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Reading Materials:

• Bruce Rich, "The Emperor's New Clothes: The World Bank and Environmental Reform," in GPB ch. 21.

Internet Research Materials:

• The World Bank and the Environment.
• The World Bank: Environment by the Numbers.
• The World Bank - Environment Strategy.
• World Bank Incorporates Environmental Concerns into Lending Programs
• The World Bank and the Environment: Collection of Links.

Discussion Questions:

• What is structural adjustment? Can structural adjustment be compatible with environmental protection?

• Discuss the elements of the WB projects? What is involved?