RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 1998 · 628 citations · 0 references
Public AffairsEnvironmental PolicyPublic PolicyBankingIndigenous Peoples' RightsWater GovernanceIndigenous Environmental GovernanceInternational CooperationEnvironmental NgosGrassroots Environmental MovementsGrassroots Protest MovementsNgo AdvocacyNgo Environmental AdvocacyPolicy DialogueTransnational Movement CoalitionsWorld Bank Development Policy
The abstract reviews how partnership advocacy, involving NGOs and grassroots movements, has influenced World Bank environmental reform through policy dialogue, operational cooperation, and protest across projects in Indonesia, the Philippines, Brazil, Ecuador, and other regions. The study finds that NGO advocacy campaigns have shaped World Bank policies on resettlement, water resource management, and public accountability, demonstrating measurable impacts on lending practices and project outcomes. Lori Udall.
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.