Research Catalog

Title

The struggle for accountability : the World Bank, NGOs, and grassroots movements / edited by Jonathan A. Fox and L. David Brown.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fox, Jonathan A.
• Brown, L. David (Lloyd David), 1941-

Description

xi, 570 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Global environmental accord

Uniform Title

Global environmental accords.

Subjects

• Economic development > Environmental aspects > Developing countries
• World Bank
• Non-governmental organizations
• Political participation
• Social movements > Developing countries

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Call Number

JBE 99-176

ISBN

• 0262061996 (hc : alk. paper)
• 0262561174 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

98010305

OCLC

38431394

Title

The struggle for accountability : the World Bank, NGOs, and grassroots movements / edited by Jonathan A. Fox and L. David Brown.

Imprint

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1998.

Series

Global environmental accord

Global environmental accords.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Fox, Jonathan A.

Brown, L. David (Lloyd David), 1941-

Research Call Number

JBE 99-176