The World Bank and Sustainable Development: Legal Essays (Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development)

The World Bank and Sustainable Development: Legal Essays collects works from the past ten years by David Freestone, former Deputy General Counsel and Senior Adviser at the World Bank. The essays offer a unique perspective founded on the authors years of experience at the World Bank. They cover a wide-range of topics, including the Banks Sustainable Development and its Climate Change agendas as well as its project based Environmental and Social Safeguard policies, highlighting the evolution of the pioneering role of the Banks Inspection Panel.