Metadata for the replication data file:
Buntaine, Mark T. 2015. Accountability in Global Governance: Civil Society Claims for
Environmental Performance at the World Bank. International Studies Quarterly.
Project data
Project data used to compute the number and environmental categorization of projects is
derived from the World Bank’s external project data portal.
Available at: http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/projects-portfolio
(Accessed January 2014)
country
Names of countries eligible to receive IDA or IBRD project from the
World Bank during the study period.
year
Calendar year.
bin.A
Binary and positive when at least one environmentally risky
category “A” project was approved for the corresponding year and
country.
n.A
The count of the environmentally risky category “A” projects that
were approved for the corresponding year and country.
prop.amount.A
The proportion of total IDA and IBRD lending for the corresponding
year and country that was designated as category “A”.
n.A.prev3
The count of environmentally risky category “A” projects that were
approved in the three years prior to the corresponding year and
country.
n.A.prev5
The count of environmentally risky category “A” projects that were
approved in the five years prior to the corresponding year and
country.
prop.amount.A.prev3 The proportion of total IDA and IBRD lending for the three years
prior to the corresponding year and country designated as category
“A”.
bin.IBRD.only.prev3
Binary and positive when the country had at least one project
financed entirely from the IBRD in the three years prior to the
corresponding year.
amount.prev3.bil
The total amount of IDA and IBRD lending for the three years prior
to the corresponding year and country.
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bin.proj.prev3
Binary and positive when the country had at least one project
financed by IDA or the IBRD in the three years prior to the
corresponding year.
n.proj.prev5
The count of all IDA and IBRD projects that were approved in the
five years prior to the corresponding year and country.
IP.eligible
Binary and positive whenever the corresponding country had at
least one active project or was within two years of being approved
for an IDA or IBRD loan.
Inspection Panel data
Data about Inspection Panel cases was compiled from the online registry of cases produced
by the World Bank. Available at: http://go.worldbank.org/2HG4E0MLV0 (Accessed
January 2014). The list of cases in the study period, 1994-2009, is reproduced in the Online
Appendix, Table 8.
bin.IP.request
Binary and positive when the country had at least one Inspection
Panel request filed during the corresponding year, regardless of
whether the request prompted an investigation.
bin.request.prev3
Binary and positive when the country had at least one Inspection
Panel request filed in the three years prior to the corresponding
year.
bin.investigate.prev3 Binary and positive when the country had at least one Inspection
Panel request filed in the three years prior to the corresponding
year that was approved for a full investigation.
lag.n.IP.ENVprob
The count of Inspection Panel investigations in the country that
found implementation problems related to environmental safeguard
policies prior to the corresponding year.
Governance and policy implementation data
The country-level variables were derived from a number of data sources, as follows:
ENGOs
A count of environmental NGOs listed in the last available edition of
The Environment Encyclopedia and Directory, London: Routledge, 1st5th Eds. for the corresponding year.
FH.polrights
Freedom House indicator for political rights, with higher number
indicated fewer political freedoms. Data available at:
http://www.freedomhouse.org/report-types/freedom-world
(Accessed January 2014).
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FH.polrights.repress
Binary indicator that is positive when political rights are highly
circumscribed in the corresponding country (index value ≥ 5).
govt.eff
Worldwide Governance Indicator for government effectiveness
produced by the World Bank Institute, with larger values indicating
higher levels of governance. Data and information on the
construction of indices available at:
http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/worldwide-governanceindicators (Accessed January 2014).
reg.quality
Worldwide Governance Indicator for regulatory quality.
voice.acct
Worldwide Governance Indicator for voice and accountability.
bin.sg.failure
Binary and positive whenever at least one evaluation written by the
Independent Evaluation Group (previously the Operations
Evaluation Department) of the World Bank in the previous five years
describes a failure to implement safeguard policies in a completed
project. These data are coded by the author for a larger project in
preparation, from documents available at:
http://ieg.worldbankgroup.org/webpage/evaluations (Accessed
January 2014).
n.sg.failure
A count of the evaluations written by the Independent Evaluation
Group (previously the Operations Evaluation Department) during
the previous five years describing a failure to implement safeguard
policies in a completed project.
n.sg.success
A count of the evaluations written by the Independent Evaluation
Group (previously the Operations Evaluation Department) during
the previous five years describing successful implementation of
safeguard policies in a completed project.
urbanpop.pct
The percentage of the country’s population living in urban areas,
available from the World Development Indicators at:
http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-developmentindicators (Accessed January 2014).
GDP.pc.2000
GDP per capita in constant 2000 USD from the World Development
Indicators.
forest.mm2
Square megameters of forest for the corresponding country and
year, computed from the World Development Indicators variable for
square kilometers of forest.
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