Legal Regime of Foreign Private Investment in Sudan and Saudi Arabia
Although developing countries require foreign investment for growth, investors often encounter a range of obstacles in the existing economic order. This comparative study of two developing countries with similar socio-ethnic backgrounds—the Sudan and Saudi Arabia—considers how international and Islamic law have evolved in new directions in post-Soviet years. Topics include incentives and facilities for foreign investors, investment treaties, investment insurance programs and remedies for...
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Revised edition considers incentives and facilities, investment treaties, investment insurance programmes, and remedies for aggrieved investors.
PrefacePreface to the first editionAbbreviationsGlossary of Arabic words usedTable of casesTable of statutesTable of treatiesPt. ICertain preliminary issues1Foreign investment in politico-economic perspective32Prerequisites for the admission of investments263Impediments to foreign investment55Pt. IIEncouragement and protection: form and content4Legal incentives855Unilateral guarantees1146Investment treaties: bilateral and multilateral1437Investment insurance programmes1968Assessment of compensation2639Economic development agreements306Pt. IIIRemedies10Settlement of investment disputes37311Unilateral sanctions by home states43112General appraisal439Notes446Select bibliography529Index546
