Demanding Accountability Civil Society Claims

Demanding Accountability is a collection of nine original case studies that offer insights into how local, national, and international civil society factors mobilize to hold the World Bank accountable for its financed projects. It is a rich source of lessons for understanding today's emerging transnational civil society efforts to challenge powerful global institutions.

Acknowledgments

vii

Acronyms

ix

Introduction: Framing the Inspection Panel

xi

Jonathan Fox

1 Understanding the World Bank Inspection Panel

1

(24)

Dana Clark

2 The Arun III Hydroelectric Project, Nepal

25

(20)

Richard E. Bissell

3 The Planafloro Inspection Panel Claim: Opportunities and Challenges for Civil Society in Rondônia, Brazil

45

(24)

Maria Guadalupe Moog Rodrigues

4 Accountability at the World Bank: What Does It Take? Lessons from the Yacyretá Hydroelectric Project, Argentina/Paraguay

69

(24)

Kay Treakle and Ellas Diaz Peña

5 The Experience of Jamuna Bridge: Issues and Perspectives

93

(22)

Majibul Huq Dulu

6 The Biobio's Legacy: Institutional Reforms and Unfulfilled Promises at the International Finance Corporation

115

(30)

David Hunter, Cristián Opaso, and Marcos Orellana

7 The Inspection Panel Claims in Brazil

145

(22)

Aurélio Vianna Jr.

8 Singrauli: An Unfulfilled Struggle for Justice

167

(24)

Dana Clark

9 Social Protection Conditionality in World Bank Structural Adjustment Loans: The Case of Argentina's Garden Program (Pro-Huerta)

191

(20)

Victor Abramovich

10 The China Western Poverty Reduction Project

211

(36)

Dana Clark and Kay Treakle

11 Lessons Learned

247

(32)

Kay Treakle, Jonathan Fox, and Dana Clark

Concluding Propositions

279

(8)

Jonathan Fox and Kay Treakle

Index

287

(20)

About the Contributors

307

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Demanding Accountability Civil Society Claims and the World Bank Inspection Panel

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