2023 Reports

The limits of capacity building for investment contract negotiations

Sauvant, Karl P.; Tsang, Vanessa S. W.; Wells, Louis T.

Efforts to build specialized skills in government for negotiating international investment contracts often have little value for reasons discussed in this Perspective; even private firms hire advisors for skills needed infrequently. However, the Perspective proposes special circumstances and broader topics for which capacity building is likely to be useful.