Holding The World Bank Accountable for the Leakage of Funds From Africa’s Health Sector

Authors

Fatma E. Marouf, Texas A&M University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2010

Journal Title

Health and Human Rights Journal

Abstract

This article explores the accountability of international financial institutions (IFIs), such as the World Bank, for human rights violations related to the massive leakage of funds from sub-Saharan Africa’s health sector. The article begins by summarizing the quantitative results of Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys performed in six African countries, all showing disturbingly high levels of leakage in the health sector. It then addresses the inadequacy of good governance and anticorruption programs in remedying this problem. After explaining how the World Bank’s Inspection Panel may serve as an accountability mechanism for addressing the leakage of funds, discussing violations of specific Bank policies and procedures that would support a claim related to leakage and examining the relevance of human rights concerns to such as claim, the article explores some of the Panel’s limitations and the positive steps taken to address these concerns.

First Page

95

Last Page

108

Num Pages

14

Volume Number

12

Issue Number

1

Publisher

Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights

Recommended Citation

Fatma E. Marouf, Holding The World Bank Accountable for the Leakage of Funds From Africa’s Health Sector, 12 Health & Hum. Rts. J. 95 (2010).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/749

File Type

PDF