The Politics of Policy

How do multilateral financial institutions address the conservation of biodiversity - or for that matter - the environment and local natural-resource based livelihoods more broadly? This study examines the policies of the World Bank, the world's pre- eminent development institution, and the role of the Global Environment Facility, a financial mechanism established to serve the United Nations Conventions on Biodiversity and Climate Change. It seeks to provide insights into the conditions that are necessary to render public international financial institutions more accountable to their constituencies ranging from international donors to local villagers and indigenous peoples.

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Korinna Horta works on development, finance and environment. Fluent in five languages, she completed her Ph.D. at the University of London, holds an M.A. in international economics from Johns-Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. and a degree in social science from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.