Mortgaging the Earth The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Rich, Bruce (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2013.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Public international law.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Public International Law.

The 1992 Rio Earth Summit was supposed to be a turning point for the World Bank. Environmental concerns would now play a major role in its lending—programs and projects would go beyond economic development to “sustainable development.” More than two decades later, efforts to green the bank seem pall...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• 1. The Dwelling Place of the Angels
• 2. Decade of Debacles
• 3. Brave New World at Bretton Woods
• 4. The Faustian Paradox of Robert McNamara
• 5. Greens Lay Siege to the Crystal Palace
• 6. The Emperor’s New Clothes
• 7.  The Castle of Contradictions
• 8. From Descartes to Chico Mendes: A Brief History of Modernity as Development
• 9. Who Shall Rule the World and How?
• 10. What on Earth Is to Be Done?
• Notes
• Index.