01680nam a22001337a 4500020001800000082001900018100002100037245012200058260004900180300001400229504003200243520108800275650018301363  a9780190467456  a332.153bBUN-G  aBuntaine, Mark T  aGiving Aid Effectivelyb: the politics of environmental performance and selectivity at multilateral development banks  aNew YorkbOxford University Pressc2016       aix, 291p.  aInclude Reference and Index  aInternational organizations do not always live up to the expectations and mandates of their member countries. One of the best examples of this gap is the environmental performance of multilateral development banks, which are tasked with allocating and managing approximately half of all development assistance worldwide. In the 1980s and 1990s, the multilateral development banks came under severe criticism for financing projects that caused extensive deforestation, polluted large urban areas, displaced millions of people, and destroyed valuable natural resources. In response to significant and public failures, member countries established or strengthened administrative procedures, citizen complaint mechanisms, project evaluation, and strategic planning processes. All of these reforms intended to close the gap between the mandates and performance of the multilateral development banks by shaping the way projects are approved. Giving Aid Effectively provides a systematic examination of whether these efforts have succeeded in aligning allocation decisions with performance.  aFinancial EconomicsvEconomic development projects-Developing countriesvEnvironmental aspects--Developing countriesvEnvironmental policy--Economic aspects--Developing countries