Values in translation : human rights and the culture of the World Bank / Galit A. Sarfaty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sarfaty, Galit A., 1978-

Series:

Stanford studies in human rights.

Stanford studies in human rights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Bank.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The World Bank is the largest lender to developing countries, making loans worth over 20 billion per year to finance development projects around the globe. To guide its investments, the Bank has adopted a number of social and environmental policies, yet it has never instituted any overarching policy on human rights. Despite the potential human rights impact of Bank projects-the forced displacement of indigenous peoples resulting from a Bank-financed dam project, for example-the issue of human rights remains marginal in the Bank's operational practices.Values in Translation

Contents:

Contents; Foreword - Mark Goodale; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Behind the Curve: Institutional Resistance to Human Rights; 2. Political and Legal Constraints: The Board of Executive Directors and the Articles of Agreement; 3. Bureaucratic Obstacles: A Clash of Expertise Within the Organizational Culture; 4. Reconciling Interpretive Gaps: Economizing Human Rights; 5. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804782227

0804782229

OCLC:

785811684