A critical retrospective of World Bank policy reforms and initiatives during the past decade.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction : the currency of change : World Bank lending and learning in the Wolfensohn era / Diane Stone and Christopher Wright -- Development ethics and human rights as the basis for global poverty reduction : the case of the World Bank / Desmond McNeill and Asunción Lera St. Clair -- The art of fine balances : the challenge of institutionalizing the Comprehensive Development Framework inside the World Bank / Nilima Gulrajani -- From 'safeguards' to 'sustainability' : the evolution of environmental discourse inside the International Finance Corporation / Christopher Wright -- Explaining change in the World Bank's forest strategy and operational policy / Lauren Flejzor -- The World Bank and pension reforms / M. Ramesh -- Change in international organizations : innovation or adaptation? A comparison of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund / Antje Vetterlein -- The poverty of amnesia : PRSPs in the legacy of structural adjustment / Celine Tan -- Becoming green : diffusing sustainable development norms throughout the World Bank Group / Susan Park -- Partnership and the reform of international aid : challenging citizenship and political representation? / Pascale Hatcher -- The World Bank as conveyor and broker of knowledge and funds in Argentina's governance reforms / Maria Pía Riggirozzi -- The missing link in development cooperation integrative frameworks : revelations from Lebanon's post-war experience in donor-assisted administrative reform / Nisrine El Ghaziri -- Fiscal decentralization in transition economies : the World Bank in a learning process / Krisztina Tóth.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This timely book offers the first critical examination of World Bank policy reforms and initiatives during the past decade.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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(OCoLC)ocm85857873
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MIL
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75082
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cis5895940
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Title
World Bank and governance.
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9780415412827
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
World Bank-- Evaluation.
Weltbank
World Bank.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Economic assistance-- Political aspects.
Economic development projects-- Environmental aspects.
Economic development-- Social aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Banks & Banking.
Economic assistance-- Political aspects.
Economic development projects-- Environmental aspects.