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Galit Sarfaty - Values in Translation: Human Rights and the Culture of the World Bank - 9780804763516 - V9780804763516
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Values in Translation: Human Rights and the Culture of the World Bank

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Description for Values in Translation: Human Rights and the Culture of the World Bank Hardback. This book explores the organizational culture of the largest international development organization--the World Bank--and addresses the question of why the Bank has not adopted a human rights policy or agenda. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KFFK; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 534. Weight in Grams: 456.

The World Bank is the largest lender to developing countries, making loans worth over $20 billion per year to finance development projects around the globe. To guide its investments, the Bank has adopted a number of social and environmental policies, yet it has never instituted any overarching policy on human rights. Despite the potential human rights impact of Bank projects—the forced displacement of indigenous peoples resulting from a Bank-financed dam project, for example—the issue of human rights remains marginal in the Bank's operational practices.

Values in Translation analyzes the organizational culture of the World Bank and addresses the question of ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Stanford Studies in Human Rights
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804763516
SKU
V9780804763516
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About Galit Sarfaty
Galit A. Sarfaty is Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Reviews for Values in Translation: Human Rights and the Culture of the World Bank
"Sarfaty uses anthropological analysis to identify internal obstacles to such a policy, including a clash of expertise between lawyers and economists over how to define human rights and justify their relevance to the Bank's mission."—Law & Social Inquiry "Sarfaty pushes readers' understanding of the [World] Bank and human rights beyond the conventional fixation on the Bank's core mandate and formal ... Read more

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