The World Bank and Governance: A Decade of Reform and ReactionDiane Stone, Christopher Wright Routledge, 2007 - 276 من الصفحات This timely book offers the first critical examination of World Bank policy reforms and initiatives during the past decade. The World Bank is viewed as one of the most powerful international organizations of our time. The authors critically analyze the influence of the institution’s policy and engagement during the past decade in a variety of issue areas, including human rights, domestic reform, and the environment. The World Bank and Governancedelves into the bowels of the World Bank, exploring its organizational structure, professional culture and bureaucratic procedures, illustrating how these shape its engagement with an increasingly complex, diverse and challenging operational environment. The book includes chapters on two under-researched divisions of the World Bank: the International Finance Corporation and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. Several illuminating country studies are also included, analyzing the World Bank's activities in Argentina, Bolivia, Lebanon, Hungary and Vietnam. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of international relations, development, politics and economics. |
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... branch of policy science that sees the development apparatus as a tool at the disposal of the planner . Development is a neutral ' technical ' instrument that can generate desired poverty outcomes if the right combination of goals ...
... branch of government in judicial matters made the judiciary its political arm that legitimised controversial procedures for implementing unpopular political and economic market - oriented reforms ( Tedesco 2002 ; Helmke 2003 ) . As a ...
... branch so vital for the advancement of its political purposes ( Bohmer 2003 ) . Notwithstanding the work of local actors and the increasing demands from different sectors , opportunities for local experts and practitioners to influence ...
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PART I | 18 |
the challenge of institutionalizing | 48 |
the evolution | 67 |
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