"BIT Provisions by Category"
"Annex Table 3a.1"

Dimension,Definition,BIT provisions included
Entry,Describes entry rules for foreign investors,Admission vs. establishment
,,Non-economic standards
,,Investment-related funds
Treatment,Describes treatment given to foreign investors against domestic ones. ,National treatment
,,Most favoured nation
,,Public interest obligation (*)
Scope,"Describes definition of investment, jurisdiction and duration of treaty",Definition of investment
,,Umbrella clause
,,Temporal scope of application
,,Exception clause (*)
,,Performance requirements (*)
Expropriation,Arrangements for host States to take over foreign assets.,Fair and equitable treatment
,,Direct and indirect expropriation
Dispute mechanism ,,Access to arbitration (*)
,,ISA transparency (*)

"BIT = bilateral investment treaty, ISA = investor–state arbitration."
"*New available provisions in ADB’s (Regional Cooperation and Integration Division, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department) International Investment
Agreement Database, not covered in Chaisse and Bellak (2015)."


"Source: ADB compilation based on Desbordes (2016) and Chaisse (2020)."

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