BRUCE RICH | AUTHOR | ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER - Tags | expert on public international finance and the environment

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Foreclosing the Future: Examining 20 years of the World Bank's Environmental Performance

Foreclosing the Future: Examining 20 years of the World Bank's Environmental Performance

Drawing on in depth institutional knowledge, hundreds of case studies, and scores of internal and external reports and evaluations, Bruce Rich paints a picture of a Bank still infl...
Climate Finance and Bank Reform

Climate Finance and Bank Reform

The World Bank has become the main financial administrator of “climate investment funds as well as for 12 different "carbon funds." A growing literature has documented the lack of...
Does Chronic Leakage Undermine International Environmenal Aid?

Does Chronic Leakage Undermine International Environmenal Aid?

When I first came to Washington in the 1980s I heard references to “leakage” from contacts in the World Bank and U.S. Treasury Department. I wondered how it could be that a well-fu...