“This new edition of International Development Law is an exceptional contribution to the discipline and a worthy textbook for any course in development. World events after the publication of this book, including military conflicts, trade disputes, and the diminution of development assistance, especially in Africa, make its principles ever more relevant.” (John Patrick Groarke, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, April 23, 2026)
This textbook describes how international development functions, its shortcomings, its theoretical and practical foundations, along with prescriptions for the future. International Development Law provides students with new perspectives on the origins of global poverty, identifies legal impediments to sustainable economic growth, and provides a better understanding of the challenges faced by the international community in resolving global poverty issues. The text is structured into two basic parts: the first part deals with the theoretical and philosophic foundations of the subject, and the second part sets forth issues related to the international financial architecture, namely, international borrowing practices, privatization, and emerging economies.
This book is a perfect teaching vehicle as it takes a multidisciplinary approach to addressing complex issues, legal trends and political questions into a clear, new perspective that is highly accessible to the reader.
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About the Author
Rumu Sarkar has a distinguished academic career both in teaching and publishing. She is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio. She also formerly served as an Assistant Professor at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, located at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. She won a Fulbright Scholarship and lectured at the John Paul II School of Law in Lublin, Poland, in 2016. Professor Sarkar was also a Distinguished Guest Lecturer and served on the Advisory Board for Loyola University Chicago School of Law. She was also an Adjunct Law Professor and a Visiting Researcher at the Georgetown University Law Center where she taught several graduate law (LL.M.) seminars. Professor Sarkar has authored over ten legal texts, other academic books and many law review articles.
Professor Sarkar is the former General Counsel & Chief Risk Officer of the Global Innovation Fund, headquartered in London, UK, as well as as the former General Counsel of Millennium Partners, an international development consulting group based in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Ms. Sarkar was also the former General Counsel for the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) Commission. She also served as the General Counsel for the Overseas Basing Commission, prior to joining the BRAC Commission.
Ms. Sarkar was also the former Assistant General Counsel for Administrative Affairs for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), and formerly a staff attorney with the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). She began her career as a litigation associate with two Wall Street law firms in New York.
Dr. Sarkar completed her undergraduate studies at Barnard College, Columbia University; her law degree from the Antioch School of Law; and her Masters of Law (LL.M.) degree and her Ph.D. (Law) from Newnham College, Cambridge University. She is a member of the NY, DC, and U.S. Supreme Court Bars.
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