1st Edition

The World Bank and Governance A Decade of Reform and Reaction

304 Pages

by Routledge

298 Pages

by Routledge

304 Pages

by Routledge

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This timely book offers the first critical examination of World Bank policy reforms and initiatives during the past decade. The World Bank is viewed as one of the most powerful international organizations of our time. The authors critically analyze the influence of the institution’s policy and engagement during the past decade in a variety of issue areas, including human rights, domestic... Read more

List of Tables
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Diane Stone and Christopher Wright
The Currency of Change: World Bank Lending and Learning in the Wolfensohn Era

Part One: Policy Change Inside ‘the Black Box’

2. Desmond McNeill and Asuncion St Clair
Development Ethics and Human Rights as the Basis for Poverty Reduction:
The Case of the World Bank

3. Nilima Gulrajani
The Art of Fine Balances: The Challenge of Institutionalizing the Comprehensive Development Framework Inside the World Bank

4. Christopher Wright
From ‘Safeguards’ to ‘Sustainability’: The Evolution of Environmental Discourse Inside the International Finance Corporation

5. Lauren Flejzor
Explaining Change in the World Bank’s Forest Strategy and Operational Policy

6. M. Ramesh
The World Bank and Pension Reforms

7. Antje Vetterlein
Change in International Organizations: Innovation or Adaptation? A Comparison of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund

Part Two: Confronting the Outside

8. Celine Tan
The Poverty of Amnesia: PRSPs in the Legacy of Structural Adjustment

9. Susan Park
Becoming Green: Diffusing Sustainable Development Norms throughout the World Bank Group

10. Pascale Hatcher
Partnership and the International Aid Reform: Challenging Citizenship and Political Representation?

11. Maria Pia Riggirozzi
The World Bank as Conveyor and Broker of Knowledge and Funds in Argentina's Governance Reforms

12. Nisrine El Ghaziri
The Missing Link in Development Cooperation Integrative Frameworks: Revelations from Lebanon’s Post-war Experience in Donor-Assisted Administrative Reform

13. Krisztina Tóth
Fiscal Decentralisation in Transition Economies: The World Bank in a Learning Process