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World Bank Legal Review : International Financial Institutions and Global Legal Governance.
Title:
World Bank Legal Review : International Financial Institutions and Global Legal Governance.
Author:
Cissé, Hassane.
ISBN:
9780821388648
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (543 pages)
Series:
Law, Justice, and Development
Contents:
Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction: Global Administrative Law in the Institutional Practice of Global Regulatory Governance -- Part I Law of International Organizations: Issues Confronting IFIs -- The Reform of the Governance of the IFIs: A Critical Assessment -- Should the Political Prohibition in Charters of International Financial Institutions Be Revisited? The Case of the World Bank -- International Financial Institutions and Claims of Private Parties: Immunity Obliges -- Squaring the Concept of Immunity with the Fundamental Right to a Fair Trial: The Case of the OAS -- Responsibility of International Organizations and the World Bank Inspection Panel: Parallel Tracks Unlikely to Converge? -- Partnerships, Emulation, and Coordination: Toward the Emergence of a Droit Commun in the Field of Development Finance -- Coordinating the Fight against Fraud and Corruption: Agreement on Cross-Debarment among Multilateral Development Banks -- Part II Legal Obligations and Institutions of Developing Countries: Rethinking Approaches of IFIs -- The Rule of Law and Development: In Search of the Holy Grail -- Rethinking Justice Reform in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States: The Capacity of Development Agencies and Lessons from Liberia and Afghanistan -- International Norms and Standards Applicable to Situations of State Fragility and Failure: An Overview -- Legal Obligations and Institutions of Developing Countries: Rethinking Approaches to Forest Governance -- Part III International Finance and the Challenges of Regulatory Governance -- Networks In(-)Action? The Transgovernmental Origins of, and Responses to, the Financial Crisis -- Mitigating the Impact of Financial Crises on the Brazilian Capital Market -- Developments in Climate Finance from Rio to Cancun.

Governing a Fragmented Climate Finance Regime -- Index -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
This book focuses on the legal challenges and opportunities for International Financial Institutions in the post-crisis world. It includes contributions from academics, practitioners and Bank staff. The contributions cover a broad array of issues, included governance reform and constitutional framework of IFIs, privileges and immunities, responsibility of international organizations, issues related to fragile and conflict-affected states, climate finance, and the recent financial crisis. The book is organized in three main areas, namely (i) Law of International Organizations: Issues Confronting IFIs; (ii) Legal Obligations and Institutions of Developing Countries: Rethinking Approaches of IFIs; and (iii) International Finance and the Challenges of Regulatory Governance.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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