1,337
Views
15
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Designing accountability, international economic organisations and the World Bank's Inspection Panel

Pages 13-36 | Published online: 18 Jan 2010

References

  • Baldwin , David A. , 1993 . Neorealism and neoliberalism: the contemporary debate New York : Columbia University Press .
  • Barnett , Michael and Finnemore , Martha . 2004 . Rules for the world: international organisations in global politics , Ithaca : Cornell University Press .
  • Best , Jacqueline . 2005 . The limits of transparency: ambiguity and the history of international finance , Ithaca : Cornell University Press .
  • Birdsall , Nancy , 2006 . Rescuing the World Bank: a Center for Global Development working report and selected essays Washington, DC : Center for Global Development .
  • Bissell , Richard . 1997 . ‘Recent practice of the Inspection Panel of the World Bank’ . American Journal of International Law , 91 ( 4 ) : 741 – 4 .
  • Blyth , Mark . 2002 . Great transformations: economic ideas and institutional change in the twentieth century , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
  • Boas , Morten and McNeill , Desmond . 2003 . Multilateral institutions: a critical introduction , London : Pluto Press .
  • Bradlow , Daniel , 1993 . ‘Opening statement to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance’ , 18 February, Canadian House of Commons, Ottawa, Canada .
  • Bradlow , Daniel . 2005 . ‘Private complainants and international organisations: a comparative study of the independent inspection mechanisms of international financial institutions’ . Georgetown International Law Journal , 36 : 403 – 94 .
  • Bridgeman , Tess , 2007 . ‘Independent evaluation of the World Bank Inspection Panel: summary of findings and recommendations’ , 22 October , < www.baseswiki.org/> accessed 2 March 2009 .
  • Cahn , Jonathan . 1993 . ‘Challenging the new imperial authority: the World Bank and the democratisation of development’ . Harvard Human Rights Journal , 6 : 159 – 94 .
  • Campbell , John . 1998 . ‘Institutional analysis and the role of ideas in political economy’ . Theory and Society , 27 ( 3 ) : 377 – 409 .
  • Campbell , John and Pedersen , Ove . 1996 . “ ‘Theories of institutional change in the postcommunist context’ ” . In Legacies of change: transformations of postcommunist European economies , Edited by: Campbell , John and Pedersen , Ove . New York : Aldine de Gruyter .
  • Caporoso , James . 2003 . “ ‘Democracy, accountability, and rights in supranational governance’ ” . In Governance in a global economy: political authority in transition , Edited by: Kahler , Miles and Lake , David A. 361 – 85 . Princeton : Princeton University Press .
  • Christensen , Erik . 1990 . Green appeal: a proposal for an independent commission of inquiry at the World Bank , Washington, DC : Natural Resources Defense Council .
  • Clark , Dana , Jonathan Fox and Kay Treakle , 2003 . Demanding accountability: civil society claims and the World Bank Inspection Panel Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield .
  • Deaton , Angus , Abhijit Banerjee , Nora Lustig and Ken Rogoff , 2006 . ‘An evaluation of World Bank research, 1998–2005’ , 24 September , < http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DEC/Resources/84797-1109362238001/726454-1164121166494/RESEARCH-EVALUATION-2006-Main-Report.pdf > .
  • Duffield , John . 2003 . ‘The limits of “rational design”’ . International Organization , 57 ( 2 ) : 411 – 30 .
  • Duffield , John . 2007 . ‘What are international institutions?’ . International Studies Review , 9 ( 1 ) : 1 – 22 .
  • Eckersley , Robyn . 2007 . ‘A green public sphere in the WTO? The amicus curiae interventions in the transatlantic biotech dispute’ . European Journal of International Relations , 13 ( 3 ) : 329 – 56 .
  • Florini , Ann . 2007 . The right to know: transparency for an open world , New York : Columbia University Press .
  • Fox , Jonathan . 2000 . ‘The World Bank Inspection Panel: lessons from the first five years’ . Global Governance , 6 ( 3 ) : 279 – 318 .
  • Fox , Jonathan . 2003 . “ ‘Introduction: framing the Inspection Panel’ ” . In Demanding accountability: civil society claims and the World Bank Inspection Panel , Edited by: Clark , Dana , Fox , Jonathan and Treakle , Kay . xi – xxxi . Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield .
  • Goldman , Michael . 2005 . Imperial nature: the World Bank and struggles for social justice in the age of globalization , New Haven : Yale University Press .
  • Grant , Ruth and Robert , Keohane . 2005 . ‘Accountability and abuses of power in world politics’ . American Political Science Review , 99 ( 1 ) : 29 – 43 .
  • Grigorescu , Alexandru , 2008 . ‘The spread of bureaucratic accountability mechanisms to intergovernmental organisations’ , at Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association , San Francisco , 26–29 March .
  • Gruber , Lloyd . 2000 . Ruling the world: power politics and the rise of supranational institutions , Princeton : Princeton University Press .
  • Hawkins , Darren , Lake , David , Nielson , Daniel and Tierney , Michael . 2006 . Delegation and agency in international organizations , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
  • Held , David and Mathias Koenig-Archibugi , 2005 . Global governance and public accountability Oxford : Blackwell .
  • Hobson , John M. and Leonard Seabrooke , 2007 . Everyday politics of the world economy Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
  • Hoffman , Florian and Megret , Frederic . 2005 . ‘Fostering human rights accountability: an ombudsman for the United Nations’ . Global Governance , 11 : 43 – 63 .
  • Holder , Jane . 2004 . Environmental assessment: the regulation of decision making , Oxford : Oxford University Press .
  • Hunter , David . 1994 . ‘The World Bank's new Inspection Panel’ . Environment , 36 ( 9 ) : 2 – 6 .
  • Hunter , David . 2008 . ‘Civil society networks and the development of environmental standards at international financial institutions’ . Chicago Journal of International Law , 8 ( 2 ) : 437 – 77 .
  • IEO (Independent Evaluation Office) , 2009 . ‘About IEO’ , < www.ieo-imf.org/about/ > (accessed March 1 2009) .
  • IMF (International Monetary Fund) , 2009 . ‘Factsheet: IMF quotas’ , February , < www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/quotas.htm > (accessed 29 May 2009) .
  • JIU (Joint Inspection Unit) , 2009 . ‘Welcome to the JIU’ , < www.unjiu.org> (accessed 2 March 2009).
  • Johnston , Alistair . 2001 . ‘Treating international institutions as social environments’ . International Studies Quarterly , 45 ( 4 ) : 487 – 515 .
  • Kahler , Miles . 2001 . Leadership selection in the major multilaterals , Washington, DC : Peterson Institute for International Economics .
  • Kapur , Devesh . 2000 . ‘Who gets to run the world?’ . Foreign Policy , 121 : 44 – 50 .
  • Kapur , Devesh . 2002 . “ ‘The changing anatomy of governance at the World Bank’ ” . In Reinventing the World Bank , Edited by: Pincus , Jonathan and Winters , Jeffrey A. 54 – 75 . Ithaca : Cornell University Press .
  • Keohane , Robert O. and Nye , Joseph . 2003 . “ ‘Redefining accountability for global governance’ ” . In Governance in a global economy: political authority in transition , Edited by: Kahler , Miles and Lake , David A. 386 – 411 . Princeton : Princeton University Press .
  • Kingsbury , Bendict . 1999 . “ ‘Operational policies of international institutions as part of the law-making process: the World Bank and indigenous peoples’ ” . In The reality of international law: essays in honour of Ian Brownlie , Edited by: Goodwin-Gill , Guy and Talmon , Stefan . Oxford : Clarendon Press .
  • Koenig-Archibugi , Mathias . 2004 . ‘Transnational corporations and public accountability’ . Government and Opposition , 39 ( 2 ) : 234 – 59 .
  • Koremenos , Barbara , Lipson , Charles and Snidal , Duncan . 2004 . The rational design of international institutions , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
  • Koremenos , Barbara and Snidal , Duncan . 2003 . ‘Moving forward, one step at a time’ . International Organization , 57 ( 2 ) : 431 – 44 .
  • Mason , Michael . 2005 . The new accountability: environmental responsibility across borders , London : Earthscan .
  • McCubbins , Matthew and Schwartz , Thomas . 1984 . ‘Congressional oversight overlooked: police patrols versus fire alarms’ . American Journal of Political Science , 28 ( 1 ) : 165 – 79 .
  • Meltzer , Allan H. , 2000 . ‘Report of the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission’ , March , < www.house.gov/jec/imf/meltzer.pdf> (accessed 15 January 2003 ).
  • Mohammed , Aziz Ali . 2005 . “ ‘Who pays for the World Bank?’ ” . In The IMF and the World Bank at sixty , Edited by: Buira , Ariel . 181 – 98 . London : Anthem Press .
  • Moravcsik , Andrew . 2004 . ‘Is there a “democratic deficit” in world politics? A framework for analysis’ . Government and Opposition , 39 ( 2 ) : 336 – 63 .
  • Morse , Bradford and Berger , Thomas . 1992 . The independent review of the Sardar Sarovar projects , Ottawa : Resource Futures International .
  • Meyer , John , Boli , John , Thomas , George and Ramirez , Francisco . 1997 . ‘World society and the nation-state’ . American Journal of Sociology , 103 ( 1 ) : 144 – 82 .
  • Nielson , Daniel and Tierney , Michael . 2003 . ‘Delegation to international organizations: agency theory and World Bank environmental reform’ . International Organization , 57 ( 2 ) : 241 – 76 .
  • Nye , Joseph . 2001 . ‘Globalization's democratic deficit: how to make international institutions more accountable’ . Foreign Affairs , 80 ( 4 ) : 2 – 6 .
  • O'Brien , Robert , Goetz , Anne-Marie , Scholte , Jan Aart and Williams , Marc . 2000 . Contesting global governance: multilateral institutions and global social movements , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
  • Park , Susan . 2009 . The World Bank group and environmentalists: changing international organisation identities , Manchester : Manchester University Press .
  • Patomaki , Heike and Teivainen , Tievo . 2004 . A possible world: democratic transformation of global institutions , London : Zed Books .
  • Payne , Roger and Samhat , Nayef . 2004 . Democratising global politics: discourse norms, international regimes and political community , Albany : State University of New York Press .
  • Raffer , Kunibert . 2004 . ‘International financial institutions and financial accountability’ . Ethics and International Affairs , 18 ( 2 ) : 61 – 77 .
  • Reinisch , August . 2001 . ‘Securing the accountability of international organizations’ . Global Governance , 7 ( 2 ) : 131 – 50 .
  • Rich , Bruce . 1994 . Mortgaging the earth: the World Bank, environmental impoverishment and the crisis of development , Boston : Beacon Press .
  • Ruggie , John G. 1998 . ‘What makes the world hang together? Neo-utilitarianism and the social constructivist challenge’ . International Organisation , 52 ( 4 ) : 855 – 85 .
  • Scholte , Jan Aart . 2000 . “ ‘“In the foothills”: relations between the IMF and civil society’ ” . In Non-state actors and authority in the global system , Edited by: Higgott , Richard , Underhill , Geoffrey and Bieler , Andreas . 256 – 73 . London : Routledge .
  • Scholte , Jan Aart . 2004 . ‘Civil society and democratically accountable global governance’ . Government and Opposition , 39 ( 2 ) : 211 – 33 .
  • Seabrooke , Leonard . 2007 . ‘Legitimacy gaps in the world economy: explaining the sources of the IMF's legitimacy crisis’ . International Politics , 44 ( 2/3 ) : 250 – 68 .
  • Sharman , Jason C. 2006 . Havens in a storm: the struggle for global tax regulation , Ithaca : Cornell University Press .
  • Shihata , Ibrahim . 1994 . The World Bank Inspection Panel , Washington, DC : World Bank and Oxford University Press .
  • Shihata , Ibrahim . 2001 . “ ‘The World Bank Inspection Panel: its historical, legal and operational aspects’ ” . In The Inspection Panel of the World Bank: a different complaints procedure , Edited by: Alfredsson , Gudmunder and Ring , Rolf . The Hague : Martinus Nijhoff .
  • Smith , Jackie . 2008 . Social movements for global democracy , Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press .
  • Suzuki , Etsuke and Nanwani , Suresh . 2006 . ‘Responsibility of international organisations: the accountability mechanisms of multilateral development banks’ . Michigan Journal of International Law , 27 : 177 – 255 .
  • Udall , Lori . 1997 . The World Bank Inspection Panel: a three year review , Washington, DC : Bank Information Center .
  • Udall , Lori , 2008 . ‘Testimony to the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, hearing on the International Development Association (IDA) and the 11th replenishment of the African Development Bank, 110th Congress, second session, 18 June 2008’ , Serial no. 110–21, http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_house_hearings&docid=f:44186.wais (accessed 5 January 2009 ).
  • Umana , Alvaro . 1998 . The World Bank's Inspection Panel, 1994–1998 , Washington, DC : World Bank .
  • UN (United Nations) , 2009 . ‘United Nations Ombudsman and Mediation Services’ , <www.un.org/ombudsman> (accessed 2 March 2009 ).
  • Van Putten , Maartje . 2008 . Policing the banks: accountability mechanisms for the financial sector , Montreal : Magill-Queen's University Press .
  • Weaver , Catherine . 2009 . The hypocrisy trap: the World Bank and the poverty of reform , Princeton : Princeton University Press .
  • Weisband , Edward and Ebrahim , Alnoor . 2007 . “ ‘Introduction: forging global accountabilities’ ” . In Global accountabilities: participation, pluralism, and public ethics , Edited by: Ebrahim , Alnoor and Weisband , Edward . 1 – 24 . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
  • Wellens , Karol . 2002 . Remedies against international organisations , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
  • Widmaier , Wesley , 2008 . The everyday politics of investment guidelines, lending guidelines, and the balance of payments Unpublished manuscript .
  • Wold , Chris and Zaelke , Durwood . 1992 . ‘Establishing an independent review board at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: a model for improving MDB decision-making’ . Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum , 2 : 59 – 78 .
  • Wood , Angela . 2005 . “ ‘Power without responsibility? Enhancing learning and policy accountability at the International Monetary Fund’ ” . In Accountability of the International Monetary Fund , Edited by: Carin , Barry and Wood , Angela . 67 – 87 . Aldershot : Ashgate .
  • Woods , Ngaire . 2001 . ‘Making the IMF and the World Bank more accountable’ . International Affairs , 77 ( 1 ) : 83 – 100 .
  • Woods , Ngaire . 2006 . The globalizers: the IMF, the World Bank and their borrowers , Ithaca : Cornell University Press .
  • Woods , Ngaire and Lombardi , Domenico . 2006 . ‘Uneven patterns of governance: how developing countries are represented in the IMF’ . Review of International Political Economy , 13 ( 3 ) : 480 – 515 .
  • Woods , Ngaire and Narlikar , Amrita . 2001 . ‘Governance and the limits of accountability: the WTO, the IMF and the World Bank’ . International Social Science Journal , 53 ( 170 ) : 569 – 83 .
  • World Bank , 1992 . Effective implementation key to development impact: report of the world bank protfolio management task force Washington, DC : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development .
  • World Bank , 1993 . ‘The World Bank Inspection Panel’ , Resolution No. IBRD 93-10, IDA 93-6, 22 September, <http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/PROJECTS/EXTPOLICIES/EXTOPMANUAL/o,,contentMDK:20065889~menuPK:4564187~pagePK:64709096~piPK:64709108~theSitePK:502184,00.html> (accessed 3 March 2009 ).
  • Zoellick , Robert , 2008 . ‘Modernising multilateralism and markets’ , at Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the World Bank Group , Washington , DC , 13 October , <www.imf.org/external/am/speeches/listamsp.aspx?year=2008> (accessed 3 March 2009 ).
  • Zweifel , Thomas . 2006 . International organisations and democracy: accountability, politics and power , Boulder : Lynne Rienner .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.