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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List of Training Materials

I. Prof. Daniel Bradlow's Workshop Materials:

A. Current Developments in International Finance and Their Implications for Debt Management

1) Extracts from GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE (World Bank,
2002): Tables on resource flows, the tables to include are: Tables 2.1
(net long term resource flows to developing countries 1991-2001) and 4.1 (net official aid to developing countries, by type and source 1990-2001). In addition, the following tables from the 2001 Global Development Finance should include: Table 2.3 (developing country shares in total flows), Table 3.1 (composition of resource flows by region 1972-98), and Table 4.3 (aid flows by developing region 1990-2000). ***Table 4.3 has already been translated into French.

2) "Rethinking The Money and Ideas of Aid", overview from David Dollar et al, ASSESSING AID: WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN"T AND WHY (World Bank, 1999)

B. Public Debt Management: Institutional and Legal Considerations

1) "Guidelines for Public Debt Management", Prepared by the Staffs of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, March 21, 2001

2) "Executive Summary" and "Part I: Implementing the Guidelines" from "Guidelines for Public Debt Management: Accompanying Document", Prepared by the Staffs of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, November 21, 2002

3) T. Klein, "Debt Management Institutions" from T. Klein, EXTERNAL DEBT MANAGEMENT: AN INTRODUCTION, (World Bank Technical Paper #245, 1994)

4) M. Horgan, "The 'Building Blocks of Effective Government Debt Management" UNITAR, Document #8 (1999)

5) N. Kappagoda, "Institutional Framework for Public Sector Borrowing", UNITAR Document #17 (2002)

6) P. Borrensen and E. Cosio-Pascal, "Role and Organization of a Debt Office" , UNCTAD/DMFAS (undated)

C. External Debt Transactions

1) Law and Regulations Concerning External Borrowing and Management of External Debt of Republic of Khazakstan, 10 April 1997.

2) Selected Provisions from Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992 and Loans Act 1970, Act 335 of the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana Entitled The Loans Act of 1990.

3) D. Bradlow, "The Role of the Lawyer in the International Debt Operations of Developing Countries" in UNITAR, Document #6 (1999). ***This has already been translated into French.

4) D. Bradlow, Some Lessons About the Negotiating Dynamics in International Debt Transactions" in UNITAR Document #9 (2000). ***This has already been translated into French.

5) T. Duvall III, "Legal Aspects of Sovereign Borrowing" in T. Klein, EXTERNAL DEBT MANAGEMENT: AN INTRODUCTION

6) Sample Loan Agreement: The Central Bank of Republic A an a syndicate of Banks, from UNITAR, DEBT AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (LEGAL ASPECTS) (1993)

7) Development Credit Agreement Between India and International Development Association and General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Agreements (Dated January 1, 1985 as amended through December 2, 1997)

8) Model Project Loan Agreement, USAID, (1982)

II. Dr. Aboubacar Fall's Workshop Materials

A. Directive en Matiere de Politique de Pret du Fonds Africain de
Developpment

B. Accord de Pret entre la Republique .... et le Fonds Africain de
Developpment (Project de Promotion Socio-Economique des Groupes Defavorises)

C. Protocole d'Accord entre La Republique du Benin, le Burkina Faso, la
Republique de Cote d'Ivoire, la Republique de Guinee-Bissau, la Republique du Mali, la Republique du Niger, la Republique du Senegal et la Republique Togolaise ET le Fonds Africain de Developpment (Etude sur l'Enseignement Superieur dans les Pays de l'Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest Africaine - UEMOA)

D. Investissement des Pays sous Surveillance - par Jacques Bonnifait

III. Dr. George Yankey's Workshop Materials:

A. Arranging the Syndicating Eurocurrency Loans (Henry S. Terrel and Michael G. Martinson)

B. Checklist of Items for Negotiation with Commerical Banks (Merril Lynch & Co. Inc)

C. Inter-Creditor Issues in Debt Restructuring (Lee C. Buchheit and Ralph Reisner)