Values in Translation: Human Rights and the Culture of the World Bank

Specifically, the Bank resists adopting a human rights policy that attempts to mitigate the impact of its projects on human rights, considers recipient countries' obligations under international human rights law, and develops guidelines on when to suspend projects because of human rights violations.1 Sarfaty makes an original contribution to the literature because the book goes beyond the politics of the Bank's member states. [...]Sarfaty desires a new debate on previously depoliticized issues such as questions over sovereignty and human rights.