IISD's Economic Law and Policy Program (brochure)
IISD’s Economic Law and Policy Program focuses on the areas of economic policy-making that promise some of the greatest gains for equitable growth and environmental sustainability: investment, finance, trade, government procurement, and various forms of industrial policy.
We identify the key economic and legal policies in need of reform, and pinpoint those policies most ripe for change.
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