The World Bank legal papers / / Ibrahim F. I. Shihata.

• VerfasserIn: Shihata, Ibrahim F. I., 1937-
• Place / Publishing House: The Hague, The Netherlands ;, Boston ;, London : : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,, [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (969 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

Table of Contents

Foreword. -- Introductory Chapter: Interpretation as Practised at the World Bank. -- Part One: Issues Related to the Bank's Capital. -- 1. Valuation of IBRD Capital - The 1983 Legal Opinion. -- 2. Developments Related to the Standard of Value of IBRD's Capital and the Subscriptions to IDA. -- 3. Details of Maintenance of Value of the Paid - in Capital Held by the Bank. -- 4. Capital Shares; Preemptive Rights and Calls on Unpaid Capital. -- 5. Use of Currencies of Bank Resources. -- 6. The IBRD Lending Limit and the `Head Room' Issue. -- Part Two: The Bank's Purposes and Limits. -- 7. Authorized Purposes of Bank Loans, Guarantees and Grants. -- 8. Actual Examples of Authorized Activities that Required Legal Consideration and Analysis. -- 9. Political Activity Prohibited. -- 10. Issues of `Governance' in Borrowing Members - The Extent of Their Relevance Under the Bank's Articles of Agreement. -- Part Three: Operational Issues. -- 11. Financing Local Expenditure. -- 12. The Negative Pledge Clause. -- 13. Debt and Debt Service Reduction. -- 14. Legal Questions Related to Adjustment Lending. -- 15. Treatment of IBRD Borrowers in Cases of `Acute Exchange Stringencies' and `Default'. -- 16. Requirement of a Governmental Guarantee of Bank Loans to Entities Other Than a Member Country. -- 17. The Bank's Policy and Practice on External Debt Defaults to International Organizations, Governments and Governmental Institutions - A Descriptive Analysis. -- 18. Guarantees by the Bank of Private Loans. -- 19. The IBRD Graduation Policy. -- 20. State Succession in the Bank - The Case of Yugoslavia. -- 21. Assistance to Non-Members. -- 22. Issues Related to the International Development Association (IDA). -- 23. Issues Related to the Inspection Panel. -- 24. Other Operational Issues. -- Part Four: Organization and Management. -- 25. Role and Status of the Bank's Executive Directors, as a Board and Individually. -- 26. Some Details of Board Procedures. -- 27. Issues of Board-Management Relationship. -- Part Five: Personnel Issues. -- 28. Unilateral changes by the Bank of Employment Terms. -- 29. The Scope of Tax Exemption of `Salaries and Emoluments' under Section 9(B) of Article VII of the Articles of Agreement of the Bank - A Legal Analysis. -- 30. Miscellaneous Personnel Matters. -- Part Six: Cooperation with International Organizations. -- 31. The Relationship between the Bank and the Fund Distinct and Overlapping Responsibilities. -- 32. The Relationship Between the United Nations and the World Bank. -- 33. The World Bank and Human Rights - A Presentation Before the 1993 UN World Conference on Human Rights. -- Part Seven: Miscellaneous Issues. -- 34. Some Legal Aspects of the Bank's Policy on Disclosure of Information. -- 35. Development Committee Issues. -- 36. Establishment by the World Bank of a Subsidiary Under Domestic Law - Legal Issues. -- 37. Other Issues. -- Index. -- Publications by the Author.