This paper provides an overview of the Russian Federation’s default history, the legal characteristics of the bonds, and potential issues for litigation should a default materialize. The paper’s main argument...
Short-term debt exposes firms to credit supply shocks and liquidity risk. Short-term debt can also reduce potential agency conflicts between managers and shareholders by exposing managers to more frequent...
The purpose of this report is to conduct a comparative analysis of the procedure for resolving small claims in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and provide recommendations to improve it, based on lessons learned...
The purpose of this report is to conduct a comparative analysis of the procedure for resolving small claims in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and provide recommendations to improve it, based on lessons learned...
What sorts of conditions make some countries more prone to corruption than the others? This is an important question for understanding how corruption arises and how to combat it. The present paper attempts...
This study of transferrable development rights (TDRs) has been produced as part of the work undertaken for the World Bank advisory services and analytics of Land Sector Emerging Issues Project for Turkey...
The quality of the public procurement system of an economy can have far-reaching effects on the private sector. This paper empirically explores several of these effects using two rich data sets. An overall...
Governments around the world have turned to public-private partnerships (PPPs) to design, finance, build, and operate infrastructure projects. Government capabilities to prepare, procure, and manage such...
Governments around the world have turned to public-private partnerships (PPPs) to design, finance, build, and operate infrastructure projects. Government capabilities to prepare, procure, and manage such...
Governments around the world have turned to public-private partnerships (PPPs) to design, finance, build, and operate infrastructure projects. Government capabilities to prepare, procure, and manage such...
The twelfth joint United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)-International Insolvency Law Colloquium (INSOL)-World Bank Multinational Judicial Colloquium was held in Sydney on 18 and...
This paper investigates whether legal reforms intended to create a market-friendly regulatory business environment have a positive impact on economic and financial outcomes. After conducting a critical...
The authors show that court enforcement uncertainty hinders economic development using sharp variation in judiciaries across Native American reservations in the United States. Congressional legislation...
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are now being used in many countries to develop infrastructure projects. The complexity and sophistication of PPP transactions, and the fact that they are often heavily...
It is argued that compared with large countries, small countries rely more on trade and therefore they are more likely to adopt liberal trading policies. The present paper extends this idea beyond the...
This Land Acquisition and Resettlement Policy Framework will apply to all Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) community projects including the World Bank assisted Inner City Basic Services for the Poor...
Using a newly compiled database of women's property rights and legal capacity covering 100 countries over 50 years, this paper analyzes the triggers and barriers to reform. The database documents gender...
This handbook is designed as a how-to manual that guides practitioners as they grapple with the strategic, organizational, investigative, and legal challenges of recovering assets that have been stolen...
This handbook is designed as a how-to manual that guides practitioners as they grapple with the strategic, organizational, investigative, and legal challenges of recovering assets that have been stolen...
This study reviews the initial results of efforts by the Federal Court of Malaysia to improve judicial performance, especially in the areas of backlog and delay reduction. It was written at the request...