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

Books

Foreclosing the Future: The World Bank and the Politics of Environmental Destruction

Foreclosing the Future: The World Bank and the Politics of Environmental Destruction

Drawing on in depth institutional knowledge, hundreds of case studies, and scores of internal and external reports and evaluations, Foreclosing the Future: The World Bank and the P...

Tax Evasion That Harms the Global Commons: No Problem If It's Legal?

Tax Evasion That Harms the Global Commons: No Problem If It's Legal?

“Dirty money” flows totalling over $1.1 trillion a year support human trafficking, global drug mafias, terrorist networks, and arms smuggling, as well as fueling international wild...
The REDD+ Program is in Denial About the Intractable Problem of Governance

The REDD+ Program is in Denial About the Intractable Problem of Governance

Rich describes carbon markets as the “financial cargo cult that had driven much of the early enthusiasm for REDD+.” REDD national plans often tended to focus on the technical compl...
Aid, Poverty, and Global Biodiversity

Aid, Poverty, and Global Biodiversity

An article by four UK researchers...concludes that despite long-standing strategies that purport to achieve biodiversity protection and poverty alleviation, actual empirical eviden...