Background
Rich, Bruce Miller was born on February 21, 1947 in Buffalo. Son of Paul John Junior and Doris Deanne Rich.
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Mortgaging the Earth: The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development
( The 1992 Rio Earth Summit was supposed to be a turning ...)
The 1992 Rio Earth Summit was supposed to be a turning point for the World Bank. Environmental concerns would now play a major role in its lending—programs and projects would go beyond economic development to “sustainable development.” More than two decades later, efforts to green the bank seem pallid. Bruce Rich argues that the Bank’s current institutional problems are extensions of flaws that had been present since its founding. His new book, Foreclosing the Future, tells the story of the Bank from the Rio Earth Summit to today. For readers who want the full history of the Bank’s environmental record, Rich’s acclaimed 1994 critique, Mortgaging the Earth, is an essential companion. Called a “detailed and thought-provoking look at an important subject” by The New York Times, Mortgaging the Earth analyzes the twenty year period leading up the Rio Summit. Rich offers not only an important history but critical insights about economic development that are ever-more relevant today.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1610915178/?tag=2022091-20
Mortgaging the Earth: The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development by Bruce Rich (2013-09-30)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FKUQ81O/?tag=2022091-20
Mortgaging The Earth
(This critique of World Bank operations examines the effec...)
This critique of World Bank operations examines the effects of this organization on the societies in which it operates. Highly critical of the Bank's practices in its 50 years of operation, the author demonstrates how the Bank has become virtually unaccountable and a law unto itself. He describes how the Bank has supported oppressive regimes and loaned money to support large projects which have displaced local populations. He argues further that the Bank's current policies of structural adjustment are arresting the development of Third World countries.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1853832219/?tag=2022091-20
Bruce Miller Rich
Edit Profilelawyer environmental foundation executive
Education
Student, University Munich, 1967-1968; Bachelor cum laude, Yale University, 1970; student, Ecole Pratique Hautes Etudes, Paris, 1975-1976; Juris Doctor, University of Pennsylvania, 1981.
Career
Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, 1981-1985;
senior attorney, director international program, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, since 1985. Consultant United States Agency for International Development, Brazzaville, Congo. Consultant Office Environmental Affairs, World Bank.
Consultant international finance institutions and pesticide use World Resources Institute. Consultant Mediterranean Action Plan, United Nations Environmental Program, Tunesia, France. Consultant United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment.
Consultant development and resources management International Union Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Belize, Center American. Consultant conservation and development World Wildlife Fund., United States, Chiapas, Mexico.
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Mortgaging The Earth
(This critique of World Bank operations examines the effec...)
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Mortgaging the Earth: The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development
( The 1992 Rio Earth Summit was supposed to be a turning ...)
- Mortgaging the Earth: The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development by Bruce Rich (2013-09-30)
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Mortgaging The Earth
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Member District of Columbia Bar Association.
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American