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In Kazakhstan, opening up procurement boosts public oversight and prevents millions in wasteful spending

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Challenge: Despite ongoing government reforms, corruption and inefficient spending remains pervasive in Kazakhstan’s public procurement. Finally, the Anti-Corruption Agency is proactively supporting the development of civic monitoring and has agreed to cooperate with the civil society coalition to monitor procurement.

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‘Arbitration for the Next Generation’ – Challenges and Opportunities Discussed at the Dutch Arbitration Day 2024

Kluwer Arbitration

This has led to the creation of specialised institutions and rules, such as those for corporate law disputes in Switzerland and the Netherlands, which cater to specific sectors like finance ( P.R.I.M.E. Finance ), art (the Court of Arbitration for Art ), and aviation (the Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation ).

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Public procurement (entry for an Encyclopaedia)

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However, as the pervasive abuses of direct awards under the emergency conditions generated by the covid pandemic evidenced in virtually all jurisdictions, dispensing with those requirements, checks and balances comes with a very high price tag for taxpayers in terms of corruption, favouritism, and wastage of public funds.

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How to Effectively Deal with Climate Change Disputes? Proposals from the First Annual Conference of the Roma Tre-UNIDROIT Centre

Kluwer Arbitration

She offered a taxonomy of these disputes, based on the nature of the parties involved, their forum, and their legal basis, and she stressed that they have the potential to influence the conduct of both States and private actors. environmentally harmful) firms from making sustainable investments.

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Australian Arbitration Week Recap: Hot Cakes & Hot Takes—Trends and Developments in Asia’s Energy Sector

Kluwer Arbitration

This is the case particularly in an environment of rising interest rates, where there is a growing number of Australian companies who will likely need, or for strategic reasons choose, to access external funding to finance these disputes when they arise, as any legal disputes in this area are generally sizeable in nature.

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A New Dawn: Sunrise of Caribbean Arbitration as ITA Launches Initiative to Support its Development

Kluwer Arbitration

There is also the influence of the socialist legal tradition on the legal system in Cuba. All other jurisdictions in the Region have outdated arbitration legislation influenced by now-repealed old English Arbitration Acts. Lucia (a mixed system of common law and civil law), and Guyana (a mixed system of common law and Roman-Dutch Law).

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The Ukrainian DREAM: Making wartime reconstruction digital and accountable

Open Contracting Partnership

VIktor Nestulia Head of DREAM Project Office This led to the formation of the RISE Ukraine Coalition, which at its inception united more than 20 Ukrainian organizations working on open government and anti-corruption reform. Projects financed by the European Investment Bank, World Bank, and USAID are already uploaded to DREAM.