Mortgaging the Earth - The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development

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 1992 Rio Summit. Rich offers not only an important history but critical insights about economic development that are ever-more relevant today.

Bruce Rich is lawyer who has worked for three decades with national environmental organizations. He is an expert on public international finance and the environment. He received the United Nations Global 500 Award for environmental achievement for his research and advocacy concerning multilateral development banks. He is the author of Mortgaging the Earth and To Uphold the World, as well as articles in publications including The Financial Times, The Ecologist, and Environmental Forum, the policy journal of the Environmental Law Institute.