Global Project Finance, Human Rights and Sustainable Development, 9780521762601
Hardcover
Project finance: Balancing profits, human rights, and sustainable development worldwide.

Global Project Finance, Human Rights and Sustainable Development

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  • Hardcover

    534 pages

  • Release Date

    18 August 2011

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Summary

Project Finance, Human Rights, and Sustainable Development: A Delicate Balance

Many infrastructure projects globally rely on project finance, blending private investment with public support from institutions like the World Bank. This book delves into the theoretical and practical implications of this funding model.

It explores the intricate relationship between project finance structuring and the relevant financial, policy, and legal frameworks, particularly investment law, …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780521762601
ISBN-10:052176260X
Author:Sheldon Leader, David Ong
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:534
Release Date:18 August 2011
Weight:960g
Dimensions:235mm x 157mm x 29mm
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Critics Review

‘Thanks to the wealth of information and analysis put into the contributions and the high standard [of] editorial coordination, which has avoided the usual problems of collective works, Global Project Finance, Human Rights and Sustainable Development represents essential reading in the field and is, therefore, warmly recommended.’ Riccardo Sciaudone, Journal of Energy and Natural Resource Law

About The Author

Sheldon Leader

Sheldon L. Leader is Professor in the School of Law, University of Essex and Director of the Essex Business and Human Rights Project. He works at the intersection between human rights law, areas of law governing economic actors, and legal theory. He has focused on the human rights impact of investment strategies, most recently in Kosovo working with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

David M. Ong is a Reader at the University of Essex Law School, UK where he teaches and researches in the fields of Public International Law and Environmental Law. He has served as a technical expert and resource person for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) activities on Oil- and Gas-Producing Developing Countries, as well as the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Kosovo, alongside Professor Leader.

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