Beyond the World Bank Agenda
An Institutional Approach to Development
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Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebeyondworldbanka0000stei
- ISBN-100226771679
- ISBN-139780226771670
- Goodreads3234033
- Library of Congress Control Number2007049302
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number176979909
- Better World Books9780226771670
- Open LibraryOL10193050M
Classifications
- LCCHG3881.5.W57S74 2008
- LCCHG3881.5.W57 S74 2008
Description
Despite massive investment of money and research aimed at ameliorating third-world poverty, the development strategies of the international financial institutions over the past few decades have been a profound failure. Under the tutelage of the World Bank, developing countries have experienced lower growth and rising inequality compared to previous periods. In Beyond the World Bank Agenda, Howard Stein argues that the controversial institution is plagued by a myopic, neoclassical mindset that wrongly focuses on individual rationality and downplays the social and political contexts that can either facilitate or impede development.Drawing on the examples of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and transitional European economies, this revolutionary volume proposes an alternative vision of institutional development with chapter-length applications to finance, state formation, and health care to provide a holistic, contextualized solution to the problems of developing nations. Beyond the World Bank Agenda will be essential reading for anyone concerned with forging a new strategy for sustainable development.
Description
Under the tutelage of the World Bank, developing countries have experienced lower growth and rising inequality, compared to previous periods. Stein argues that the Bank is plagued by a myopic, neoclassical mindset that wrongly focuses on individual rationality and downplays the social and political contexts that influence development.
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