* I wish to thank David M. Trubek, Mavian Clech Lam, David Delaney, and Robert R. Geyer for useful comments and encouragement during the drafting of this article. Any errors or inconsistencies remain my own responsibility. ** Postscript: As this article goes to press, news reports show that the World Bank is taking a serious look at the quality of their projects in terms of implementation. Bank has shown concern that an increasing number of projects do have serious problems (20 percent in 1991 as opposed to 11 percent in 1981 (note text: Financial Times, 2 July 1993)), and that the emphasis among the Bank's staff has been the volume of projects rather than the quality. news reports do not specify the changes that are to be made, except proposals for independent inspectors to review project performance. It is too early to say if these initiatives from the Bank itself will be followed by a greater willingness to look at human ights issues as discussed in the above article. 1. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Mid-West Political Science Association Meeting in Chicago, 18-20 April 1991. 2. Henry J. Steiner, presentation at Notre Dame University, Symposium on The Rights of Ethnic Minorities, 2 March 1991 (unpublished). 3. Adjustment and Poverty: A Conceptual, Empirical and Policy Framework (World Bank, February, 1990) [hereinafter Structural Adjustment and Poverty]. 4. Structural Adjustment Programs is the term used for the policies pursued by the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), other international financial institutions, and individual governments in order to achieve an improved balance of payment situation and generally better economic conditions. acceptance of these policies on the part of the national debtor government is a necessary condition for future assistance from the two first mentioned institutions. See infra part II.B.
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