From 'safeguards' to 'sustainability': The evolution of environmental discourse inside the International Finance Corporation

The World Bank and Governance: A Decade of Reform and Reaction

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 67-87

  Wright, Christopher ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 37349017440     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203969076     Document Type: Chapter

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