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The greater fiscal constraints facing the world's development banks are opening an opportunity for a role for the private sector in infrastructure project finance. The current global economic climate is [...]

On Tuesday, Jan. 25, House Democrats introduced the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act (H.R.4521). In addition to the legislative text, lawmakers released [...]

On April 12, 2019, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private arm of the World Bank Group, launched the IFC's 'Operating Principles for Impact Management' (Impact Principles), having been adopted [...]

On a bizarre day for sanctions that saw President Trump seemingly take action related to North Korea via tweet - revoke recent measures? scuttle pending ones? - the U.S. Treasury [...]

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar moved a step closer to the adoption of new insolvency and restructuring laws with public consultations for the proposed laws recently taking place [...]

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has approved its first official development assistance loan to the African Development Fund, to support loans for infrastructure and development projects across Africa. The [...]

Labor cost in Argentina exceeds by far the salary received by the employee, in comparison to most of the countries of the region. The situation generates disagreement in employers and [...]

After two quiet months, March came in like a lion as the World Bank announced the debarment of three companies. All three qualify for cross-debarment with other Multilateral Development Banks [...]

The Maltese government has actively started looking into the possibility of setting up a Development Bank in Malta. A task force has been appointed to carry out the necessary studies [...]

The NGO Transparency International has published its annual Corrupt Perceptions Index ('CPI') for 2014, measuring the perceived levels of public sector corruption in 175 countries worldwide. The index, one of [...]

OVERVIEW 1 In general terms, what policy has your jurisdiction adopted towards Islamic finance? Are Islamic finance products regulated differently from conventional instruments? What has been the legislative approach? With [...]