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The 3 revolutions of public procurement in Africa

Open Contracting Partnership

These included ongoing issues such as poor institutional coordination, lack of transparency, high levels of corruption, and murky lines of accountability. The key features of the first generation reforms that took place between 2000-2005 addressed aspects of legislation, centralization and independence, and professionalization.

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Glencore v. Bolivia: A Long-Awaited Award Finds Expropriation and FET Breaches by the State

Kluwer Arbitration

In early 2005, Swiss company Glencore International acquired the assets and assigned them to Glencore Finance (Bermuda). The Tribunal concluded that a treaty dispute was not foreseeable in 2005. A decision on interpretation and correction of the award followed on 6 November 2023. All three assets had been privatized around 2000.

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2019 Hague Convention: On UK Accession and the Convention’s Interplay with International Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

Consequently, the HCCH’s ambition had to be curtailed, so the HCCH temporarily settled for adopting the Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements (“Choice of Court Convention”). However, the endeavour proved rather unsuccessful initially due to a lack of consensus on an array of divisive issues.

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Indian Whistleblowers Fight to Preserve Right to Information as Third Modi Term Looms

Whistleblower Network News

Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) facilitated the whistleblowing working group, which organized the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information, resulting in the passage of the RTI Act in 2005. However, RTI users who began performing the role of whistleblower have become the targets of threats by corrupt actors.

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Mongolia: Investment Related Developments in the Mining Sector

Kluwer Arbitration

These reforms centered on state involvement and equity participation in strategic mineral deposits, and increased national benefits from its rich mineral resources. Between 2005 and 2011, Mongolia experienced a substantial increase in foreign direct investment (“FDI”), surging from $187.6 State Department. million to $4.5

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ITA Americas Initiative Hosts Innovative Forum on Latin American Arbitration in New York

Kluwer Arbitration

Organized with the support of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje (ALARB), this forum marked a significant departure from traditional conference formats, embracing an interactive, participant-driven approach that fostered open and informal conversations among attendees.

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Paris Court of Appeal Sets Aside ICC Arbitral Award in a USD 15 Billion Dispute Due to the Irregular Constitution of the Arbitral Tribunal

Kluwer Arbitration

More specifically, the dispute arose out of the conclusion and performance of a settlement agreement signed by the parties on 28 April 2005, which was meant to resolve the parties’ differences relating to their participation in a consortium established in the 1990s.

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