The Struggle for Accountability: The World Bank, Ngos, and Grassroots Movements

by Jonathan Fox

Book Overview

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. The Struggle for Accountability assesses the efforts of these groups to make the World Bank more publicly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262561174
• ISBN13: 9780262561174
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 548 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher