Values in Translation: Human Rights and the Culture of the World Bank

by Galit Sarfaty

Book Overview

The World Bank is the largest lender to developing countries, making loans worth over $20 billion per year to finance development projects around the globe. To guide its investments, the Bank has adopted a number of social and environmental policies, yet it has never instituted any overarching policy on human rights. Despite the potential human rights impact of Bank projects--the forced displacement of indigenous peoples resulting from a Bank-financed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804763526
• ISBN13: 9780804763523
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"