World Bank Group Sanctions Process and Its Recent Reforms.

Intro -- Contents -- Abstract -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- I. Introduction -- II. The Current Sanctions Process: An Outline -- A. Key Components -- B. Types of Sanctions -- C. Application of Sanctions to Affiliated Companies -- III. Key Considerations in Reforming the World Bank's Sanctions Process -- A. Effectiveness and Efficiency -- B. Principles, Values, and Standards -- C. Institutional Design and Benchmarking -- IV. Evolution of the World Bank Group Sanctions Process -- A. The Early History of World Bank Sanctions -- B. The 2004 Reforms -- C. The 2006 and 2007 Reforms -- V. Specific Issues in the Recent Reforms -- A. Early Temporary Suspension -- B. Debarment with Conditional Release as the 'Baseline' Sanction -- C. Sanctions and Corporate Groups -- D. Updated and Public Sanctioning Guidelines -- E. Settlement of Sanctions Cases -- F. Corporate/Operational Cross-Debarment -- G. Publication of Law Digests and Sanctions Board Decisions -- VI. Conclusions -- Notes.