Setting standards for responsible banking: Examining the role of the international finance corporation in the emergence of the equator principles

International Organizations in Global Environmental Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 51-70

  Wright, Christopher ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 80053048898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203883150     Document Type: Chapter

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