ICSID—International Centre for Settlement of Investment DisputesICSID is an arbitration forum established in 1966 to facilitate the settlement of disputes between governments and foreign investors in the hope that such a facility would help foster greater international investment flows. In 2006 ICSID had over one hundred active cases before it. ICSID is legally independent of the other, better-known parts of the World Bank Group, but in practice is tightly linked as its expenses are funded from the Bank's budget and all of its members are also members of the World Bank. Headquartered in Washington, Nassib Zaidé is the deputy secretary general of ICSID, and has also served as secretary general following Ana Palacio´s departure. read more background... Items 1 to 10 of 33ICSID offers "impunity" for corporationsIn October 2011 international coalition of civil society groups Seattle to Brussels Network held an international week of action against bilateral investment treaties. read article... The UK's role in the World Bank and IMF Department for International Development and HM TreasuryThis page outlines the structure of the UK government's interaction with the World Bank and the IMF. It provides contact information for the appropriate staff at the Department for International Development and HM Treasury who deal with the Bretton Woods institutions read article... Experts' concern over investment treatiesA group of more than 35 leading academic experts in investment law have to express concerns over the social impact of investor protection priority in target countries. read article... Undermining development? IFIs' role in extractive industries in disarrayOngoing mining projects’ impacts on rights, gender and the environment suggest a new approach to the sector is needed, as the IMF and World Bank dole out contradictory advice on mining revenues. read article... IFC's mining investments: a black hole for human rights?A spate of human rights violations and environmental abuses by mining ventures backed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, is raising alarm over the inadequacy of its social and environmental standards. read article... ICSID takes ad hoc approach to transparencyThe International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, a World Bank arm for investor-state dispute arbitration, decided in March that questions of confidentiality and transparency in arbitration are to be determined on a case-by-case basis. read article... Human rights landmark in ICSID tribunalFor the first time ever, a tribunal of the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) will hear human rights arguments. read article... The International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)The International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), part of the World Bank Group, is an arbitration forum between governments and foreign investors to settle investment disputes. Two thirds of international investment disputes go through ICSID. read article... ICSID in crisis Straight-jacket or investment protection?The International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) is facing an explosion of cases and increasingly vocal criticism from Latin American countries. Questions remain over whether it helps channel productive investment to developing countries or serves as a tool for multinational corporations to get their way. read article... The World Bank and water privatisation: public money down the drainThough the World Bank may be changing its formerly dogmatic approach to full privatisation of the water sector, key cases in Tanzania, Armenia, Zambia and India highlight that the Bank may not be learning quickly enough and that the poor may be left both without improved water and paying for botched privatisations. read article... |
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