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In December 2025, President Noboa signed a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that re‑introduces ISDS into a legal order which, since 2008, has constitutionally ...

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CCSI was commissioned by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to organize a series of sessions ...

Leila Kazemi is a political economist and governance expert who has been leading CCSI’s work on the Politics of Extractive Industries, a multi-year project grappling with the ways in which power, ...

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To attract foreign direct investment and maximize its contribution to the sustainable development objectives of a country, clear government policies are needed to guide and inform the planning, ...

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