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Values in Translation : Human Rights and the Culture of the World Bank.

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sarfaty, Galit
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.