The Struggle for Accountability The World Bank, NGOs and Grassroots Movements

About this book

After a history of funding environmentally costly megaprojects, the World Bank now claims that it is trying to become a leading force for sustainable development. 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 book assesses the efforts of these groups to make the World Bank more publicly accountable.

Contents

Part 1 Actors: 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. Part 2 Bank projects: Indonesia - the struggle of the people of Kedung Ombo, Augustinus Rumansara; the Philippines - against the peoples' wishes - the Mt. Apo story, Antoinette G. Royo; planofloro in Rondonia 0 the limits of leverage, Margaret E. Keck; Ecuador -structural adjustment and indigenous and environmentalist resistance, Kay Treakle. Part 3 Bank policies: 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 outcomes of developing a water resources management policy, Deborah Moore, Leonard Sklar; the World Bank and public accountability - has anything changed? Lori Udall. Part 4 Conclusions: accountability within transnational coalitions, L. David Brown, Jonathan Fox; assessing the impact of NGO advocacy campaigns on World Bank projects and policies, Jonathan A. Fox, L. David Brown.

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Biography

Jonathan A. Fox is Professor in the Latin American and Latino Studies Department atthe University of California, Santa Cruz.