The struggle for accountability : the World Bank, NGOs, and grassroots movements /

For more than a decade, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and grassroots movements have formed transnational coalitions to reform the World Bank and the governments that it funds. This text examines their success in achieving this objective.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Fox, Jonathan, 1958-, Brown, L. David (Lloyd David), 1941-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1998.
Series:Global environmental accords.
Subjects:
World Bank.
Weltbank
Economic development > Environmental aspects > Developing countries.
Political participation.
Non-governmental organizations.
Social movements > Developing countries.
Organizations
Participation politique.
Organisations non gouvernementales.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Banks & Banking.
Pays en développement.
Population indigène.
Banque internationale pour la reconstruction et le développement.
Protection de l'environnement.
Mouvements sociaux.
Politique structurelle.
Développement durable.
Développement économique.
Economic development > Environmental aspects.
Social movements.
Bürgerinitiative
Entwicklungspolitik
Nichtstaatliche Organisation
Umweltverträglichkeit
Wereldbank.
Pressiegroepen.
Niet-gouvernementele organisaties.
Duurzame ontwikkeling.
Developing countries.
Electronic books.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Jonathan A. Fox and L. David Brown
  • Partnership advocacy in World Bank environmental reform / David A. Wirth
  • Critical cooperation?: influencing the World Bank through policy dialogue and operational cooperation / Jane G. Covey
  • Indonesia: the struggle of the people of Kedung Ombo / Augustinus Rumansara
  • The Philippines: against the peoples' wishes, the Mt. Apo story / Antoinette G. Royo
  • Planafloro in Rondônia: the limits of leverage / Margaret E. Keck
  • Ecuador: structural adjustment and indigenous and environmentalist resistance / Kay Treakle
  • Development policy, development protest: the World Bank, indigenous peoples, and NGOs / Andrew Gray
  • When does reform policy influence practice?: lessons from the Bankwide resettlement review / Jonathan A. Fox
  • Reforming the World Bank's lending for water: the process and outcome of developing a water resources management policy / Deborah Moore and Leonard Sklar
  • The World Bank and public accountability: has anything changed? / Lori Udall
  • Accountability within transnational coalitions / L. David Brown and Jonathan Fox
  • Assessing the impact of NGO advocacy campaigns on World Bank projects and policies / Jonathan A. Fox and L. David Brown.

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