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Whose Civil Society? Whose Governance? Decisionmaking and Practice in the New Agenda at the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank

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Whose Civil Society? Whose Governance? Decisionmaking and Practice in the New Agenda at the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank
Author(s)Nelson, Paul
AbstractGovernance and civil society are relatively new themes in the discourse of the multilateral development banks (MDBs). As objectives of MDB policy and lending, good governance or modernization of the state and civil society involves a common core of issues for the MDBs: transparency, accountability, effective public sector management, and public participation in making and implementing policy. But governance has a second meaning in the context of MDBs: it refers as well to their self-governance and decision-making as organizations. In this essay, I focus on the evolving tensions between the governance policies, their implementation, and the governance processes of the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
IssueNo4
Pages405-432
ArticleAccess to Article
SourceGlobal Governance
VolumeNo6
PubDateOctober 2000
ISBN_ISSN1075-2846


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