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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. And despite the reforms aimed at improving accountability, perceptions of corruption in public procurement remained high.

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Smart Public Procurement for Better Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

In instances of active waste, such suboptimal decisions are motivated by personal gain, as exemplified by corruption. This holistic strategy—anchored in transparency, accountability, and technological integration—fosters a robust fiscal environment conducive to sustainable economic growth and enhanced public trust.

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Brazilian Bill No. 2.925 of 2023: The Publicity of Class Arbitrations involving Corporations, its Investors, Officers and Major Stakeholders

Kluwer Arbitration

The goal is to ensure transparency in class arbitration proceedings involving stock market investors, corporations, officers, and major stakeholders (“Securities Disputes”), seeking to further protect the investors’ interests. 2.925/2023 (“ Bill ”) is intended to amend federal law no.

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Expansion and Regulation on the Horizon for Third-Party Funding in Ireland and the EU

Kluwer Arbitration

In Spain, there is no restriction on third-party funding or success fees which are freely allowed, further to a Supreme Court decision in 2008. In Germany, third-party funding is permitted but success fees are prohibited subject to limited exceptions involving low-value claims. Conversely, other states provide no legislative framework at all.

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CJEU’s Decision in International Skating Union v. European Commission: Its Manageable Consequences for International Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

Therefore it must use that power in accordance with substantive criteria which are transparent, clear, and precise, and published in readily accessible form (para. 267 TFEU whereby the CJEU provides authoritative advisory opinions on EU law. The second only applies to ineligibility decisions in sports arbitration.

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California International Arbitration Week 2024: The Latest Developments of International Arbitration in China—Focus on Sino-U.S. Commercial Dispute Resolution

Kluwer Arbitration

SMART” stands for safe, mobile internet and mass data, artificial intelligence, revolutionary, and transparency. In 2001, the SCIA developed its first arbitration case-management network; in 2008, it created an online commercial dispute resolution platform in cooperation with the Alibaba Group, which was implemented in online marketplaces.

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Interviews with Our Editors: Opening Australian Arbitration Week 2024 with Judith Levine, President of ACICA

Kluwer Arbitration

We will conduct a survey at the five-year mark to update the benchmark 2020 Australian Arbitration Survey to help track progress of evolving user needs, and will continue to be transparent about sharing data, as we did in our 2022 Reflections Report and release of case load statistics. Past interviews are available here.