World Bank and Governance - A Decade of Reform and Reaction

Informationen zum Autor Diane L. Stone, Christopher Wright Klappentext This timely book offers the first critical examination of World Bank policy reforms and initiatives during the past decade. Zusammenfassung This timely book offers the first critical examination of World Bank policy reforms and initiatives during the past decade. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Diane L. Wright Stone, STONE DIANE L WRIGHT CHRISTOPHER
• Con la collaborazione di: Diane Stone (Editore), Diane L. Stone (Editore), Stone Diane L. (Editore), Christopher Wright (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.09.2006
• EAN: 9780415412827
• ISBN: 978-0-415-41282-7
• Pagine: 298
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Globalisation; Routledge Studies in Globalisation
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Altro; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Political Economy, International institutions, Development Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade, International institutions / intergovernmental organizations