Mortgaging the Earth The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development |
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| Author:
| Rich, Bruce |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61091-517-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Island Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $49.00 |
Book Description:
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The 1992 Rio Earth Summit was supposed to be a turning point for the World Bank. Environmental concerns would now play a major role in its lending'programs and projects would go beyond economic development to "sustainable development.a More than two decades later, efforts to green the bank seem pallid.
Bruce Rich argues that the ......
The 1992 Rio Earth Summit was supposed to be a turning point for the World Bank. Environmental concerns would now play a major role in its lending'programs and projects would go beyond economic development to "sustainable development.a More than two decades later, efforts to green the bank seem pallid.
Bruce Rich argues that the ......