If you would like to find additional information on the World Bank or the Project for Results, as well as some basic background for the discussion, here are some resources to get you started – there are many other resources you will want to consult. See particularly the tabs on Projects and Operations, and Data. Research papers can be found under the Publications tab.Here is a link to the results of a search in the Westminster Law Library catalog for a keyword search on “world bank” AND “indigenous peoples”
If you would like to find additional information on the World Bank or the Project for Results, as well as some basic background for the discussion, here are some resources to get you started – there are many other resources you will want to consult.
About/From the World Bank:
Jurist’s This Day in Law: World Bank Created
The World Bank Group homepage - See particularly the tabs on Projects and Operations, and Data. Research papers can be found under the Publications tab.
Here is a link to the results of a search in the Westminster Law Library catalog for a keyword search on “world bank” AND “indigenous peoples”
World Bank – Indigenous Peoples Policy
Non-World Bank organizations that may be of interest include:
Recent Westminster Law Library Project Finance books include the following:
1) Energy & Environmental Project Finance Law & Taxation: New Investment Techniques. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Level 1 K3981 .E4 2010
2) The Law and Business of International Finance. Hoffman, Scott L., New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Level 1 K891.B8 H64 2008
3) Project Finance, Securitsations, Subordinated Debt. Wood, Phillip., London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2007. Level 1 K1331 .P765 2007
And, don’t neglect the Penrose Databases. Some items that might be of interest include these three items:
1. Doing business [electronic resource] : an independent evaluation : taking the measure of the World Bank-IFC doing business indicators / World Bank Independent Evaluation Group
2. International Business/Finance Databases from Penrose Library
3. International Financial Statistics - Covers the monthly publication International Financial Statistics as well as data found in the annual publication International Financial Statistics Yearbook. Our subscription does not cover Balance of Payments Yearbook, Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook, or Government Finance Statistics Yearbook. The product can browsed by country or by variable, and can also be searched. Areas of statistical coverage include exchange rates; fund accounts; interest rates; international liquidity; international transactions (imports and exports); balance of payments; money and banking; government finance; prices, production, and labor; and national accounts. IMF press briefings, press conferences, official IMF statements, and many other documents are also available through the service. Our subscription allows up to five simultaneous users.
Using a research guide is a great way to learn more about the resources available, as well as to keep track of the places you’ve looked. The American Society of International Law’s Electronic Research Guide: International Economic Law is an excellent guide for this topic.
And, finally, don’t forget the Nanda Center’s Research Guide. Use the “Enviro” and “Indig Ppls” tabs to locate additional resources.
Written by Joan Policastri, Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian
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