Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2012
Abstract
This paper, prepared for UNCTAD’s initiative on responsible sovereign lending and borrowing, considers concrete strategies for implementing the Principles. It draws on studies in soft law and new governance, and on the recent experience in promoting best practices in international finance, including project finance, extraction revenue management, foreign aid, sovereign investment, and sovereign borrowing in the capital markets. It recommends maintaining the current non-binding character of the Principles, while embedding implementation in multi-stakeholder arrangements for ongoing disclosure, assessment, interpretation, and adaptation. This strategy has the best chance of changing behavior in sovereign lending and borrowing by creating constituencies for implementation and sustained compliance.
Scholarly Commons Citation
Gelpern, Anna, "Hard, Soft, and Embedded: Implementing Principles on Promoting Responsible Sovereign Lending and Borrowing" (2012). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 1860.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/1860
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