1st Edition
Global Institutions and Development Framing the World?
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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This unique book explores a very broad range of ideas and institutions and provides thorough and detailed case studies in the context of broader theoretical analysis.
Key topics such as poverty, global governance, sustainable development and the environment are closely examined, with detailed case studies of the World Bank, the WTO, the IMF, Asian Development Bank, UN Development... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction, Morten Bøås, Desmond McNeill; Chapter 2 The development discourse in the multilateral system, Knut G. Nustad; Chapter 3 Contesting policy ideas from below, Norman Long; Chapter 4 The informal sector, Desmond McNeill; Chapter 5 Policy stories and knowledge-based regimes, Ole Jacob Sending; Chapter 6 The World Bank and the environment, Robert Wade; Chapter 7 Sustainable development and the World Trade Organization, Morten Bøås, Jonas Vevatne; Chapter 8 Social capital and the World Bank, Desmond McNeill; Chapter 9 Hegemony, neoliberal ‘good governance’ and the International Monetary Fund, Ian Taylor; Chapter 10 Balancing between East and West, Janne Jokinen; Chapter 11 ‘Good governance’ and the Development Assistance Committee, Ken Masujima; Chapter 12 The evolution of the concept of poverty in multilateral financial institutions, Alice Sindzingre; Chapter 13 The role of ideas in the United Nations Development Programme, Asuncion Lera St Clair; Chapter 14 The power of ideas, James J. Hentz; Chapter 15 Ideas and institutions, Morten Bøås, Desmond McNeill;
Biography
Morten Bøås is a Researcher at Fafo – Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway.,
Desmond McNeill is Research Professor, and former Director, at the SUM (Centre for Development and the Environment), University of Oslo, Norway.
