International Financial Institutions and Sustainable Development: Lawmaking and Accountability

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Johanna Aleria P. Lorenzo (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

International Financial Institutions and Sustainable Development

Lawmaking and Accountability

Johanna Aleria P. Lorenzo (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

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Cambridge University Press
30 April 2025

Environmental economics; International economic & trade law; International organisations & institutions

Series: Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law

Balancing theoretical and practice-oriented elements, this book introduces researchers, teachers, and students in international sustainable development law to the IFIs' safeguard policies. It also scrutinizes the case law of independent accountability mechanisms that interpret those policies and afford recourse to individuals and communities adversely affected by development projects. The book's focus on the procedural and substantive features of IFIs' safeguard systems contributes to a more concrete understanding of these organizations' participation in the international lawmaking process on sustainable development. It puts IFIs in the spotlight and provides an international legal critique of their activities to match their notoriety in popular consciousness and to enhance their accountability to those they harm. By approaching international (economic) law and sustainable development through the lens of economic, environmental, and social issues arising in development projects primarily in the Global South, the book presents a needed counterbalance to existing literature on the topic.

By: Johanna Aleria P. Lorenzo (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009407267
ISBN 10: 1009407260
Series: Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 30 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Johanna Aleria Lorenzo is an Assistant Professor in Public International Law at the University of Amsterdam. Her perspective on international law's interaction with development, sustainability, and global economic governance, is informed by her upbringing, education, and professional experience in Asia, the United States, and Europe. Johanna received the Ambrose Gherini Prize, the highest prize awarded in the field of international law by Yale Law School, for her doctoral dissertation on which this book is based.