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From 1999 to 2004 Maartje van Putten served as a member of the World Bank's Inspection Panel. Using personal experience and extensive interviews with principal decision-makers and stakeholders in the Panel's work, she chronicles the history of accountability in the World Bank and other maj...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Putten, Maartje van, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montréal [Québec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Banks and banking, International.
Investments, Foreign > Developing countries.
Private banks > Developing countries.
Social responsibility of business > Developing countries.
Investments, Foreign > Social aspects.
Investments, Foreign > Environmental aspects.
Banques internationales.
Investissements étrangers > Pays en voie de développement.
Banques privées > Pays en voie de développement.
Entreprises > Responsabilité sociale > Pays en voie de développementt.
Investissements étrangers > Aspect social.
Investissements étrangers > Aspect de l'environnement.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Banks and banking, International
Investments, Foreign
Investments, Foreign > Environmental aspects
Investments, Foreign > Social aspects
Private banks
Social responsibility of business
Wereldbank.
Toezicht.
Financiële instellingen.
Developing countries
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Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations; Foreword by James McNeill; Acknowledgments; Introduction 1 Globalization and the Rise of Accountability Mechanisms; 2 The World Bank and the History of Accountability; 3 Inception of the World Bank Inspection Panel, Its Mandate, and Its Structure; 4 Accountability Mechanisms in Other Multilateral Financial Institutions; 5 Accountability for the Private Financial Sector; 6 The Daily Work of an Accountability Mechanism; 7 Results of an International Survey; 8 A Swan Song and a Major New Development: Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Mechanisms Appendices:1 Resolution Establishing the World Bank Inspection Panel; 2 The Equator Principles II, July 26; 3 Background Interviews; 4 Experts Who Contributed to the Study Notes; Websites; Bibliography; Index.

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