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Demanding accountability : civil-society claims and the World Bank Inspection Panel / edited by Dana Clark, Jonathan Fox, and Kay Treakle.
Lippincott Library HG3881.5.W57 D46 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World Bank. Inspection Panel.
- World Bank.
- Economic development projects--Developing countries--Evaluation.
- Economic development projects.
- Developing countries.
- Evaluation.
- Physical Description:
- xxxi, 311 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]
- Summary:
- Demanding Accountability is a collection of nine original case studies that offer insights into how local, national, and international civil society factors mobilize to hold the World Bank accountable for its financed projects. It is a rich source of lessons for understanding today's emerging transnational civil society efforts to challenge powerful global institutions.
- Contents:
- Understanding the World Bank Inspection Panel / Dana Clark
- The Arun III hydroelectric project, Nepal / Richard E. Bissell
- The Planafloro Inspection Panel claim : opportunities and challenges for civil society in Rondnia, Brazil / Maria Guadalupe, Moog Rodrigues
- Accountability at the World Bank : what does it take? : lessons from the Yacyret hydroelectric project Argentina/Paraguay / Kay Treakle and Elias Diaz Pea
- The experience of Jamuna bridge : the issues and perspectives / Majibul Huq Dulu
- The Bobo's legacy : institutional reforms and unfulfilled promises at the International Finance Corporation / David Hunter, Cristian Opaso, and Marcos Orellana
- The Inspection Panel claims in Brazil / Aurlio Vianna, jr.
- Singrauli : the unfulfilled struggle for justice / Dana Clark
- Social protection conditionality in World Bank structural adjustment loans : the case of the garden program (pro-Huerta) / Victor Abramovich
- The China Western poverty reduction project / Dana Clark and Kay Treakle.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742533107
- 0742533115
- OCLC:
- 52086065
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