"The Rise of the Unelected: Democracy and the New Separation of Powers" discussed at the InfoShop on June 6, 2007, at 12:00pm in JB1-080

InfoShop & PRMPS
cordially invite you to a panel discussion featuring a recent Cambridge
University Press publication
The Rise of the Unelected
Democracy and the New Separation of Powers
By Frank Vibert

Unelected bodies, such as independent central banks, economic regulators, risk
managers and auditors have become a worldwide phenomenon. Democracies are
increasingly turning to them to demarcate boundaries between the market and the
state, to resolve conflicts of interest and to allocate resources, even in
sensitive ethical areas such as those involving privacy or biotechnology. This
book examines the challenge that unelected bodies present to democracy and
argues that, taken together, such bodies should be viewed as a new branch of
government with their own sources of legitimacy and held to account through a
new separation of powers. Vibert suggests that such bodies help promote a more
informed citizenry because they provide a more trustworthy and reliable source
of information for decisions. This book will be of interest to specialists and
general readers with an interest in modern democracy as well as policy makers,
think tanks and journalists.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank J Building - Lower Level Auditorium JB1-080
(701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.)

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Moderated by
Anthony Toft
Chief Counsel, LEGEA
Anthony Toft is Chief Counsel for the East Asia and Pacific Region of the Bank.
Prior to that he spent 6 years in the Bank's Jakarta Office and 2 years in the
Front Office of the then newly established country department for the former
Soviet Union. His non-Bank experience includes 4 years with a law firm in New
York and 3 years with a law firm in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Discussed by Author
Frank Vibert
Co-founder and Director of the European Policy Forum
Frank Vibert is co-founder and Director of the European Policy Forum. Educated
at Exeter College, Oxford. He has served as a Senior Advisor at the World Bank
and Senior Fellow at the World Institute for Development Economic Research.
Previous books include Europe Simple, Europe Strong - The Future of European
Governance, published by Polity Press (2001) and Europe: A Constitution for the
Millenium. (Dartmouth 1995 - The subject of a special issue of ?Constitutional
Political Economy? Vol 7 , No 4, 1996) He writes extensively on regulation and
constitutional questions.
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