The World Bank Group SanctionsProcess and Its Recent Reforms

Leroy, Anne-Marie ; Fariello, Frank

World Bank

关键词: ABUSE;    ACCOUNTABILITY;    ADJUDICATION;    ADMINISTRATIVE LAW;    AFFILIATE;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-8969-0
RP-ID  :  65177

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The World Bank is one of theworld's premier international financial institutions.It provides low-interest loans, interest-free credits, andgrants to developing countries for a wide array of purposesthat include investments in education, health, publicadministration, infrastructure, financial and private sectordevelopment, agriculture, and environmental and naturalresource management, with aggregate new lending commitmentsof approximately $60 billion and aggregate outstanding loansand credits of $230 billion in Fiscal Year 2010. With thefinancial support provided by the Bank, borrowers implementprojects and programs, including the procurement of goods,works, and services necessary to carry out the project orprogram activities. The study begins by outlining theprincipal features of the Bank Group's sanctionsprocess as it exists today (part two) and sketches some thekey consideration underlying reform of the Bank'ssanctions process (part three). It then describes how thoseconsiderations have influenced the historical evolution ofthe sanctions process (part four), with particular focus onthe recent changes that the Bank has adopted to improve theefficiency, effectiveness, and procedural of that process(part five). Finally, it concludes by reflecting on some ofthe longer-term implications of the reform process to date(part six).