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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

Around the world, governments are embracing “green procurement” – environmentally sustainable strategies to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of pollution. government in April 2024 issued a final rule calling for contracting officials to plan to procure sustainable and services “to the maximum extent practicable.”

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How to Prevent Debt from Hurting Economic Growth

Inter-American Development Bank

This means that there is a tipping point, or threshold, at which higher debt levels become detrimental to growth. The debt threshold is not the same for all countries because it can be influenced by different factors such as the economic structure, for example. However, debt reduces growth if starting debt is already high.

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Striving for data excellence: How the Netherlands’ TenderNed is enabling procurement insights for government and public users

Open Contracting Partnership

All Dutch authorities must publish their above-the-threshold tenders via the TenderNed platform , so businesses can access all public data and documents from a single webpage. Publication of below-the-threshold tenders is voluntary. They used the data to address specific agencies, and posted about it on LinkedIn.

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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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Ascendancy of Institutional Arbitration in the Gulf: Abu Dhabi Adds New International Arbitration Centre

Kluwer Arbitration

The 2023 SCCA Arbitration Rules (commented on in a previous blog post ) increased the threshold amount in dispute for expedited proceedings to approximately USD 1.07 million – a response to the growing criticism directed at DIAC’s significantly lower threshold of around USD 270,000. million in value.

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Advances in the new international taxation and challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

Most notable in Pillar 1 is the generation of an income transfer mechanism which meets the progressive criteria outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It should be noted that the calculations are influenced by the absence of data by company and are only available at country level as of 2017 for five jurisdictions.

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New Index Helps Governments Design Better Escape Clauses to Bridge Fiscal Rigidity with Crisis Adaptability

Inter-American Development Bank

Escape Clause Clarity Index (ECCI) The ECCI is a tool tailored to gauge the effectiveness of escape clause definitions, ensuring a delicate balance between crisis management, and sustained fiscal responsibility [1]. Influence on Compliance: a clearly defined activation timeline is pivotal in post-escape clause compliance.