Forward and overview / Susan Rose-Ackerman -- Public Sector Performance, Development, and Public Participation. Improving public sector performance in developing countries: Practice meets scholarship -- The strength of weak effects -- Finance, state-owned enterprise, and development: A...

The effects of Bilateral Investment Treaties on FDI and the domestic business environment remain unexplored despite the proliferation of treaties over the past several years. This paper explores the objectives and possible consequences of BITs. Specifically, it asks whether BITs stimulate FDI...