Sovereign Finance And The Poverty Of Nations
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Sovereign Finance And The Poverty Of Nations
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Author : Yvonne Wong
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2012-05-01
Sovereign Finance And The Poverty Of Nations written by Yvonne Wong and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-01 with Business & Economics categories.
''Yvonne Wong''s book is one of the best treatments of the Odious Debt problem in the literature. It is thorough, balanced and yet manages to be creative. I have already used an early version in my International Debt class and the discussions that were generated were excellent. For anyone seeking to tackle this age old problem, I highly recommend this book.'' Mitu Gulati, Duke University, US''With some excellent historical research and important analysis of "odious debt" accumulation and sovereign debt restructuring mechanisms in modern times, this book is placing the issue of "odious debt" at the heart of International law. Thus, it will prove an indispensable companion to any scholar or policy-maker who wishes to gain a multi-prismatic understanding of "odious debt" illegality and its implications for the welfare of entire nations.'' Emilios Avgouleas, University of Edinburgh, UK''Whenever a strict application of the law produces a result that is at variance with a general sense of what is morally right, trouble is surely in the offing. This is the central thesis of Yvonne Wong''s Sovereign Finance and the Poverty of Nations. When is it legally permissible, when is it ethically acceptable, for a sovereign borrower to disavow a debt incurred in the name of the sovereign state, but not for its (or its citizens'') benefit? And if debts incurred by unscrupulous politicians in one era can be disowned by their successors later on under gauzy notions of "illegitimacy" or "odiousness", what will prevent future unscrupulous politicians from casually dishonoring sovereign obligations that they would just prefer not to pay? These are deep waters, legally and morally. Wong has given us a fascinating insight into one of the most disquieting issues in international financial law.'' Lee C. Buchheit, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, US''This book provides a very valuable contribution to the discussion about odious debts in that it, quite successfully, structures the often rather elusive argumentation. By developing a new and stringent approach to the emergence of a valid legal concept of odious debts, the author presents a fresh perspective to its underlying evaluations and allows, thus, a re-consideration of the need for effective rules in this context. This book will certainly influence fundamentally the future debate of odious debts.'' Christoph G. Paulus, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Germany''Saddam Hussein was overthrown and executed, but his successors to power are still liable for the debts that he contracted for the nation. Odious regimes can create debts without consent or benefit of their citizens who must subsequently repay them. This fact puzzles both international law specialists and intellectuals who read magazines like The Economist. Theresult seems wrong, but the right solution is elusive. Yvonne Wong''s important and timely book solves some of the puzzles by using methods and theories from international law, economics, and political science. It explains the law and politics inherent in sovereign debt arrangements, and proposes a new legal framework for odious debt.'' From the foreword by Robert CooterNational debts incurred by illegitimate regimes against the best interests of the citizens is a serious problem of international economics and politics. These sovereign debts, often referred to as odious debts, deplete the public purse and create an ongoing financial liability that serves to constrain investment and economic growth, and conspires to keep millions in poverty. This important and timely book explains the legal principles and politics involved in the issue of odious debts, and sovereign debt arrangements more generally. The author goes beyond abstract arguments and proposes legal rules and international regulation that should be put in place to create the right incentives to stop the transmission of odious debts. Her proposal is for a registration scheme for sovereign debt, and the imposition of positive duties on financiers who provide loans to sovereign borrowers.Sovereign Finance and the Poverty of Nations will appeal to students, academics, debtactivists, policymakers, international finance practitioners and anyone with a general interest in sovereign finance affairs.
Making Sovereign Financing And Human Rights Work
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Author : Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-12-01
Making Sovereign Financing And Human Rights Work written by Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-01 with Law categories.
Poor public resource management and the global financial crisis curbing fundamental fiscal space, millions thrown into poverty, and authoritarian regimes running successful criminal campaigns with the help of financial assistance are all phenomena that raise fundamental questions around finance and human rights. They also highlight the urgent need for more systematic and robust legal and economic thinking about sovereign finance and human rights. This edited collection aims to contribute to filling this gap by introducing novel legal theories and analyses of the links between sovereign debt and human rights from a variety of perspectives. These chapters include studies of financial complicity, UN sanctions, ethics, transitional justice, criminal law, insolvency proceedings, millennium development goals, global financial architecture, corporations, extraterritoriality, state of necessity, sovereign wealth and hedge funds, project financing, state responsibility, international financial institutions, the right to development, UN initiatives, litigation, as well as case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America. These chapters are then theorised by the editors in an introductory chapter. In July 2012 the UN Human Rights Council finally issued its own guidelines on foreign debt and human rights, yet much remains to be done to promote better understanding of the legal and economic implications of the interface between finance and human rights. This book will contribute to that understanding as well as help practitioners in their everyday work. The authors include world-renowned lawyers and economists, experienced practitioners and officials from international organisations.
The Poverty Of Nations
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Author : William W. Murdoch
language : en
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press
Release Date : 1980
The Poverty Of Nations written by William W. Murdoch and has been published by Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Business & Economics categories.
The Public Wealth Of Nations
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Author : D. Detter
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-02-05
The Public Wealth Of Nations written by D. Detter and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-05 with Social Science categories.
We have spent the last three decades engaged in a pointless and irrelevant debate about the relative merits of privatization or nationalization. We have been arguing about the wrong thing while sitting on a goldmine of assets. Don’t worry about who owns those assets, worry about whether they are managed effectively. Why does this matter? Because despite the Thatcher/ Reagan economic revolution, the largest pool of wealth in the world – a global total that is much larger than the world’s total pensions savings, and ten times the total of all the sovereign wealth funds on the planet – is still comprised of commercial assets that are held in public ownership. If professionally managed, they could generate an annual yield of 2.7 trillion dollars, more than current global spending on infrastructure: transport, power, water, and communications. Based on both economic research and hands-on experience from many countries, the authors argue that publicly owned commercial assets need to be taken out of the direct and distorting control of politicians and placed under professional management in a ‘National Wealth Fund’ or its local government equivalent. Such a move would trigger much-needed structural reforms in national economies, thus resurrect strained government finances, bolster ailing economic growth, and improve the fabric of democratic institutions. This radical, reforming book was named one of the "Books of the Year".by both the FT and The Economist.
Sovereign Wealth Funds
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Author : Edwin M. Truman
language : en
Publisher: Peterson Inst for International Economics
Release Date : 2010
Sovereign Wealth Funds written by Edwin M. Truman and has been published by Peterson Inst for International Economics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Business & Economics categories.
Sovereign Wealth Funds: Threat or Salvation? Neither. How long have these large pools of government-owned or-controlled funds existed? More than five decades. How are they financed? Predominantly, but not exclusively, from excess accumulations of foreign exchange reserves, often derived from the export of natural resources. What issues do SWFs raise? Multiple concerns about globalization and the role of governments in today's world. What is needed to make the world safer for these funds? A quantum leap in their accountability and transparency according to the SWF scoreboard. Has progress been made over the past several years? Yes and the Santiago Principles are a good start, but countries that host SWF investments have been slow to reciprocate with more openness to foreign investment. How do SWFs fit into the international financial system of the 21st century? Awkwardly and, potentially, contentiously. This study by one of the pioneers of independent, policy-oriented research on sovereign wealth funds elaborates on these questions and answers. "Dr. Truman is a distinguished scholar who has been analyzing sovereign wealth funds for the last several years. His work has been influential in the development of the santiago Principles, a voluntary code of behavior, transparency and accountability adopted by most countries with large sovereign wealth funds. This is an invaluable book for anyone interested in a serious and objective analysis of these funds---their origins, their objectives, their differences across countries, their effects on the global economy, and their consequences for international economic policy."---Laura D'Anderea Tyson, S.K. and Angela Chan Professor of Global Management, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers and the National Economic Council
Wealth And Poverty Of Nations
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Author : David S. Landes
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-04-20
Wealth And Poverty Of Nations written by David S. Landes and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-20 with Social Science categories.
The history of nations is a history of haves and have-nots, and as we approach the millennium, the gap between rich and poor countries is widening. In this engrossing and important new work, eminent historian David Landes explores the complex, fascinating and often startling causes of the wealth and poverty of nations. The answers are found not only in the large forces at work in economies: geography, religion, the broad swings of politics, but also in the small surprising details. In Europe, the invention of spectacles doubled the working life of skilled craftsmen, and played a prominent role in the creation of articulated machines, and in China, the failure to adopt the clock fundamentally hindered economic development. The relief of poverty is vital to the survival of us all. As David Landes brilliantly shows, the key to future success lies in understanding the lessons the past has to teach us - lessons uniquely imparted in this groundbreaking and vital book which exemplifies narrative history at its best.
The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
Tax Justice
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Author : Matti Kohonen
language : en
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Release Date : 2009
Tax Justice written by Matti Kohonen and has been published by Pluto Press (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Business & Economics categories.
Short and darkly humorous guide to the three great crises plaguing today's world: climate change, inequality and financial crisis.
The International Law Of Sovereign Debt Dispute Settlement
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Author : Kei Nakajima
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-09-22
The International Law Of Sovereign Debt Dispute Settlement written by Kei Nakajima and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-22 with Business & Economics categories.
This book fills the normative gap arising from the absence of a multilateral mechanism for sovereign debt restructuring.
Sovereign Debt
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Author : Mauro Megliani
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-11-21
Sovereign Debt written by Mauro Megliani and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-21 with Law categories.
This book provides a thorough legal analysis of sovereign indebtedness, examining four typologies of sovereign debt – bilateral debt, multilateral debt, syndicated debt and bonded debt – in relation to three crucial contexts: genesis, restructuring and litigation. Its treatise-style approach makes it possible to capture in a systematic manner a phenomenon characterized by high complexity and unclear boundaries. Though the analysis is mainly conducted on the basis of international law, the breadth of this topical subject has made it necessary to include other sources, such as private international law, domestic law and financial practice; moreover, references are made to international financial relations and international financial history so as to provide a more complete understanding. Although it follows the structure of a continental tractatus, the work strikes a balance between consideration of doctrinal and jurisprudential sources, making it a valuable reference work for scholars and practitioners alike.