Title: Tied Aid and Development Aid Procurement in the Framework of EU and WTO Law: The Imperative for Change (Studies in International Trade and Investment Law)
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Publication Date: 2013
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1849461155
ISBN 13: 9781849461153
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good

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This book is the first legal treatment of tied aid and examines in detail the compatibility of tied aid with EU and WTO law. The workings of the aid projects and aid procurement systems of donor countries granting bilateral aid are fully examined through case studies from the UK, Italy, the EU and the US.

Tied aid refers to aid granted to developing countries on condition that goods and services for the aid-financed projects are purchased from the donor country only. The recipient country, in order to receive the grant or the loan, has no other choice but to fulfil the condition imposed by the donor. Economists have shown that tying aid undermines the effectiveness of aid. It leads to higher costs paid for the goods and services purchased and the distortion of the nature of the aid. Further, tying frustrates the potential of aid to foster trade between developing countries - in many of these countries public bodies and, in particular, aid-financed projects are major potential outlets for trade between neighbouring states. The importance of tied aid has been pointed out in economic literature but there is surprisingly little written on the legal aspects of tied aid practices and this book seeks to fill this major gap in the literature.

The book is of interest to academics in the field of EU and WTO law, NGOs and practitioners working both in the field of public procurement and development policies.

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Annamaria La Chimia is Professor of Law and Development at the School of Law, University of Nottingham, UK, and Research Fellow at the African Procurement Law Unit, Department of Mercantile Law, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Gabrielle Marceau is Honorary Professor (Emeritus) at the University of Geneva. She is also Visiting Professor at the University of Ottawa, Law Faculty. She is a member of the board of directors of the Geneva Society for Law and Legislation and is a Counsellor of the American Society of International Law. Gabrielle Marceau has also worked at the Secretariat World Trade Organization for over 30 years, serving as a legal adviser in international disputes, in the Cabinet of Director-General Pascal Lamy, and in the Economic Research and Statistics Division.

Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer is Vice Director at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Switzerland.

Federico Ortino is a Reader in International Economic Law at King's College London, UK.

Gregory Shaffer is the Scott K Ginsburg Professor of International Law at Georgetown University Law Center, USA.

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