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• Mortgaging the Earth: The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development

  Mortgaging the Earth: The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development

  A deeply researched and widely acclaimed account of the World Bank and its destructive impact on the environment and social equity, as well as a questioning of the history, underly...

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Articles

• As the World Burns: A Critique of the World Bank Group's Energy Strategy

  As the World Burns: A Critique of the World Bank Group's Energy Strategy

  This article appeared in late 2013, and the World Bank Group has made progress in adopting some of the article's recommendations, namely commitments to end financing of coal power...

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• The Carbon Caravan

  The Carbon Caravan

  First of two essays summarizing my analysis of the World Bank's record in addressing climate change, including managing global carbon trading funds, in the web blog and discussion...

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• Kenya
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