Mineral investment and the regulation of the environment in developing countries: Lessons from Ghana

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-24

  Tienhaara, Kyla ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Environmental regulation; Foreign direct investment; Ghana; International arbitration; Mining

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL MINERAL;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33845973372     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-006-9010-6     Document Type: Article

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