International Financial Institutions Program Research & Publications

• Fossilized Thinking: The World Bank, Eskom, and the Real Cost of Coal (Amerasinghe & Porter) (March 2011)
  Analysis of the World Bank Eskom loan to fund a large energy project in South Africa and how the World Bank’s Energy Strategy Review and approach to analyzing coal projects does not factor all costs associated with coal-based power projects.
  

• Palm Oil Strategy Review Comments to the World Bank Group (August 2010)

• Comments on IFC's Consultation Drafts of the IFC Sustainability Policy and Performance Standards and Disclosure Policy (August, 2010)

• Submission by Civil Society Organizations to the International Finance Corporation, Commenting on the Social and Environmental Sustainability Policy, Performance Standards and Disclosure Policy (March, 2010)
  

• The International Finance Corporation's Performance Standardsand the Equator Principles: Respecting Human Rights and Remedying Violations (CIEL/BIC) (Herz, Genovese, Herbertson & Perrault) (August 2008) [Also: Appendix 1, Appendix 2 and Appendix 3]

• A Citizen's Guide to the Accountability Mechanism at the Oversees Private Investment Corporation (Perrault) (October 2007)

• Gender Justice: A Citizen's Guide to Gender Accountability at International Financial Institutions (CIEL, GenderAction) (June 2007)

• Legal Analysis of the GEF Resource Allocation Framework (Wiser) (May 2007)

• Using International Law and Institutions to Protect Children's Environmental Health (June 2005) (CIEL/Physicians for Social Responsibility) (Perrault & Levitt)

• Eco-Labeling Standards, Green Procurement, and the WTO: Significance for World Bank Borrowers (March, 2005)

• Indigenous Peoples, Energy, and International Justice: The Pangue/Ralco Hydrologic Project in Chile's Alto BioBio (July 2004) (Orellana)

• Export Credit Agencies and the World Trade Organization (November 2003) (Orellana) [Draft version]

• Assesment by the Office of the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman in Relation to a Complaint Filed against IFC's Investment in ENDENSA Pangue S.A. (May 2003)

• Export Credit Agencies and Sustainable Development (One of eight issue briefs presented at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in August, 2002)

• Democratizing Multilateral Development Banks (Published in the "New Public": The Globalization of Public Participation, by the Environmental Law Institute)(2002) (Bernasconi-Osterwalder & Hunter)

• A Handbook on the Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman of the International Finance Corporation and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (September 2000) (Saladin)

• Resettlement:  The World Bank's Assault on the Poor (May 2000) (Clark; Edited by Carothers).

• A Citizen's Guide to the World Bank Inspection Panel, Second Edition (1999) (Clark)  [IF99-1]    French, Portuguese and Spanish versions are also available.

• The Public Participation Convention and Export Credit Agencies, Working Paper (1999) (Saladin) [IF99-2]

• Implementing the Principles of the Public Participation Convention in International Organizations: Background Document for NGO Session, 3-6pm; June 24, 1998 (FoE Europe, Belgium/CIEL, 1998) (Saladin & Van Dyke) [IF98-1]

• International Environmental Law and Foreign Direct Investment (1998) (Hunter & Porter) [IF98-2]

• Results of a Survey of Environmental Procedures at Non-U.S. Export Credit and Risk Insurance Agencies (1998) (Bree & Hunter) [IF98-3]

• Una Guía Para Cuidadanos Ante El Grupo De Inspecciòn Del Banco Mundial (Traducciòn No Oficial) (CEMDA, Transparencia, CIEL), Noviembre 1997) (Clark & Hsu) [IF97-1]

• The World Bank and Development-Induced Displacement, IV Brown Journal of World Affairs 2 (1997) (Clark) [IF97-2]

• The World Bank Inspection Panel: Amplifying Citizen Voices for Sustainable Development (1997) (Clark & Hunter) [IF97-3]

• Independent Review Confirms IFC Covered Up Social and Environmental Impacts of Chilean Dam Project (July 1997)

• Villagers Challenge World Bank Role in Thermal Power Projects in Singrauli, India (April 1997)

• Report on Controversial Chilean Dam Submitted to World Bank President (April 1997)

• World Bank Authorizes Inspection into Massive Dam Project in Argentina and Paraguay (March 1997)

• The Role of the World Bank in Stengthening Governance, Civil Society, and Human Rights, in Lending Credibility: New Mandates and Partnerships for the World Bank (World Wildlife Fund, Berne Declaration, CIEL, and PUEBLO, 1996) (Hunter) [IF96-1]

• Amazon Burning and the World Bank: Lessons from the Second World Bank Inspection Panel Claim, in Econotes: Environmental Law & Policy Vol.1, No. 2 (The Environmental Law Society, American Washington College of Law, Spring 1996) (Hunter) [IF96-2]

• Asian Development Bank: Establishment of an Inspection Function (November, 1995)(An Asian Development Bank Document)

• The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: An Environmental Progress Report, Executive Summary (A CIEL Critique of EBRD's Environmental Policies) (November, 1995)

• The World Bank's New Inspection Panel: Will It Increase the Bank's Accountability?, CIEL Brief No. 1 (Apr. 1994) (Hunter & Udall) [IF94-1]

• The World Bank's New Inspection Panel and the Need to Create an International Framework Agreement for Administrative Procedures, Testimony of Durwood Zaelke and David Hunter Before the Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy (June 21, 1994) (Zaelke & Hunter) [IF94-2]

• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s Environmental Promise: A Bounced Check?, CIEL Brief No. 3 (Dec. 1994) (Goldberg & Hunter) [IF94-3]

• Promoting Sustainable Development and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe: The Role of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 7 American University Journal of International Law & Policy 559 (1992) (Wold & Zaelke) [IF92-1]

• Establishing an Independent Review Board at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: A Model for Improving MDB Decision-making, 2 Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum 59 (1992) (Wold & Zaelke) [IF92-2]