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The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)

o The ICSID provides international facilities for conciliation and arbitration of investment disputes.

1.16. Washington Consensus

This is a set of neoliberal economic prescriptions made by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the U.S. Treasury to developing countries that faced economic crises.

It recommended structural reforms that increased the role of market forces in exchange for immediate financial help.