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

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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.
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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.

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