2018 Reports

Investment facilitation: leaving the past behind

Hees, Felipe; Moraes, Henrique Choer; Mendonça Cavalcante, Pedro; Barreto da Rocha Paranhos, Pedro

WTO discussions on investment facilitation have drawn attention to an issue that directly contributes to improving domestic governance, without reviving the negative experience of past multilateral investment discussions. This Perspective advances this conversation with elements from the Brazilian experience with signing investment agreements, in which facilitation is a key feature.