The World Bank's New Safeguards: A Step Forward or Back? – Scott Morris

Published: Aug. 8, 2016, 3:58 p.m.

A multi-year project just came to fruition with the endorsement by the Board of the World Bank of its new set of safeguards—the social and environmental standards that govern Bank-funded projects in client countries. CGD's expert on multilateral development banks, senior fellow Scott Morris, joins me to discuss.