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8 July 2015

Enforcing Arbitral Awards In Sub-Saharan Africa--Part 1

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Africa is a highly attractive target for foreign investment. It boasts six of the world's ten fastest-growing economies (IMF--World Economic Outlook: Recovery Strengthens, Remains Uneven (April 2014)) and one-third of its countries have GDP growth rates of over 6% (AfDB et al).
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Arbitration analysis: In Part 1 of this series, Steven Finizio, Danielle Morris and Katherine Drage of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP explore the importance of enforcement of arbitral awards to those investing in Africa and the difficulties they face.

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Originally published by Lexis@PSL Arbitration, 7 July 2015.

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