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Private Complainants And International Organizations: A Comparative Study Of The Independent Inspection Mechanisms In International Financial Institutions, Daniel D. Bradlow
Private Complainants And International Organizations: A Comparative Study Of The Independent Inspection Mechanisms In International Financial Institutions, Daniel D. Bradlow
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This paper is a comparative study of the independent inspection mechanisms in international financial institutions. These mechanisms, which are an important development in the accountability of international organizations, allow private complainants who believe that they have been harmed or threatened with harm by the failure of these institutions to act in accordance with their own operational rules and procedures to have their complaints investigated by an independent body.
The paper is divided into three parts. In the first part I discuss the structure, functions and procedures of the World Bank's Inspection Panel, the International Finance Corporation's Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, the …
Development Decision Making And The Content Of International Development Law, Daniel D. Bradlow
Development Decision Making And The Content Of International Development Law, Daniel D. Bradlow
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International development law deals with the rights and duties of states and other actors in the development process. As the consensus view of the development process disintegrated during the 1970s and 1980s, the agreement on the content of international development law also began to break down. Today there are two competing idealized views of development. The first, the traditional view, maintains that development is about economic growth, which can be distinguished from other social, cultural, environmental, and political development issues in society. The second, the modern view, maintains that development is an integrated process of change involving intertwined economic, social, …