The World Bank Group's Partnership with the Global Environment Facility
Title | The World Bank Group's Partnership with the Global Environment Facility PDF eBook |
Author | The World Bank |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2015-11-18 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1464802211 |
The World Bank Group was a principal founding partner of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in its pilot phase in 1991, and of the restructured GEF in 1994. The Bank plays three different roles in the GEF: (a) as trustee of the GEF and related trust funds, (b) as implementing agency, including the implementation of private-sector GEF projects by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and (c) as the host organization of the functionally independent GEF secretariat. Focusing primarily on the role of the Bank as an implementing agency, this review documents how the partnership that the GEF and the World Bank Group established in the early 1990s has evolved over time, offers explanations for observed changes, and draws a number of lessons. The review addresses the following issues: * The mutual relevance of the World Bank Group and the GEF * Inter-organizational coordination along the World Bank Group-GEF project cycle * The introduction of the GEF’s resource allocation systems in 2006 and 2010 * The evolution and effectiveness of the Bank Group’s GEF portfolio * Catalytic approaches in the Bank Group-GEF partnership: co-financing, blending, and mainstreaming * The World Bank’s corporate activities as a GEF implementing agency. The principal purposes of this review are (a) to help improve the relevance and effectiveness of the Bank Group’s partnership with the GEF, and (b) to draw lessons for the Bank Group’s partnership with the GEF and other large global partnership programs.
A New Green Order?
Title | A New Green Order? PDF eBook |
Author | Zoe Young |
Publisher | Pluto Press (UK) |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2002-10-20 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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Measured argument showing the democratic unaccountability of the World Bank and Western governments concerning the implementation of ruinous environmental policies.
The World Bank Group's Partnership with the Global Environment Facility
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The World Bank Group's Partnership with the Global Environment Facility
Title | The World Bank Group's Partnership with the Global Environment Facility PDF eBook |
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World Development Report 1978
Title | World Development Report 1978 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 135 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Adaptation (Biology) |
ISBN | 0821372823 |
This first report deals with some of the major development issues confronting the developing countries and explores the relationship of the major trends in the international economy to them. It is designed to help clarify some of the linkages between the international economy and domestic strategies in the developing countries against the background of growing interdependence and increasing complexity in the world economy. It assesses the prospects for progress in accelerating growth and alleviating poverty, and identifies some of the major policy issues which will affect these prospects.
Forgotten Values
Title | Forgotten Values PDF eBook |
Author | Teresa Kramarz |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2020-08-25 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0262539187 |
An examination of the conflict between values and bureaucracy in World Bank biodiversity partnerships. Multi-stakeholder partnerships have become an increasingly common form of global governance. Partnerships, usually between international organizations (IOs) or state agencies and such private actors as NGOs, businesses, and academic institutions, have even been promoted as the gold standard of good governance—participatory, innovative, and well-funded. And yet these partnerships often fail to live up to the values that motivated their establishment. In this book, Teresa Kramarz examines this gap between promise and performance by analyzing partnerships in biodiversity conservation initiatives launched by the World Bank. Kramarz reviews World Bank biodiversity partnerships over a twenty-year period, with in-depth studies of two: the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund and the Global Invasive Species Program. She finds that partnerships fall short when established in the shadow of a large, mature bureaucracy. Bureaucrats have trouble relinquishing control, and they distrust partners who do not abide by set policies and procedures. The partnership's potential contribution to biodiversity conservation succumbs to the goals of bureaucratic efficiency. Kramarz develops a theoretical framework to explain the gap between values and practice, combining rationalist and constructivist approaches. Viewing World Bank biodiversity partnerships through this theoretical lens, she shows how the World Bank's risk aversion, hierarchy, focus on rules and procedures, and division of labor have a significant influence on partnership outcomes.
The World Bank's Partnership with Nongovernmental Organizations
Title | The World Bank's Partnership with Nongovernmental Organizations PDF eBook |
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Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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3. Social Funds (SFs)