International Development Law (eBook)

Dr. Rumu Sarkar is the General Counsel to Millennium Partners, an international development consulting firm in Charlottesville, Virginia, and was a long-time member of the adjunct law faculty of the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC. Previously, Professor Sarkar served as General Counsel for the 2005 Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC), and as the General Counsel for the Overseas Basing Commission, two military commissions established by the U.S. Congress. She was formerly Assistant General Counsel for Administrative Affairs for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, where she managed a diverse administrative law portfolio in support of U.S. direct loans, loan guarantees, political risk insurance, and investment funds in developing nations. She was also a member of the Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. Agency for International Development. Dr. Sarkar has published Development Law and International Finance, and Transnational Business Law, based on a course she taught at the Georgetown Law Center. She has written other monographs and articles on issues related to international business and development law. Dr. Sarkar received her LL.M and Ph.D. from Newnham College, Cambridge University, her J.D. from the Antioch School of Law, and her B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University. She lives in Washington, DC.