Accountability in complex organizations
Subtitle: World Bank responses to civil society
By: Alnoor S. Ebrahim, Steve Herz
Contributors: Herz, Steve; John F. Kennedy School of Government
Series: Faculty research working papers series -- RWP07-060; Faculty research working papers series (Online) -- RWP07-060.
Publisher: John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Cambridge, Mass]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
Copyright date: 2007
Subjects: Social responsibility of business; Civil society; World Bank
Description: Civil society actors have been pushing for greater accountability of the World Bank for at least three decades. This paper outlines the range of accountability mechanisms currently in place at the World Bank along four basic levels: (1) staff, (2) project, (3) policy, and (4) board governance. We argue that civil society organizations have been influential in pushing for greater accountability at the project and policy levels, particularly through the establishment and enforcement of social and environmental safeguards and complaint and response mechanisms. But they have been much less successful in changing staff incentives for accountability to affected communities, or in improving board accountability through greater transparency in decision making, more representative vote allocation, or better parliamentary scrutiny.
Notes: "December 2007."

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