Demanding Accountability
Civil Society Claims and the World Bank Inspection Panel
1st Edition
Published on 8. September 2003
344 pages
979-8-216-25362-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Dana Clark | Jonathan A. Fox | Kay Treakle
Demanding Accountability
Civil Society Claims and the World Bank Inspection Panel
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11/2003
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
€173.81
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Dana Clark is an international human rights and environmental lawyer and president of the International Accountability Project in Berkeley, California. Jonathan A. Fox is professor and chair of the Latin American and Latino Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Kay Treakle is a program officer in the Environment Program at the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction: Framing the Inspection Panel
Chapter 2 Understanding the World Bank Inspection Panel
Chapter 3 The Arun III Hydroelectric Project, Nepal
Chapter 4 The Planafloro Inspection Panel Claim
Chapter 5 Accountability at the World Bank
Chapter 6 The Experience of Jamuna Bridge
Chapter 7 The BioBio's Legacy
Chapter 8 The Inspection Panel Claims in Brazil
Chapter 9 Singrauli: The Unfulfilled Struggle for Justice
Chapter 10 Social Protection Conditionality in World Bank Structural Adjustment Loans
Chapter 11 The China Western Poverty Reduction Project
Chapter 12 Conclusion and Analysis
Chapter 2 Understanding the World Bank Inspection Panel
Chapter 3 The Arun III Hydroelectric Project, Nepal
Chapter 4 The Planafloro Inspection Panel Claim
Chapter 5 Accountability at the World Bank
Chapter 6 The Experience of Jamuna Bridge
Chapter 7 The BioBio's Legacy
Chapter 8 The Inspection Panel Claims in Brazil
Chapter 9 Singrauli: The Unfulfilled Struggle for Justice
Chapter 10 Social Protection Conditionality in World Bank Structural Adjustment Loans
Chapter 11 The China Western Poverty Reduction Project
Chapter 12 Conclusion and Analysis
