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The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (" ICSID" or the" Centre") is one of the five organizations of the World Bank (" WB"), the specialized agency of the United Nations, whose mandate includes promoting development of member states by facilitating the investment of capital for productive purposes. Nearly fifty years ago, the World Bank formulated the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (" ICSID Convention" or the" Convention") and established the Centre; today, its membership includes 147 states: Obscure to development specialists, ICSID is well known to international law scholars as well as lawyers who practice in the growing field of investor-state arbitration. The ICSID Convention is best known as an administrative treaty. It establishes ICSID's secretariat and a methodology for appointing decision-makers, contemplates the …