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International Financial Institutions: Law and Prac - LAWS8094
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Faculty: Faculty of Law
 
 
School:  Faculty of Law
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210, 5740 or 9230
 
 
Excluded: JURD7694
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 3 (more info)
 
 
Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course considers the operation and governance of international financial institutions, how their projects are designed and administered, and how they address accountability. In particular, the following topics will be considered:
• International Financial Institutions: introduction focusing on Asian Development Bank; other institutions like the World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and African Development Bank will be covered for comparison
• Constituent treaty, operational principles and limitations, immunities and privileges, and governance structure
• Project lending operations – project cycle and legal agreements
• Interventions in law and development projects
• Development of policies on social safeguards and anticorruption
• Engagement with civil society
• Establishment and operation of accountability mechanisms to address citizen grievances on bank projects

LLM Specialisations

Recommended Prior Knowledge

None

Learning Outcomes

A student who has successfully completed this course should:
  • Be conversant with the organizational structure and governance of international financial institutions;
  • Understand the roles of various actors who are involved in the operations of these institutions including governments, private sector, civil society and nongovernmental organizations;
  • Be familiar with development projects, including legal projects, financed by multilateral development banks from project preparation to project completion;
  • Be conversant with how citizen grievances on development projects are being addressed by accountability mechanisms established by multilateral development banks;
  • Develop critical thinking skills and analytical skills;
  • Enhance capacity in information seeking and retrieval;
  • Have openness to new ideas;
  • Handle multicultural sensitivity;
  • Develop communication and teamwork skills.

Assessment

Class Participation 20%
Research Essay 5000 words 80%

Course Texts

To be advised in the course outline

Resources

A full up-to date reading list will be provided in the course outline.

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