Sustainable Development and the Use of Borrowing State Frameworks in the New World Bank Safeguards

Stéphanie de Moerloose

doi:10.5771/0506-7286-2018-1-53

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- 1–2 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 1–2
- 3–102 Abhandlungen / Articles 3–102
  - 3–11 50 years of “VRÜ / Law and Politics in Asia, Africa and Latin America”: History and Challenges Brun-Otto Bryde Brun-Otto Bryde 3–11
  - 12–34 Socio-economic Rights Adjudication and Democratic Urban Governance: Reassessing the “Second Wave” Jurisprudence of the South African Constitutional Court Marius Pieterse Marius Pieterse 12–34
  - 35–52 Den Staat (ver-)fassen. Verfassungspolitik und Verfassungsglaube in Kirgistan und Myanmar Judith Beyer Judith Beyer 35–52
  - 53–77 Sustainable Development and the Use of Borrowing State Frameworks in the New World Bank Safeguards Stéphanie de Moerloose Stéphanie de Moerloose 53–77
  - 78–102 The Legal Nature of the World Bank Safeguards Giedre Jokubauskaite Giedre Jokubauskaite 78–102
- 103–114 Berichte / Reports 103–114
  - Die Ermöglichung der Abdankung des japanischen Kaisers – Ein erster Schritt zur Entmythologisierung des Kaisertums? Tomoaki Kurishima Tomoaki Kurishima
- 115–120 Buchbesprechungen / Book Reviews 115–120
  - Armin von Bogdandy, Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor, Mariela Morales Antoniazzi and Flávia Piovesan, eds; Ximena Soley, managing ed., Transformative Constitutionalism in Latin America: the Emergence of a New Ius Commune Ana Micaela Alterio, Francisca Pou Giménez Ana Micaela Alterio, Francisca Pou Giménez
- 121–132 Bibliographie / Bibliography 121–132
  - 121–121 RECHT UND ENTWICKLUNG ALLGEMEIN / LAW AND DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL 121–121
  - 121–123 AFRIKA /AFRICA 121–123
  - 123–126 ASIEN /ASIA 123–126
  - 126–127 LATEINAMERIKA / LATIN AMERICA 126–127
  - 127–132 NAHER UND MITTLERER OSTEN / NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST 127–132
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Sustainable Development and the Use of Borrowing State Frameworks in the New World Bank Safeguards

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Stéphanie de Moerloose

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2018-1-53
- ISSN: 0506-7286
- ISSN online: 2941-9603
Abstract

In 2015, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) jointly committed to support the Sustainable Development Goals. This milestone illustrates the gradual integration of the principle of sustainable development in MDB activities over the last forty years. However, a year later, the World Bank adopted its new Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) which provides for, under certain conditions, the use of Borrowing State environmental and social frameworks instead of, or completed with, the World Bank ESF. This paper first analyzes whether a reinforced emphasis on Borrowing States’ ownership in the ESF appears compatible in practice with the implementation of the principle of sustainable development, based on the World Bank’s previous pilot program to use Borrowing State systems. Then, it will concentrate on the role of the Inspection Panel. Indeed, an increased use of Borrowing State frameworks would entail a new practice for the Panel, consisting of looking into Borrowing State policies in order to review their consistency with the World Bank safeguard objectives. In this context, just like judicial and quasi-judicial mechanisms, the Panel may need to develop a standard of review. The paper will argue that striking a balance between ownership and sustainable development will largely depend on the determination of this standard of review, and especially on the Inspection Panel’s degree of deference to Bank staff and Borrowing States’ decisions.
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