prospects inagivendeveloping country. Eachofthebooklets contains a briefaccount ofthecountry, itspeopleandresources, thebasic infrastructure, themannerinwhichitseconomy hasdeveloped overthelast fewyears,itsindustry, thepolicies andprocedures forindustrial licensing andtransfer ofknow-how andthefacilities whichareavailable toanyone interested ininvesting inthecountry. 2.UNIDO: contractual checklist 35.UNIDOiscontinuing itsworkon adraftcontractual checklist forthe elaboration oflong-term collaboration arrangements injointventures, provision ofknow-how, training, management andmarketing inthedevelopment ofprimary andsecondary wood-processing industries. 3.FIDIC: conditions ofcontract 36.FIDICin1989published a"marked-up copy"ofthefourthedition ofits Conditions ofContract forWorksofCivilEngineering Construction (1987) showing changes fromthethirdedition. FIDICalsopublished in1989 aGuide totheuseofthefourthedition.• •A/CN.91336 English Page19 E.WorldBank:Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) 37.Intheprevious report(A/CN.9/324, paras.45and46)itwasreported thattheWorldBankConvention toestablish aMultilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)tookeffecton 12April1988.Theobjective ofMIGA istoencourage theflowofinvestments forproductive purposes amongits membercountries -inparticular, todeveloping countries. MIGAisintended toenhance mutualunderstanding andconfidence between hostGovernments and foreign investors andheighten awareness ofinvestment opportunities. To fulfil1itspurpose, MIGAguarantees eligible investments against losses resulting fromnoncommercia1 risksandcarries outresearch andpromotional activities. AsofJune30,1989theConvention hadbeensignedbyfifteen category one(capital-exporting) countries andfifty-eight category two (capital-importing) countries. Fifty-two signatory Stateshadalsoratified theConvention (TheWorldBankAnnualReport1989). F.PTA:tradeandinvestment 38.ThePTAiscarrying outastudyontradeandinvestment lawsofthePTA memberStates. Thestudywillinvolve thecompilation andanalysis oftrade andinvestment laws.Themainobjective ofthestudyistoprovide a convenient compendium oftheselawsfortheguidance oftraders andinvestors fromwithin andoutside thememberStates. G.Jointventures 1.AALCC: industrial jointventures 39.TheSub-Committee onInternational TradeLawMatters oftheAALCCis continuing itsworkonthelegalframework forindustrial jointventures. At thetwenty-eigth session oftheAALCCheldinNairobi inFebruary 1989the Committee decided tocontinue theworkstarted atitsArushasession (1986) andisnowintheprocess offormulating alegalguideonindustrial joint ventures. 2.ICC:East-West jointventures 40.Theprevious report(A/CN.91324, para.48)announced thattheICChad published aGuideforJointVentures Between SovietStateEnterprises and Western Firms. Thebookwasproduced by ataskforcefromtheICCandthe USSRChamber ofCommerce andIndustry (ICCpublication No.456).Afterthe publication oftheGuidethetaskforcebegananevaluation ontheexperiences ofexisting jointventures. Theevaluation isdesigned toassistinthetask force's formulation ofa moreup-to-date guidetojointventures whichis already underway. The taskforceisfurther considering workonjoint ventures andfreeeconomic zonesandlicensing procedures affecting products. 3.PTA:charter onmultilateral enterprises 41.ThePTASecretariat andtheUnitedNations Centre onTransnational Corporations (CTC)areconducting astudywhichwillbethebasisforthe drafting ofaCharter onMultinational Industrial Enterprises (MIEs). The Charter's mainobjective istopromote crossborderjointventures bythe nationals (juridical andnatural) ofthePTAmemberStatesaswellas intra-State jointventures. TheCharter willaddress suchissuesasA/CN.9/336 English Page20 procedural rulesconcerning theestablishment andapproval ofMIEs,thelegal personality andstatusofthecompanies, minimum conditions whichmustbe met before a company canqualify asanMIEundertheCharter, incentive arrangements, benefits andguarantees tobeaccorded toMIEs,obligations to beimposed on MIEs, dispute settlement procedures,guidelines forthe
**Analysis**
The text appears to be focused on international economic development, specifically on the topics of investment, trade, industry, and joint ventures. It mentions various organizations and initiatives aimed at promoting economic cooperation and investment between countries, as well as the development of industries and industries-related policies.

**Category**
Economic development, Industry, International trade