan, Julio Faundez

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Celine Tan and Julio Faundez -- Investment treaties, natural resources and regulatory space : technical issues and political choice in international investment law / Lorenzo Cotula -- Risky business : political risk insurance and the law and governance of natural resources / Celine Tan -- The extractive industries transparency initiative in Africa : overcoming the resource curse and promoting sustainable development / Emma Wilson and James Van Alstine -- BITs, state regulation and business-related human rights violations in water and sanitation services -- Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Liber Mart�ain, Liber and Juan Justo -- Away from the spotlight : foreign investment in the Afghan extractive sector and the state's duty to protect the right to water / Daria Davitti -- The governance of natural resources in Latin America : the commodities consensus and the policy space conundrum / Julio Faundez -- Transferring wealth, developing poverty / Christiana Ochoa -- Situating the Amazon in world politics / Manuela Picq -- Tropical forests, climate change and green governmentality / Sam Adelman -- The role of law in the economy and in regulating natural resources and environmental protection in China / John McEldowney -- Natural resources and global value chains : what role for the WTO? / Fiona Smith -- Sustainable chemical regulation in a global environment / Sharron McEldowney -- Litigation against multinational oil companies in their home state jurisdictions : an alternative legal response to pollution damage in foreign jurisdictions / David Ong -- The public interest in international investment arbitration on natural resources / Claire Buggenhoudt.