1 Introduction: International Organizations and the Promotion of Effective Dispute Resolution Peter Quayle and Xuan Gao Part 1: International Arbitration's Effectiveness and Affinity with Multilateral Institutions 2 An Effective Platform for International Arbitration: Raising the Standards in Speed, Costs and Enforceability Cavinder Bull 3 What makes for Effective Arbitration? A Case Study of the London Court of International Arbitration Rules Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof and Romilly Holland 4 The Contributions of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre to Effective International Dispute Resolution Matthew Gearing and Joe Liu 5 Resolving Disputes in China: New and Sometimes Unpredictable Developments Jingzhou Tao and Mariana Zhong Part 2: International Organizations as Proponents of the Norms of Dispute Resolution 6 The Role of International Organizations in Fostering Legitimacy in Dispute Resolution Hugo Siblesz 7 The Role of International Organizations in Promoting Effective Dispute Resolution in the 21st Century Locknie Hsu Part 3: The Dispute Resolution Mandates of International Organizations 8 The World Bank and the Creation of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes: Legality and Legitimacy Wenwen Liang 9 Dispute Regulation in the Institutional Development of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Establishing the Normative Legal Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative Malik R. Dahlan 10 The World Trade Organization and the Promotion of Effective Dispute Resolution: In Times of a Trade War Asif H. Qureshi Part 4: The Role of Dispute Resolution and Economic Development 11 Development Financing of Dispute Resolution Reform Projects: The Evolving Approach of the Asian Development Bank Ramit Nagpal and Christina Pak 12 Commercial Dispute Resolution: Unlocking Economic Potential Through Lighthouse Projects Andreas Baumgartner 13 The Evolution of Mediation in Central Asia: The Perspective of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Marie-Anne Birken and Kim O'Sullivan Part 5: 2018 AIIB Law Lecture and Legal Conference 14 2018 AIIB Law Lecture: International Organizations in the Recent Work of the International Law Commission Georg Nolte 15 2018 AIIB Legal Conference Report Ranjini Ramakrishnan.