The World Bank and Transferring Development - Policy Movement through Technical Assistance

This book analyses the World Bank's provision of technical assistance from 1946 to the present day. It argues that the relational dynamics between technical assistance provider and recipient affects the legitimacy of policy norms travelling from the 'international' to the 'domestic'. Beginning from the constructivist position that 'development' is a social construct, the author contends that successful policy movement via technical assistance depends on the recipient's perception of the validity of policy reforms, with perception being influenced by the way those ideas and practices are presented, packaged, and transferred. In advancing this argument, Bazbauers analyses four pillars of World Bank technical assistance: technical assistance components (advisory services incorporated within lending operations), stand-alone technical assistance projects (projects designed to solely deliver technical assistance), survey missions (activities involved in measuring the development status of developing countries), and training institutes (the courses of the Economic Development Institute and World Bank Institute).

List of contents

Chapter 1. Transferring Development.- Chapter 2. Policy Movement and Technical Assistance.- Chapter 3. The World Bank.- Chapter 4. Technical Assistance Components.- Chapter 5. Technical Assistance Loans.- Chapter 6. Survey Missions.- Chapter 7. Training Institutes.- Chapter 8. Development Transferred?

About the author

Adrian Robert Bazbauers is Lecturer in Government and Politics in the School of Government & Policy at the University of Canberra, Australia. His research interests include the World Bank, global development, policy movement, and crises in capitalism.

Summary

Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of World Bank policiesDemonstrates that the collaborative design of projects by the Bank and country officials is essential to their success
Explores four core pillars of technical assistance 

Product details

• Authors: Adrian Robert Bazbauers
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319863368
• ISBN: 978-3-31-986336-8
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 14 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 351 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 258 p.
• Series: International Political Economy Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Öffentliche Verwaltung, B, Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie, Economic Policy, Entwicklungsökonomie und Schwellenländer, Finance, Banking, Entwicklungsstudien, International Relations, Poverty, Financial Services, Development Aid, Political Science and International Studies, Public Administration, Public Policy, Political Economy, Development policy, International Political Economy, Development Studies, Development Economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Banks and banking, Finanzenwesen und Finanzindustrie