Joint UNITAR/Pôle-Dette Seminar for Economists on the
Legal Aspects of Debt and Financial Management
for French-speaking Central and West African Nations
(Libreville - Gabon, 28 April to 2 May 2003)

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Resource Persons and Panelists

• Prof. Daniel BRADLOW (Workshop Director)
  
• Dr. Aboubacar FALL

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Prof. Daniel BRADLOW
Professor of Law
Washington DC

Daniel D. Bradlow is Professor of Law and Director of the International Legal Studies Program at the Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, D.C. where he specializes in international economic law. His current scholarship focuses on the international financial institutions, the international legal aspects of sustainable and equitable development, and the legal aspects of debt and financial management. He is a Senior Special Fellow in the Legal Aspects of Debt and Financial Management Programme of the United National Institute on Training and Research (UNITAR) and is a consultant to the World Bank. He has worked as a Consultant to the World Dams Commission, MEFMI (The Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute for Eastern and Southern Africa) and the MacArthur Foundation and served as an advisor to the Rethinking Bretton Woods Project. In 1996 he was a Visiting Professor at the Community Law Centre at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. He has lectured in the United States and many countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America on both the public and private aspects of international economic and financial law and on the negotiating and structuring of international economic transactions.

Prior to joining WCL, Professor Bradlow was a Research Associate at the International Law Institute and a consultant to the United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations, as well as an attorney in private practice.

He has edited books and published articles on international financial law, the international financial institutions, foreign investment, the World Bank Inspection Panel, globalization and its implications for global economic governance and the changing responsibilities of the World Bank and the IMF in the management of the global economy. Professor Bradlow holds degrees from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, and Northeastern University and Georgetown University in the USA and is a member of the New York and District of Columbia Bars.

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Dr. Aboubacar FALL
Legal Consultant
Abidjan

Dr. Aboubacar FALL is currently serving as a Consultant at the Legal Department of the African Development Bank Group (ADB). In that capacity he is in charge of negotiating and drafting loan agreements both with public and private sector, as well as implementing the AFDB's policy on Good Governance. The latter en compasses components such as legal and judicial reforms, public resources management and public participation.
Prior to assuming this position, he worked as Business Law Expert at the World Bank funded Legal Reform Committee in SENEGAL dedicated to building the capacity of the Private Sector, mainly with respect to the new harmonized business law in Africa (OHADA).

Dr FALL holds a Doctorate in International Business Law from University of Rouen, a Master degree in International Trade, a Master degree in International Transportation from University of Paris I - Sorbonne and an LLM from University of Washington (Seattle).

He is a former Hubert Humphrey Fellow and a Member of the Senegal and Paris Bar Associations. He has an extensive international teaching and consulting experience and has published several scientific articles.

He is one of the Rapporteurs of the African Law Institute (ALI) Steering Committee.