Environmental Recourse at the Multilateral Development Banks

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Environmental Recourse at the Multilateral Development Banks
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Susan Park
SeriesElements in Earth System Governance
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:75
Dimensions(mm): Height 150,Width 230
Category/GenreEnvironmental economics
Environmentalist thought and ideology
Global warming
Social impact of environmental issues
ISBN/Barcode 9781108702348
ClassificationsDewey:363.7
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 3 December 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Global governance now provides people with recourse for harm through International Grievance Mechanisms, such as the Independent Accountability Mechanisms of the Multilateral Development Banks. Yet little is known about how such mechanisms work. This Element examines how IGMs provide recourse for infringements of three procedural environmental rights: access to information, access to participation, and access to justice in environmental matters, as well as environmental protections drawn from the United Nations Guiding Principles and the World Bank's protection standards. A content analysis of 394 original IAM claims details how people invoke these rights. The sections then unpack how the IAMs provide community engagement through 'problem solving', and 'compliance investigations' that identify whether the harm resulted from the MDBs. Using a database of all known submissions to the IAMs (1,052 claims from 1994 to mid-2019), this Element demonstrate how the IAMs enable people to air their grievances, without necessarily solving their problems.