Christopher Wright (ed.)

The World Bank and Governance

A Decade of Reform and Reaction
Herausgeber: Stone, Diane L.; Wright, Christopher

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This timely book offers the first critical examination of World Bank policy reforms and initiatives during the past decade.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9780415412827
• ISBN-10: 041541282X
• Artikelnr.: 22429749

Autorenporträt

Diane L. Stone, Christopher Wright

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Currency of Change: World Bank Lending and Learning in
the Wolfensohn Era Part 1: Policy Change Inside 'the Black Box' 2.
Development Ethics and Human Rights as the Basis for Poverty Reduction: The
Case of the World Bank 3. The Art of Fine Balances: The Challenge of
Institutionalizing the Comprehensive Development Framework Inside the World
Bank 4. From 'Safeguards' to 'Sustainability': The Evolution of
Environmental Discourse Inside the International Finance Corporation 5.
Explaining Change in the World Bank's Forest Strategy and Operational
Policy 6. The World Bank and Pension Reforms 7. Change in International
Organizations: Innovation or Adaptation? A Comparison of the World Bank and
the International Monetary Fund Part 2: Confronting the Outside 8. The
Poverty of Amnesia: PRSPs in the Legacy of Structural Adjustment 9.
Becoming Green: Diffusing Sustainable Development Norms throughout the
World Bank Group 10. Partnership and the International Aid Reform:
Challenging Citizenship and Political Representation? 11. The World Bank as
Conveyor and Broker of Knowledge and Funds in Argentina's Governance
Reforms 12. The Missing Link in Development Cooperation Integrative
Frameworks: Revelations from Lebanon's Post-War Experience in
Donor-Assisted Administrative Reform 13. Fiscal Decentralization in
Transition Economies: The World Bank in a Learning Process