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Enabling Foreign Direct Investment in the Renewable Energy Sector: Reducing Regulatory Risks and Preventing Investor-State Conflicts

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.contributor.authorEnergy Charter Secretariat
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-26T12:35:35Z
dc.date.available2023-07-26T12:35:35Z
dc.date.issued2023-07-26
dc.description.abstractIncreasing private investment is critical to meeting the growing energy needs in developing countries. Foreign direct investment (FDI) can contribute significantly—by bridging the financing gap but also by facilitating knowledge and technology transfer. A key factor impeding the ability of countries to attract and retain FDI is political risk - more specifically, a subset of political risks—risks caused by government’s own regulatory actions. Such risks can also lead to costly legal disputes between investors and states. This report explores these risks in the renewable energy (power generation) sector, the prevalence of investor-state disputes associated with such risks, the fiscal and reputational implications of disputes, and policy options for governments to prevent themen
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099701404112329298/IDU0c75e7e5c03eef04e9808a010465c21da0408
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40087
dc.identifier.isbn978-905948-246-3 (pdf)
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40087
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderThe World Bank Group and the Energy Charter Secretariat
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subjectFDI
dc.subjectRENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR
dc.subjectREGULATORY RISKS
dc.subjectINVESTOR-STATE CONFLICTS
dc.titleEnabling Foreign Direct Investment in the Renewable Energy Sectoren
dc.title.subtitleReducing Regulatory Risks and Preventing Investor-State Conflictsen
dc.typeReport
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.date.disclosure2023-07-26
okr.date.lastmodified2023-04-11T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeReport
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099701404112329298/IDU0c75e7e5c03eef04e9808a010465c21da0408
okr.guid099701404112329298
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-c75e7e5c-3eef-4e98-8a01-465c21da0408
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40087
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34039141
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34039141
okr.identifier.report181323
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099701404112329298/pdf/IDU0c75e7e5c03eef04e9808a010465c21da0408.pdfen
okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Foreign Direct Investment
okr.topicEnergy::Renewable Energy
okr.unitTechnical and Environment Department
okr.unitIFC
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