Integrating Human Rights into the Work of the World Bank Group: The International Finance Corporation's Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjorn Arp
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Finance ◽  
World Bank ◽  
World Bank Group ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Bank Group

The World Bank: Human Rights, Democracy and Governance

1997 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas H. Moller
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
World Bank Group ◽  
Democratic Values ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
Democratic Principles ◽  
Bank Group

The World Bank group has been criticised by a wide variety of groups over the years for its failure to adequately take into account human rights and democratic principles. Recently, the Bank has started to widen the scope of its activities so that now the Bank is involved in projects concerned with such disparate issues as the environment, poverty reduction and women in development. This paper focuses on one of the new Bank concerns, governance, and examines the prospects it holds for ensuring that the Bank and its borrower-countries respect human rights and democratic values. It then reviews the responses governance has received and suggests alternative means that may more effectively ensure that the Bank takes into account such values. Finally, the paper proposes a new test, based on Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to be applied to potential borrowers and the test is applied to Burma.

The World Bank Group

1968 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Blough
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
International Finance ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
World Bank Group ◽  
International Bank ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Bank Group

The World Bank Group consists of three closely affiliated intergovernmental institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (hereinafter referred to as the Bank, IBRD, or the World Bank), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the International Development Association (IDA). These institutions are the chosen multilateral instruments of governments for providing external capital on a global basis to help finance the development of the world's low-income countries

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