How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The importance and positive contribution of public procurement law to the adequate management of public funds may seem difficult to appreciate in ordinary times, and there are recurrent calls for a reduction of the administrative burden and bureaucracy related to procurement procedures, checks and balances.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

13,129/2015 , which expanded arbitration’s scope, especially in infrastructure-related disputes involving public administration. Professor Armesto highlighted the 2015 Paris Agreement (also reported here ), noting the difficult position of Latin American countries that must balance infrastructure development with environmental protection.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 1, 2024

Mehranvar noted that these observations underscore a concerning trend where countries with greater influence in the creation of the ISDS regime are once again re-writing the (asymmetric) rules, paving the way for the re-legitimization of an inherently flawed system. Canada and E.U.

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Negotiation Participation Sustainability Influencing 52

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

We balanced these considerations for and against applying a longer time-frame by selecting one year before and after the transparency intervention which limits the incidence of confounding factors while also taking care of seasonality biases. Our interventions were selected specifically to keep data quality constant.

Bidder 40

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FedInsider

MARCH 4, 2024

The challenges that civilian agencies must overcome are different than those facing the Department of Defense, for instance, while the components of the Department of Homeland Security often must balance their security requirements against their law enforcement or emergency services missions. A graduate of the U.S.

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

“The federal funds rate is the interest rate at which depository institutions trade federal funds (balances held at Federal Reserve Banks) with each other overnight.” [50] Seasonal adjustment removes the effects of recurring seasonal influences from many economic series, including consumer prices. 5, 2015), available at [link]. [58]

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The majority was of the view that following the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015, there are stricter standards for impartiality and independence under Section 12(5) read with the Seventh Schedule of the Act (incorporating the Red List in the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration2014 ).

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