Acknowledgments

No general expressions of thanks can satisfy the debt of gratitude I owe to the many colleagues, friends, and advisers in different parts of the world with whom I have collaborated throughout the preparation of this book. I am deeply grateful for their guidance, advice, encouragement, and assistance. Most important, I extend my sincere appreciation to Roberto DaÒino, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the World Bank, for writing the foreword. I am also especially grateful to David Freestone, Mohammed Bekhechi, Siobh·n McInerney- Lankford, Kenneth Mwenda, Alberto Ninio, Maurizio Ragazzi, and Salman Salman-all from the Legal Vice Presidency of the World Bank-for reviewing various versions of the manuscript and for providing very helpful comments and insights. I also wish to...