Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140100868 [ 2014-01-06 - 2018-03-30 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Associate Professor Susan Park (Chief Investigator, Associated with)

Brief description Multilateral Development Bank Accountability: Who Benefits? In 1994 the World Bank adopted an "external accountability mechanism" to assess claims by people all over the world that they were negatively affected by Bank financed development projects. Within a decade this mechanism would become a global model of accountability. Adopted by the African, Asian, European and Inter-American Development Banks, hundreds of claims have now been filed. In probing the creation, proliferation and operations of these external accountability mechanisms, this project investigates who benefits from them: project affected people, the Banks, or the Banks' member states, some who pushed for greater accountability, and some who opposed these infringements on their sovereign right to borrow.

Funding Amount $210,000

Funding Scheme Discovery Projects

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