Values in translation : human rights and the culture of the World Bank / Galit A. Sarfaty.

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Sarfaty, Galit A, 1978-

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TextSeries: Stanford studies in human rightsPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 195 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780804782227
0804782229

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Human rights and the culture of the World Bank

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Values in translation.DDC classification:

332.1/532 23

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K3240 .S2655 2012eb

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Contents:

Behind the curve : institutional resistance to human rights -- Political and legal constraints : the Board of Executive Directors and the Articles of Agreement -- Bureaucratic obstacles : a clash of expertise within the organizational culture -- Reconciling interpretive gaps : economizing human rights.

Summary: "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 dam project, for example--the issue of human rights remains marginal in the Bank's operational practices. Values in Translation analyzes the organizational culture of the World Bank and addresses the question of why it has not adopted a human rights framework. Academics and social advocates have typically focused on legal restrictions in the Bank's Articles of Agreement. This work's anthropological analysis sheds light on internal obstacles, including the employee incentive system and a clash of expertise between lawyers and economists, over how to define human rights and justify their relevance to the Bank's mission."--Page 4 of cover.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-182) and index.

"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 dam project, for example--the issue of human rights remains marginal in the Bank's operational practices. Values in Translation analyzes the organizational culture of the World Bank and addresses the question of why it has not adopted a human rights framework. Academics and social advocates have typically focused on legal restrictions in the Bank's Articles of Agreement. This work's anthropological analysis sheds light on internal obstacles, including the employee incentive system and a clash of expertise between lawyers and economists, over how to define human rights and justify their relevance to the Bank's mission."--Page 4 of cover.

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